VPAT

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Version 1.3
The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT, is to assist Federal contracting officials and
other buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial "Electronic and Information
Technology" products and services with features that support accessibility. It is assumed and recommended that offerers
will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.
The first table of the Template provides a summary view of the Section 508 Standards. The subsequent tables provide
more detailed views of each subsection. There are three columns in each table. Column one of the Summary Table
describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards. The second column describes the supporting features of
the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, e.g.,"equivalent facilitation." The third column contains any
additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered
paragraphs of the subsections. The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that
paragraph. The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.
Date: 2014-04-25
Name and Version of Product: TIBCO Spotfire Professional 6.5.0
Contact for more Information (name/phone/email): Niklas Amberntsson, +1 650-846-1000, [email protected]
Summary Table
VPAT
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
Section 1194.21 Software Applications
and Operating Systems
Supported with Exceptions
Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet
Information and Applications
Not Applicable
Section 1194.23 Telecommunications
Products
Not Applicable
Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media
Products
Not Applicable
Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed
Products
Not Applicable
Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable
Computers
Not Applicable
Section 1194.31 Functional
Performance Criteria
Supported with Exceptions
Section 1194.41 Information,
Documentation and Support
Supported with Exceptions
Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail
VPAT
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on
a system that has a keyboard, product
functions shall be executable from a
keyboard where the function itself or
the result of performing a function can
be discerned textually.
Supported with Exceptions TIBCO Spotfire does not fully meet this
requirement. Although there is a high
degree of keyboard accessibility within
the software, the use of dialog controls
lack keyboard accessibility.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or
disable activated features of other
products that are identified as
accessibility features, where those
features are developed and documented
according to industry standards.
Applications also shall not disrupt or
disable activated features of any
operating system that are identified as
accessibility features where the
application programming interface for
those accessibility features has been
documented by the manufacturer of the
operating system and is available to the
product developer.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software is a stand
alone product; it will not disrupt or
disable activated features of other
products that are identified as
accessibility features.
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication
of the current focus shall be provided
that moves among interactive interface
elements as the input focus changes.
The focus shall be programmatically
exposed so that Assistive Technology
can track focus and focus changes.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire is built on the .NET
client infrastructure, so it will work
seamlessly with assistive technology
products without additional
programming.
(d) Sufficient information about a user
interface element including the identity,
operation and state of the element shall
be available to Assistive Technology.
When an image represents a program
element, the information conveyed by
the image must also be available in text.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire is built on the .NET
client infrastructure, so it will work
seamlessly with assistive technology
products without additional
programming.
(e) When bitmap images are used to
identify controls, status indicators, or
other programmatic elements, the
meaning assigned to those images shall
be consistent throughout an
application's performance.
Supported The meanings of images used within the
TIBCO Spotfire software are consistent
throughout the applications
performance.
(f) Textual information shall be
provided through operating system
functions for displaying text. The
minimum information that shall be
made available is text content, text input
caret location, and text attributes.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software is not a text
editor.
(g) Applications shall not override user
selected contrast and color selections
and other individual display attributes.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software settings do
not interfere with or override settings in
the Operating System or other programs.
(h) When animation is displayed, the
information shall be displayable in at
least one non-animated presentation
mode at the option of the user.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software can be
animated or non-animated per
users preference.
(i) Color coding shall not be used as the
only means of conveying information,
indicating an action, prompting a
response, or distinguishing a visual
element.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software permits size,
as well as color coding.
(j) When a product permits a user to
adjust color and contrast settings, a
variety of color selections capable of
producing a range of contrast levels
shall be provided.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire allows users to select
from more than 16 million colors and
240 levels each of Hue, Saturation and
Luminescence.
(k) Software shall not use flashing or
blinking text, objects, or other elements
having a flash or blink frequency
greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software does not use
flashing or blinking text.
(l) When electronic forms are used, the
form shall allow people using Assistive
Technology to access the information,
field elements, and functionality
required for completion and submission
of the form, including all directions and
cues.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software allows a high
degree of keyboard accessibility for
completing electronic form field
elements.
Note to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the following priority 1
Checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web
Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1, (b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e) - 1.2, (f) -
9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2, (i) - 12.1, (j) - 7.1, (k) - 11.4.
Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications - Detail
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text
element shall be provided (e.g., via
"alt", "longdesc", or in element content).
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any
multimedia presentation shall be
synchronized with the presentation.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(c) Web pages shall be designed so that
all information conveyed with color is
also available without color, for
example from context or markup.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(d) Documents shall be organized so
they are readable without requiring an
associated style sheet.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(e) Redundant text links shall be
provided for each active region of a
server-side image map.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(f) Client-side image maps shall be
provided instead of server-side image
maps except where the regions cannot
be defined with an available geometric
shape.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(g) Row and column headers shall be
identified for data tables.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(h) Markup shall be used to associate
data cells and header cells for data
tables that have two or more logical
levels of row or column headers.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(i) Frames shall be titled with text that
facilitates frame identification and
navigation.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid
causing the screen to flicker with a
frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower
than 55 Hz.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent
information or functionality, shall be
provided to make a web site comply
with the provisions of this part, when
compliance cannot be accomplished in
any other way. The content of the text-
only page shall be updated whenever
the primary page changes.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(l) When pages utilize scripting
languages to display content, or to
create interface elements, the
information provided by the script shall
be identified with functional text that
can be read by Assistive Technology.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(m) When a web page requires that an
applet, plug-in or other application be
present on the client system to interpret
page content, the page must provide a
link to a plug-in or applet that complies
with 1194.21(a) through (l).
application be present on the client
system to interpret page content, the
page must provide a link to a plug-in or
applet that complies with 1194.21(a)
through (l).
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(n) When electronic forms are designed
to be completed on-line, the form shall
allow people using Assistive
Technology to access the information,
field elements, and functionality
required for completion and submission
of the form, including all directions and
cues.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(o) A method shall be provided that
permits users to skip repetitive
navigation links.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
(p) When a timed response is required,
the user shall be alerted and given
sufficient time to indicate more time is
required.
Not Applicable TIBCO Spotfire Professional is a
desktop product.
Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products - Detail
VPAT
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) Telecommunications products or
systems which provide a function
allowing voice communication and
which do not themselves provide a TTY
functionality shall provide a standard
non-acoustic connection point for
TTYs. Microphones shall be capable of
being turned on and off to allow the
user to intermix speech with TTY use.
Not Applicable
(b) Telecommunications products which
include voice communication
functionality shall support all
commonly used cross-manufacturer non-
proprietary standard TTY signal
protocols.
Not Applicable
(c) Voice mail, auto-attendant, and
interactive voice response
telecommunications systems shall be
usable by TTY users with their TTYs.
Not Applicable
(d) Voice mail, messaging, auto-
attendant, and interactive voice
response telecommunications systems
that require a response from a user
within a time interval, shall give an alert
when the time interval is about to run
out, and shall provide sufficient time for
the user to indicate more time is
required.
Not Applicable
(e) Where provided, caller identification
and similar telecommunications
functions shall also be available for
users of TTYs, and for users who
cannot see displays.
Not Applicable
(f) For transmitted voice signals,
telecommunications products shall
provide a gain adjustable up to a
minimum of 20 dB. For incremental
volume control, at least one
intermediate step of 12 dB of gain shall
be provided.
Not Applicable
(g) If the telecommunications product
allows a user to adjust the receive
volume, a function shall be provided to
automatically reset the volume to the
default level after every use.
Not Applicable
(h) Where a telecommunications
product delivers output by an audio
transducer which is normally held up to
the ear, a means for effective magnetic
wireless coupling to hearing
technologies shall be provided.
Not Applicable
(i) Interference to hearing technologies
(including hearing aids, cochlear
implants, and assistive listening
devices) shall be reduced to the lowest
possible level that allows a user of
hearing technologies to utilize the
telecommunications product.
Not Applicable
(j) Products that transmit or conduct
information or communication, shall
pass through cross-manufacturer, non-
proprietary, industry-standard codes,
translation protocols, formats or other
information necessary to provide the
information or communication in a
usable format. Technologies which use
encoding, signal compression, format
transformation, or similar techniques
shall not remove information needed for
access or shall restore it upon delivery.
Technologies which use encoding,
signal compression, format
transformation, or similar techniques
shall not remove information needed for
access or shall restore it upon delivery.
Not Applicable
(k)(1) Products which have
mechanically operated controls or keys
shall comply with the following:
Controls and Keys shall be tactilely
discernible without activating the
controls or keys.
Not Applicable
(k)(2) Products which have
mechanically operated controls or keys
shall comply with the following:
Controls and Keys shall be operable
with one hand and shall not require tight
grasping, pinching, twisting of the wrist.
The force required to activate controls
and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2N)
maximum.
Not Applicable
(k)(3) Products which have
mechanically operated controls or keys
shall comply with the following: If key
repeat is supported, the delay before
repeat shall be adjustable to at least 2
seconds. Key repeat rate shall be
adjustable to 2 seconds per character.
Not Applicable
(k)(4) Products which have
mechanically operated controls or keys
shall comply with the following: The
status of all locking or toggle controls
or keys shall be visually discernible,
and discernible either through touch or
sound.
Not Applicable
Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products - Detail
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) All analog television displays 13
inches and larger, and computer
equipment that includes analog
television receiver or display circuitry,
shall be equipped with caption decoder
circuitry which appropriately receives,
decodes, and displays closed captions
from broadcast, cable, videotape, and
DVD signals. As soon as practicable,
but not later than July 1, 2002,
widescreen digital television (DTV)
displays measuring at least 7.8 inches
vertically, DTV sets with conventional
displays measuring at least 13 inches
vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners,
whether or not they are marketed with
display screens, and computer
equipment that includes DTV receiver
or display circuitry, shall be equipped
with caption decoder circuitry which
appropriately receives, decodes, and
displays closed captions from broadcast,
cable, videotape, and DVD signals.
Not Applicable
(b) Television tuners, including tuner
cards for use in computers, shall be
equipped with secondary audio program
playback circuitry.
Not Applicable
(c) All training and informational video
and multimedia productions which
support the agency's mission, regardless
of format, that contain speech or other
audio information necessary for the
comprehension of the content, shall be
open or closed captioned.
Not Applicable
(d) All training and informational video
and multimedia productions which
support the agency's mission, regardless
of format, that contain visual
information necessary for the
comprehension of the content, shall be
audio described.
Not Applicable
(e) Display or presentation of alternate
text presentation or audio descriptions
shall be user-selectable unless
permanent.
Not Applicable
Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products - Detail
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) Self contained products shall be
usable by people with disabilities
without requiring an end-user to attach
Assistive Technology to the product.
Personal headsets for private listening
are not Assistive Technology.
Not Applicable
(b) When a timed response is required,
the user shall be alerted and given
sufficient time to indicate more time is
required.
Not Applicable
(c) Where a product utilizes
touchscreens or contact-sensitive
controls, an input method shall be
provided that complies with 1194.23
(k) (1) through (4).
Not Applicable
(d) When biometric forms of user
identification or control are used, an
alternative form of identification or
activation, which does not require the
user to possess particular biological
characteristics, shall also be provided.
Not Applicable
(e) When products provide auditory
output, the audio signal shall be
provided at a standard signal level
through an industry standard connector
that will allow for private listening. The
product must provide the ability to
interrupt, pause, and restart the audio at
anytime.
Not Applicable
(f) When products deliver voice output
in a public area, incremental volume
control shall be provided with output
amplification up to a level of at least 65
dB. Where the ambient noise level of
the environment is above 45 dB, a
volume gain of at least 20 dB above the
ambient level shall be user selectable. A
function shall be provided to
automatically reset the volume to the
default level after every use.
Not Applicable
(g) Color coding shall not be used as the
only means of conveying information,
indicating an action, prompting a
response, or distinguishing a visual
element.
Not Applicable
(h) When a product permits a user to
adjust color and contrast settings, a
range of color selections capable of
producing a variety of contrast levels
shall be provided.
Not Applicable
(i) Products shall be designed to avoid
causing the screen to flicker with a
frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower
than 55 Hz.
Not Applicable
(j) (1) Products which are freestanding,
non-portable, and intended to be used in
one location and which have operable
controls shall comply with the
following: The position of any operable
control shall be determined with respect
to a vertical plane, which is 48 inches in
length, centered on the operable control,
and at the maximum protrusion of the
product within the 48 inch length on
products which are freestanding, non-
portable, and intended to be used in one
location and which have operable
controls.
Not Applicable
(j)(2) Products which are freestanding,
non-portable, and intended to be used in
one location and which have operable
controls shall comply with the
following: Where any operable control
is 10 inches or less behind the reference
plane, the height shall be 54 inches
maximum and 15 inches minimum
above the floor.
Not Applicable
(j)(3) Products which are freestanding,
non-portable, and intended to be used in
one location and which have operable
controls shall comply with the
following: Where any operable control
is more than 10 inches and not more
than 24 inches behind the reference
plane, the height shall be 46 inches
maximum and 15 inches minimum
above the floor.
Not Applicable
(j)(4) Products which are freestanding,
non-portable, and intended to be used in
one location and which have operable
controls shall comply with the
following: Operable controls shall not
be more than 24 inches behind the
reference plane.
Not Applicable
Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers - Detail
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) All mechanically operated controls
and keys shall comply with 1194.23
(k) (1) through (4).
Not Applicable
(b) If a product utilizes touchscreens or
touch-operated controls, an input
method shall be provided that complies
with 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
Not Applicable
(c) When biometric forms of user
identification or control are used, an
alternative form of identification or
activation, which does not require the
user to possess particular biological
characteristics, shall also be provided.
Not Applicable
(d) Where provided, at least one of each
type of expansion slots, ports and
connectors shall comply with publicly
available industry standards.
Not Applicable
Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria - Detail
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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) At least one mode of operation and
information retrieval that does not
require user vision shall be provided, or
support for Assistive Technology used
by people who are blind or visually
impaired shall be provided.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software is compatible
with standard computer operating
systems, does not actively disable
Assistive Technologies typically
associated with such, and to the
knowledge of Spotfire is compatible
with typical Assistive Technologies.
(b) At least one mode of operation and
information retrieval that does not
require visual acuity greater than 20/70
shall be provided in audio and enlarged
print output working together or
independently, or support for Assistive
Technology used by people who are
visually impaired shall be provided.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software supports
enlarged print; it is, however, explicitly
a software product that relies on
graphical output.
(c) At least one mode of operation and
information retrieval that does not
require user hearing shall be provided,
or support for Assistive Technology
used by people who are deaf or hard of
hearing shall be provided.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software supports
enlarged print; it is, however, explicitly
a software product that relies on
graphical output.
(d) Where audio information is
important for the use of a product, at
least one mode of operation and
information retrieval shall be provided
in an enhanced auditory fashion, or
support for assistive hearing devices
shall be provided.
Supported
(e) At least one mode of operation and
information retrieval that does not
require user speech shall be provided, or
support for Assistive Technology used
by people with disabilities shall be
provided.
Supported TIBCO Spotfire software does not use
speech input.
(f) At least one mode of operation and
information retrieval that does not
require fine motor control or
simultaneous actions and that is
operable with limited reach and strength
shall be provided.
Supported with Exceptions There is a high degree of keyboard
accessibility within the TIBCO Spotfire
software. Some functions and dialog
controls lack a keyboard control but
most product functions are keyboard
executable.
Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support - Detail
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Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(a) Product support documentation
provided to end-users shall be made
available in alternate formats upon
request, at no additional charge
Supported with Exceptions Spotfire provides product support
documentation in the form of on-line
help, help files within the TIBCO
Spotfire software, and a printed manual.
PDFs are available. There is a nominal
fee for printing, binding, and delivery of
printed manuals.
(b) End-users shall have access to a
description of the accessibility and
compatibility features of products in
alternate formats or alternate methods
upon request, at no additional charge.
Supported
(c) Support services for products shall
accommodate the communication needs
of end-users with disabilities.
Supported Spotfire provides a variety of methods
for communicating with our support
services. We provide telephonic
support, as well as written online and
email support to users.
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