Panorama's accessibility checklist is based on the international accessibility standards outlined by the Web Content Accessibly Guidelines and also includes additional checks created from feedback received from our Users. Currently, Panorama supports checks for PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, HTML and image files.
PDF Checklist
Issue Name | Default Issue Severity |
The document is missing a title | Major |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
The PDF is untagged | Major |
The document does not have any headings | Major |
The document does not have a language set | Minor |
Table does not have a header | Major |
The document is malformed | Severe |
The document heading structure does not start at one | Major |
The document is scanned | Severe |
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels. | Minor |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
Check reading order |
Minor |
DOC Checklist
Issue Name | Default Severity |
The document does not have the correct language set | Minor |
The document does not have any headings | Major |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background. | Major |
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels. |
Minor |
The document heading structure does not start at one. | Major |
Text should not be justified. | Minor |
The font size is smaller than 9 points | Minor |
The hyperlink text is identical to the hyperlink URL | Minor |
The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
DOCX Checklist
Issue Name | Default Issue Severity |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
The document does not have any headings |
Major |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background | Major |
The hyperlink text is identical to the hyperlink URL | Minor |
The document does not have a language set | Minor |
Text should not be justified | Minor |
The font size is smaller than 9 points | Minor |
The anchor is not set to "As Character" | Minor |
The document is missing a title | Major |
The document is malformed | Severe |
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels | Minor |
The document heading structure does not start at one | Major |
The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
The image is not inline with the text |
Minor |
PPT Checklist
Issue Name | Default Issue Severity |
The document is missing a title | Major |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background | Major |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
Check reading order | Minor |
The document does not have any headings |
Major |
The hyperlink text is identical to the hyperlink URL |
Minor |
The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
PPTX Checklist
Issue Name | Default Issue Severity |
The document is missing a title | Major |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background | Major |
The document does not have the correct language set | Minor |
Check reading order | Minor |
The document does not have any headings |
Major |
The hyperlink text is identical to the hyperlink URL | Minor |
The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
HTML Checklist
Issue Name | Default Issue Severity |
The item does not have an alternative description | Major |
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background | Major |
The document does not have any headings | Major |
The hyperlink text is identical to the hyperlink URL | Minor |
Table does not have a header | Major |
This link should have a descriptive title |
Minor |
This page is missing a header |
Major |