Review of SlideShare
SlideShare
Reviewed 10 May 2012
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Average score 55%
Summary
The site is general well design but there are inaccessible of using a keyboard and a screen reader to access and edit to a Flash content. There is possible to add captions for video and text transcript for audio information.
Detailed Results
| # | Test | Outcome | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible | 33% | Signup and login forms have labels on all fields. CAPTCHA in use on signup form, but no audio alternative is available. |
| 2 | Image ALT Attributes | 0% | This product is Flash-based which makes it harder to add alt tags for images. Users of screen readers would be unable to access the text in the slide show. |
| 3 | Link Target Definitions | 100% | All links, including images have titles to uniquely identify them. |
| 4 | Frame Titles and Layout | 100% | No frames or iframes, which can be disorientating for screen-readers, are used in the design. |
| 5 | Removal of Stylesheet | 67% | Much of the content is accessible and it is possible to navigate the site. However, some content is not shown. |
| 6 | Audio/Video Features | 67% | A text description is often offered, while captioning via a transcript is optional. |
| 7 | Video/animations - audio descriptions | 33% | Only text description is possible on this site. |
| 8 | Appropriate use of Tables | 33% | A table is used without headings. This may cause interpretation problems for screen readers. |
| 9 | Tab Orderings Correct and Logical | 67% | Tab order is mainly correct and logical, but some items are not. |
| 10 | Page Functionality with Keyboard | 0% | The presentation is built with a Flash component with is inaccessible with keyboard and screen reader users. |
| 11 | Accessibility of Text Editors | 0% | Text editor is not accessible with the screenreader or keyboard. |
| 12 | Appropriate Feedback with Forms | 67% | The site offered some text feedback but not for all. |
| 13 | Contrast and Colour Check | 67% | Most contrast ratio are adequate, but some non-critical text has a poor contrast such as comments used light grey text on white. |
| 14 | Page Integrity when Zooming | 100% | The layout and readability of the site is unaffected by zooming. |
| 15 | Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability | 100% | Text is generally good with at least size 11, in sans-serif font. |