Setting accessibility options
Accessibility feature | AR System functionality | Administrator tasks |
|---|---|---|
Text equivalent for images | For images on buttons, a screen reader can interpret the field label. Or alternative text for the image can be specified. | |
Field accessibility |
| Distinguish required fields from other fields on a form. For example, you can add an asterisk, a plus sign, or another character to the label of required fields. |
Table field row and column identification | A screen reader can interpret table titles, column headers, and row headers. If a table or Results list has only one column, screen readers do not recognize the table as a data table and do not read the table. | |
Alternative text for each field | Precedence is given to Alternative text (if defined) instead of the label, that is, the screen reader reads Alternative text instead of the label. | |
Keyboard shortcuts | AR System Windows clients support keyboard shortcuts. |
Because of a JavaScript <href> reference for the <a> element tags that make up the buttons, JAWS assumes that all buttons have been visited.
JAWS does not automatically read the contents of read-only fields.
Accessibility readers can use keyboard and screen-reading software, such as JAWS for Windows screen reader from Freedom Scientific. To enable the software to present the data as a table and then read the table, you must set accessibility options.
To select accessibility options in the User Preferences form
- Open a browser and open the AR System User Preferences form.
- Click the Accessibility tab.
- Select the following accessibility options:
- Accessible Mode
- Default
- Screen Magnifier / Low Vision
- Screen Reader / No Vision
- Accessible Mode
- Accessible Message—All Actions
Enabling accessibility mode field on the Login Page
Users might also select an accessibility option when they log on to Mid Tier. To enable users to perform such a selection, the administrator has to enable the accessibility mode field on the login page.
The Accessible Mode field provides the following options for selection in the login page:
- Use Current Preference Setting—Uses the user's current preference setting, or Default if no setting is defined
- Screen Magnifier / Low Vision
- Screen Reader / No Vision
When a user selects an Accessible Mode option, the option will be saved to the user's AR System User Preference record. If the user does not have a preference record, a new preference record is created. On subsequent logins, the users may use the default value of “Use Current Preference Setting.”
To enable accessibility mode field on the login page
Perform the following steps to enable the accessible mode:
- Open the config.properties file located at midtierInstallDirectory\WEB-INF\classes.
Set the arsystem.loginpage.enable_accessible_mode parameter to true.
The default value is false. Setting this parameter to false disables the Accessible Mode on the login page.