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Panorama's Accessibility Checklist

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Panorama's accessibility checklist is based on the international accessibility standards outlined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and also includes additional checks created from feedback received from our users. Currently, Panorama checks for PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, PPT, PPTX, ODP, HTML, XLSX, XLS, ODS, and GIF file types

PDF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The document is encrypted  Severe Yes
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes
The document is scanned Severe Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The PDF is untagged Major Yes

DOC Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The image is not inline with the text Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Text should not be justified Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

DOCX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The image is not inline with the text Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Text should not be justified Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

ODT Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The image is not inline with the text Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Text should not be justified Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

RTF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The image is not inline with the text Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Text should not be justified Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

PPT Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The slide does not have a title Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

PPTX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The slide does not have a title Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

ODP Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
The slide does not have a title Major Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

XLSX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The item does not have an alternative description  Major Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

XLS Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The item does not have an alternative description  Major Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

ODS Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major Yes
The document is missing a title Major Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
The item does not have an alternative description  Major Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No

HTML Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
This element should be formatted as a list
 Minor Yes
This link should have a descriptive title Minor Yes
Adjacent links contain the same URL Minor Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes
This page is missing a header Major Yes
Table does not have a caption Major Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes
Table does not contain content Major Yes
The document's heading structure is not properly nested Minor Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes
This YouTube video does not have human-generated captions Major Yes
This Vimeo video does not have human-generated captions Major Yes
The item file name should not be the alternative description Major Yes
Alternative description longer than 120 characters Major Yes
The item should not have a placeholder text as an alternative description
Major Yes
This link is broken
 Disabled No

GIF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?
This GIF has an increased risk of inducing seizures Major Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes

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