TeXLive Accessibility Conformance Report (International Edition) (Based upon VPAT^® version 2.4)

Notes

TeXLive is a complex software suite, intended to the produce typeset products in various formats (PDF, HTML, DVI, XML to name a few). In all case it takes an input code written in a machine-readable form and translates it to an output format, suitable to publication in the traditional (hard copy) or electronic form.

This document covers only the software used to convert the input code to the output format. The creation of the input code is outside the scope of this document, since it is done by third party software. TeXLive software can accept as input text files created in any authoring tool. TeX Users group is aware about fully accessible authoring tools, and promotes them on its web pages and publications.

A separate issue is the accessibility of the output documents created with TeXLive software. The accessibility features of these documents depend on the settings in the input code and the packages used, and thus is not covered by this document. TeX Users Group strives to make the creation of full accessible documents using its tool as simple as possible, and to make the accessibility features the default settings of our software. This is an ongoing effort, involving many developers. TeX Users Group welcomes any help in this work.

The tools provided by TeXLive are accompanied by technical documenta- tion, both included in TeXLive itself, and separate: there are many books, courses and other materials about TeX. Many of the latter a fully accessible. The main documentation of TeXLive, supported by TeXLive team, is accessi- ble as well. Most of the documentation for several thousand software packages in TeXLive is provided in PDF or text format. By requiring machine readable textual sources of all documentation provided by TeXLive packages, we ensure a certain level of accessibility for all documentation. However, the full audit of the documentation for all 7300+ packages created by many thousands of vol- unteers is not feasible at this time. TeX Users group supports the efforts of making all TeX documentation fully accessible.

Evaluation methods used

The testing was based on the knowledge of the general product knowledge.

Applicable standards and guidelines

Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

• Supports:
  The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
• Partially Supports:
  Some functionality of the product does not meet the cri- terion.
• Does Not Support:
  The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
• Not Applicable:
  The criterion is not relevant to the product.
• Not Evaluated:
  The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can be used only in WCAG 2.0 Level AAA.

WCAG 2.x Report

Tables 1 and 2 also document conformance with:

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  EN 301 549: Chapter 9 – Web, Sections 10.1–10.4 of Chapter 10 – Non- Web documents, and Sections 11.1–11.4 and 11.8.2 of Chapter 11 – Non- Web Software (open and closed functionality), and Sections 12.1.2 and 12.2.4 of Chapter 12 – Documentation
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  Revised Section 508: Chapter 5 – 501.1 Scope, 504.2 Content Creation or Editing, and Chapter 6 – 602.3 Electronic Support Documentation.

• Note:
  When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.x Success Crite- ria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility- supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.0 Conformance Requirements.

Revised Section 508 Report

EN 301 549 Report