Understanding accessibility

Overview

To help meet the accessibility guidelines established by Section 508 of the United States Rehabilitation Act, the Web Accessibility Initiative, and PegaWAIRuleSet. These features simplify building an application that a user with disabilities can operate without using the mouse, and in conjunction with screen reader software such as JAWS for Windows®. Proj-184 V6.1

Developers may use these features:

• Standard control rules with the Accessibility option (on the HTML tab) set to On.
• The ability to record accessibility on the HTML tab of section and flow action rules
• Reports and charts in the Application Preflight tool

PegaWAI is an add-on for which a current license is required. A zip archive of the PegaWAI RuleSet is included on the installation media.  The archive file name is pxPegaWAI.zip. Use the Import gadget at > Application > Import & Export > Import to import the RuleSet into the application. Add PegaWAI to the Production RuleSet list for the access group that serves those using accessibility devices. Users associated with that access group have the benefit of PegaWAI in the composite Manager and User portals, while other users see no change to their portal experience.

Support for accessibility features does not guarantee that an application that a developer creates automatically satisfies accessibility guidelines. Developers have an obligation to take steps, such as providing tooltip texts for all controls and fields and using appropriate color schemes, that allow Process Commander's accessibility features to function properly. PROJ-184 V6.1

Related PDN articles

• PRKB-25740 About the Accessibility Framework
• PRKB-25255 Accessibility — Supported features. PROJ-801 5.4
• PRKB-25256 Enabling accessibility support

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