Adobe Animate CC
Accessibility Conformance Report published by Adobe
Partial extraction. We read 25 of 31 Level A and 13 of 24 Level AA criteria from this document (69% coverage). The remainder are missing from our extraction, not necessarily from Adobe's report — their table layout defeated our parser. Treat the figures below as incomplete and read the source document for the full picture.
Conformance by level
Reported by the vendor. WCAG Level AA is the benchmark referenced by ADA Title II, Section 508 and the European Accessibility Act; Level AAA is optional and often left unevaluated.
Level A — 25 criteria
- Supports
- 19
- Partially supports
- 1
- Does not support
- 5
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AA — 13 criteria
- Supports
- 10
- Partially supports
- 2
- Does not support
- 1
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not evaluated
- 0
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All reported criteria (78)
| Criterion | Name | Level | Conformance | Remarks from vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | Non-text Content | A | Does Not Support | Software: Imported images within the library do not have textual equivalents. Additionally, icons in the toolbars, such as those for aligning elements, do not have programmatic textual descriptions, but are available on mouse hover. Authored Content (HTML): Textual equivalents can be added to each Adobe Animate object through the accessibility panel. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not provide non-text content that requires a text alternative. |
| 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Supports | Software: The product does not provide prerecorded audio-only or video-only content. Authored Content (HTML): The product allows an author to record an audio description of what would otherwise be video-only media. Authored Content (Video): The product allows an author to record an audio description of what would otherwise be video-only media. |
| 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Supports | Software: The product does not provide prerecorded media that requires captions. Imported file formats do not possess caption information. Authored Content (HTML): The product only allows an author to add captions when the authored content is a FLV or H.264 video in Flash. Other export formats require external tools to create captions and the user is not prompted within the product to find those tools. Authored Content (Video): The product only allows an author to add captions when the authored content is a FLV or H.264 video in Flash. Other export formats require external tools to create capt |
| 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | A | Supports | Software: The product does not provide prerecorded media that requires audio description. Authored Content (HTML): The product allows an author to record an audio description of what would otherwise be video-only media. Authored Content (Video): The product allows an author to record an audio description of what would otherwise be video-only media. |
| 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) | AA | Supports | Software: The product does not provide live media that requires captions. Authored Content (HTML): Authored content does not contain live media that requires captions. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not contain live media that requires captions. |
| 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Supports | Software: The product does not provide prerecorded video content that requires audio description. Authored Content (HTML): Users can include an additional audio track for audio description information that will be included as part of the media. Authored Content (Video): Users can include an additional audio track for audio description information that will be included as part of the media. |
| 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships | A | Does Not Support | Software: Elements within some containers, such as the timeline, the tools toolbar, and the properties toolbar, provide proper parent-child hierarchy information. However, menu items, such as those found under “File”, “Edit”, and “View”, do not communicate their content and hierarchy programmatically. Additionally, descriptive programmatic names are not present on containers. All containers have a name of “OS_View Container”. Authored Content: (HTML): The product does not allow authors to define structural relationships. Instead, when exposing structure to assistive technology, the product rec |
| 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence | A | Supports | Software: The product presents content in a meaningful sequence. Authored Content (HTML): The product allows authors the ability to present content in a meaningful sequence. Authored Content (Video): The product allows authors the ability to present content in a meaningful sequence. |
| 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 1.4.1 | Use of Color | A | Supports | Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 1.4.2 | Audio Control | A | Supports | Software: The product does not include audio that plays automatically. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Partially Supports | Software: Most text meets minimum contrast requirements; exceptions include: Orange text used in the adjustable numerical values for elements, such as FPS and sizes Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 1.4.4 | Resize text | AA | Does Not Support | Software: Most user interface elements cannot be resized. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content only contains text exempted by the criterion. |
| 1.4.5 | Images of Text | AA | Supports | Software: The product uses text instead of images of text, except for branding elements that are considered essential. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 2.1.1 | Keyboard | A | Does Not Support | Software: Navigating the application’s containers is not possible through the use of keyboard as focus cannot be placed on most elements. Switching between tools and icons is also not possible solely using the keyboard. Additionally, some tools, such as the pen tool, can only be used with the mouse. Authored Content (HTML): While it is possible to create simple keyboard accessible content with the product, the product does not provide a method to specify tab order, and common Adobe Animate content creation techniques, such as attaching scripts directly to objects and using empty hit areas as b |
| 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap | A | Does Not Support | Software: The product does not allow users to navigate using the keyboard after creating or loading a project. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content video file formats do not have interactive features. |
| 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable | A | Supports | Software: The product does not include time limits. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not include time limits. |
| 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Supports | Software: The product does not include moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating information. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content video file formats do not have interactive features. |
| 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Supports | Software: The product does not contain flashing content. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks | A | Supports | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can use ActionScript to manage focus and create a skip to main content link. Authored Content (Video): This criterion does not apply to non-web documents. |
| 2.4.2 | Page Titled | A | Supports | Authored Content (HTML): Authors can set the title of exported HTML. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing a page title. |
| 2.4.3 | Focus Order | A | Supports | Software: Components receive focus in a meaningful order. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that the focus order is logical. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not have focusable elements. |
| 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | Software: The product does not include links. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can provide meaningful link text. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not contain links. |
| 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways | AA | Supports | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): This criterion does not apply to non-web documents. |
| 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels | AA | Supports | Software: The product does not provide headings. Labels for icon controls, which appear on mouse hover, are descriptive. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can provide text labels for each object in the accessibility panel. However, authors cannot define headings. Authored Content (Video): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. |
| 2.4.7 | Focus Visible | AA | Supports | Software: The keyboard focus indicator is visible by default, in the menu items and on the initial Create or Load Project screen; however, as noted in 2.1.1 Keyboard , most elements cannot gain focus. Authored Content (HTML): The product's authoring tool functions do not enable authors to provide visible indication of focus. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not have focusable elements. |
| 3.1.1 | Language of Page | A | Supports | Software: The language is programmatically determinable within the product. The language of the product is set based on the version installed by the user. Authored Content (HTML): Within the product, authors cannot set the language of the document. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing a programmatically determined language. |
| 3.1.2 | Language of Parts | AA | Supports | Software: Content is only presented in one language at a time. Authored Content (HTML): Authors cannot define inline changes in language. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing a programmatically determined language. |
| 3.2.1 | On Focus | A | Supports | Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which complies with this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not have focusable elements. |
| 3.2.2 | On Input | A | Supports | Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing user interface components. |
| 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation | AA | Supports | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): This criterion does not apply to non-web documents. |
| 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification | AA | Supports | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): This criterion does not apply to non-web documents. |
| 3.3.1 | Error Identification | A | Supports | Software: Errors created by users, such as entering a very large value for numerical inputs, are identified as invalid with a prompt alerting the user. After the user confirms the prompt, the value is changed to the maximum possible value. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can use the validation techniques provided by Animate to ensure that authored content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing user interface components. |
| 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions | A | Does Not Support | Software: Textual equivalents for most icons are displayed on mouse hover; however, sufficient information about most controls and how they function must be found elsewhere for users to interact with a given control. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which meets this criterion. |
| 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion | AA | Partially Supports | Software: Exceptions include: Entering very high numbers in a numerical input field, such as FPS, values are automatically changed to the highest possible value. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can ensure that content meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capable of containing user interface components. |
| 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Supports | Software: The product does not process legal commitments or financial transactions or modify user-controllable data. Authored Content (HTML): Authored content does not process legal commitments or financial transactions or modify user-controllable data. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not process legal commitments or financial transactions or modify user-controllable data. |
| 4.1.1 | Parsing | A | Supports | Software: The software is not implemented using markup languages. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not implemented using markup languages. |
| 4.1.2 | Name, Role, Value | A | Partially Supports | Software: Most controls have programmatic names; however, containers lack a descriptive programmatic name, as all containers have the same name. The state of controls, such as the checkbox for Object Drawing Mode, and the values for drop- down selections, such as those for the Style, Width and Scale of the pen tool, are not communicated programmatically. Values for position, scale, and hexadecimal color of objects are properly exposed to assistive technology. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which meets this criterion. Authored Content (Video): Authored content is not capabl |
| 502.2.1 | User Control of Accessibility Features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 502.2.2 | No Disruption of Accessibility Features | - | Supports | The product does not disrupt platform accessibility features. |
| 502.3.1 | Object Information | - | Does Not Support | As noted in 1.3.1 Info and Relationships and 4.1.2 Name Role and Value, the product does not provide descriptive programmatically determinable names for containers and values for some inputs are not programmatically determined. |
| 502.3.2 | Modification of Object Information | - | Partially Supports | The names of some objects, such as the layers in the timeline, can be changed. However, most other objects do not allow for the changing of information. |
| 502.3.3 | Row, Column, and Headers | - | Supports | The product does not contain tables. |
| 502.3.4 | Values | - | Supports | The product’s values are exposed to assistive technology. |
| 502.3.5 | Modification of Values | - | Supports | The product supports the modification of values, such as X and Y position, color, width, and height. |
| 502.3.6 | Label Relationships | - | Partially Supports | As described in 1 .3.1 Info and Relationships , 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value , and 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions, textual equivalents are programmatically determinable for most elements, but are not descriptive for containers, and may not be present for inputs. |
| 502.3.7 | Hierarchical Relationships | - | Partially Supports | As described in 1.3.1 Info and Relationships , hierarchy information is available for elements within containers, but is not available for menu items. |
| 502.3.8 | Text | - | Supports | Text content is exposed to assistive technology. |
| 502.3.9 | Modification of Text | - | Supports | Text content can be edited for named objects and for numerical inputs. |
| 502.3.10 | List of Actions | - | Does Not Support | As described in 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value , checkboxes, such as those for Object Drawing Mode, and the values for drop-down selections, such as those for the Style, Width and Scale of the pen tool, are not communicated programmatically. |
| 502.3.11 | Actions on Objects | - | Supports | The product allows assistive technology to execute actions on objects. |
| 502.3.12 | Focus Cursor | - | Does Not Support | Focus can only be gained on the initial create or load project screen and on the menu items. |
| 502.3.13 | Modification of Focus Cursor | - | Does Not Support | Focus can only be gained on the initial create or load project screen and on the menu items. |
| 502.3.14 | Event Notification | - | Supports | The product notifies assistive technology of user interaction events. |
| 503.4.1 | Caption Controls | - | Not Applicable | The product does not provide prerecorded media that requires captions. |
| 503.4.2 | Audio Description Controls | - | Not Applicable | The product does not provide prerecorded media that requires captions. |
| 504.2.1 | Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility in Format Conversion | - | Not Applicable | Imported JPEG and PNG image files do not contain features that support the WCAG success criteria. |
| 504.2.2 | PDF Export | - | Not Applicable | The product does not export PDF files. |
| 4.2.1 | Usage without vision | - | Does Not Support | Software: As described in 2.1.1 Keyboard, navigating the product’s containers, icons, and tools solely using the keyboard is not possible. As described 1.3.1 Info and Relationships, menu items do not communicate their hierarchy. As described in 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value , all containers have the same name, and several controls do not communicate their values. Authored Content (HTML): Textual equivalents can be added to each Adobe Animate object through the accessibility panel. Authored Content (Video): Authors can provide sufficient audio description to content to ensure they can be used by user |
| 4.2.2 | Usage with limited vision | - | Does Not Support | Software: Most of the text meets color contrast standards; however, as described in 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) , input values do not meet color contrast standards. Additionally, as noted in 1.4.4 Resize Text , most user interface elements cannot be resized. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users with limited vision. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional for users with limited vision. |
| 4.2.3 | Usage without perception of colour | - | Supports | Software: The product does not rely solely on color to communicate information. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users without perception of color. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional for users without perception of color. |
| 4.2.4 | Usage without hearing | - | Supports | Software: The product does not contain audio content. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users without hearing. Authored Content (Video): The product only allows an author to add captions when the authored content is a FLV or H.264 video in Flash. Other export formats require external tools to create captions, and the product does not provide sufficient instructions for authors to locate such external tools. |
| 4.2.5 | Usage with limited hearing | - | Supports | Software: The product does not contain audio content. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users without hearing. Authored Content (Video): The product only allows an author to add captions when the authored content is a FLV or H.264 video in Flash. Other export formats require external tools to create captions, and the product does not provide sufficient instructions for authors to locate such external tools. |
| 4.2.6 | Usage without vocal capability | - | Supports | Software: The product does not require the use of speech. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users without speech. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional for users without speech. |
| 4.2.7 | Usage with limited manipulation or strength | - | Partially Supports | Software: As described in 2.1.1 Keyboard, navigating the product and using several of the tools cannot be accomplished solely using the keyboard. This prevents users with limited manipulation or strength from using most functions of the product. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional with limited manipulation or strength. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional with limited manipulation or strength. |
| 4.2.8 | Usage with limited reach | - | Supports | Software: The product is functional with limited reach. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional with limited reach. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional with limited reach. |
| 4.2.9 | Minimize photosensitive seizure triggers | - | Supports | Software: The product does not contain flashing content. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which does not flash, or flashes within an acceptable threshold, in order to minimize the potential for triggering photosensitive seizures. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which does not flash, or flashes within an acceptable threshold, in order to minimize the potential for triggering photosensitive seizures. |
| 4.2.10 | Usage with limited cognition | - | Partially Supports | Software: Users with limited cognition have varying needs for features that allow them to adapt content and work with assistive technology or accessibility features of the platform. However, as noted in 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions , the product does not provide instructions for most functions. Authored Content (HTML): Authors can create content which is functional for users with limited cognition. Authored Content (Video): Authors can create content which is functional for users with limited cognition. |
| 4.2.11 | Privacy | - | Supports | Software: The product does not ask for legal, financial, or personal data. Authored Content (HTML): Authored content does not ask for legal, financial, or personal data. Authored Content (Video): Authored content does not ask for legal, financial, or personal data. |
| 5.5.1 | Means of operation | - | Not Applicable | The product does not have operable parts. |
| 5.5.2 | Operable parts discernibility | - | Not Applicable | The product does not have operable parts. |
| 5.6.1 | Tactile or auditory status | - | Not Applicable | The product is not hardware. |
| 5.6.2 | Visual status | - | Not Applicable | The product is not hardware. |
| 11.4.1 | User control of accessibility features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 11.4.2 | No disruption of accessibility features | - | Partially Supports | The product does not disrupt most platform accessibility features, with the exception of Windows High Contrast mode. |
| 11.6.3 | Preservation of accessibility information in transformations | - | Not Applicable | Imported image files, such as JPEG and PNG, do not contain accessibility information. |
| 11.6.4 | Repair assistance | - | Not Applicable | The product does not have accessibility checking functionality. |
| 11.6.5 | Templates | - | Does Not Support | Templates in the product do not allow authors to create content which conforms to WCAG 2.0 Levels A and AA. |
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