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

DOC Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor
This element should be formatted as a list Minor
The document heading structure does not start at one Major
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The image is not inline with the text Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Text should not be justified Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document does not have any headings Major
Table does not have a header Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

DOCX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor
This element should be formatted as a list Minor
The document heading structure does not start at one Major
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The image is not inline with the text Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Text should not be justified Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document does not have any headings Major
Table does not have a header Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

ODT Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor
This element should be formatted as a list Minor
The document heading structure does not start at one Major
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The image is not inline with the text Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Text should not be justified Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document does not have any headings Major
Table does not have a header Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

RTF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor
This element should be formatted as a list Minor
The document heading structure does not start at one Major
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The image is not inline with the text Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Text should not be justified Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document does not have any headings Major
Table does not have a header Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

PPT Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document is malformed Severe
The slide does not have a title Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
Check reading order Minor
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

PPTX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document is malformed Severe
The slide does not have a title Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
Check reading order Minor
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

ODP Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
The document does not have the correct language set Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The item does not have an alternative description Major
The document is malformed Severe
The slide does not have a title Major
The language set is not specified for this content Minor
The document is missing a title Major
Check reading order Minor
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor

XLSX Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
Table does not have a header Major
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor
The item does not have an alternative description  Major

XLS Checklist 

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
Table does not have a header Major
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor
The item does not have an alternative description  Major

ODS Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The document is malformed Severe
Table does not have a header Major
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major
The document is missing a title Major
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor
The item does not have an alternative description  Major

HTML Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
This element should be formatted as a list
 		Minor
This link should have a descriptive title Minor
Adjacent links contain the same URL Minor
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major
The item does not have an alternative description Major
This page is missing a header Major
Table does not have a caption Major
Table does not have a header Major
Table does not contain content Major
The document's heading structure is not properly nested Minor
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor
This YouTube video does not have human-generated captions Major
This Vimeo video does not have human-generated captions Major
The item file name should not be the alternative description Major
Alternative description longer than 120 characters Major
The item should not have a placeholder text as an alternative description
Major

GIF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity
This GIF has an increased risk of inducing seizures Major
The document is malformed Severe

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