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Accessibility

We want Datatool360 to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who use a keyboard instead of a mouse, a screen reader, or a different colour setting. This page says what we have done, how we check it, and where we know that it is not good enough yet.

What we have done

  • Keyboard use. All pages and all buttons can be reached with the Tab key, and the upload areas open with Enter or Space. A “Skip to main content” link appears when you press Tab on a page.
  • Visible focus. The element that has keyboard focus always has a clear outline.
  • Cropping with the keyboard. In Crop PDF the frame and its edge handles can be moved with the arrow keys (Shift for bigger steps).
  • Messages that are announced. Errors and results are marked so that screen readers read them out, and so is the progress of a running job.
  • Light and dark appearance. Both have been checked for text contrast. You can switch between them with the button in the top bar.
  • Less motion. If your device is set to reduce motion, animations are switched off.
  • Structure. Pages use headings, lists, landmarks and labelled form fields, and the page language is set.

How we check

We test pages in a real browser with an automated accessibility checker (axe-core), in the light and in the dark appearance, also with a file loaded in each tool. We also try the main actions with the keyboard only. Automated checks find only part of the problems, so this is not a claim that the site meets every requirement of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Our aim is level AA of WCAG 2.1, and we keep working towards it.

Known limits

  • The PDF page editor. In Edit PDF you click and drag on a picture of the page to change text or move images. This works with a mouse or a finger, but not completely with a keyboard. The toolbar and the upload work with the keyboard.
  • Page pictures. The pages of your PDF are shown as pictures (in the editor, the crop tool and the page thumbnails). Screen readers cannot read the text inside these pictures. PDF to Text and the Math PDF converter give the text of a document as real text.
  • Your documents. How accessible a PDF that you create or edit is depends on the original. These tools do not add tags or alternative text to your file.
  • Advertising. Ads are supplied by Google and we do not control their accessibility.

Tell us about a problem

If something on Datatool360 is hard or impossible for you to use, please tell us what you wanted to do, which page it was, and which browser or assistive tool you used. Write to [email protected] or use the contact page. We read every message and fix what we can.