Adobe Media Encoder CC for Windows v13
Accessibility Conformance Report published by Adobe
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 — 32 criteria
- Supports
- 13
- Partially supports
- 5
- Does not support
- 3
- Not applicable
- 11
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AA — 24 criteria
- Supports
- 8
- Partially supports
- 4
- Does not support
- 3
- Not applicable
- 9
- Not evaluated
- 0
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All reported criteria (99)
| Criterion | Name | Level | Conformance | Remarks from vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | Non-text Content | A | Supports | Software: The product provides sufficient text alternatives for all the non-text content instances of the application. |
| 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain prerecorded audio-only or video-only media. |
| 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain prerecorded synchronized media. |
| 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain prerecorded video content that would require audio description or a media alternative. |
| 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships | A | Partially Supports | Software: Most visual structure and relationship information is provided through [element semantics | object information or in text. Exceptions include: Content is arranged visually like a data table, but it is not programmatically marked up as a table, so the table's structure and relationships are not conveyed to people who are blind and/or use a screen reader. This occurs on the following page: Create New Preset: Tabs. A set of checkboxes is not programmatically grouped, so the group label for the set of checkboxes will not be conveyed to people who are blind and/or use a screen reader and |
| 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence | A | Does Not Support | Software: The product does not present most content in a meaningful sequence. Exceptions include: The screen reader skips and does not announce informative content (text), so the intended meaning of that content will be lost or changed for people who are blind and/or use a screen reader. This occurs on the following pages: Encoding, Create New Preset: Tabs; Export Settings; Media Browser; Add Multiple Videos to Queue; Create New Preset; Video: Bitrate; Preset Browser Panel. |
| 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | Software: Instructions do not rely solely on sensory characteristics. |
| 1.4.1 | Use of Color | A | Supports | Software: The product does not convey information through color alone. |
| 1.4.2 | Audio Control | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain audio that plays automatically. |
| 2.1.1 | Keyboard | A | Does Not Support | Software: Most product functionality cannot be operated through a keyboard interface. Exceptions include: A function cannot be performed using only the keyboard, so people who use the keyboard alone to navigate and operate content cannot use this function. This issue occurs across most functionalities within the application example pages. Create New Preset: Tabs; Export Settings; Media Browser; Add Multiple Videos to Queue; Create New Preset; Video: Bitrate; Encoding; Preset Browser Panel. |
| 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap | A | Supports | Software: The product does not include keyboard traps. |
| 2.1.4 | Character Key Shortcuts | A | Supports | Software: The product provides character key shortcuts; it is only active when the relevant user interface component is in focus. |
| 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not include time limits. |
| 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not include elements which move, blink, scroll, or auto-update. |
| 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain flashing content. |
| 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks | A | Not Applicable | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. |
| 2.4.2 | Page Titled | A | Supports | Software: The titles describe the software purpose. |
| 2.4.3 | Focus Order | A | Partially Supports | Software: Most components receive focus in a meaningful order. Exceptions include: Keyboard focus is lost or misplaced as a result of user interaction or content update or refresh, so people who use the keyboard to navigate content (including screen reader users) will become disoriented. This occurs on the following page: Video: Bitrate. |
| 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | Software: The purpose of links in the product can be determined from the link text alone or from the programmatic context of the link. |
| 2.5.1 | Pointer Gestures | A | Supports | Software: The product does not rely on multipoint or path-based gestures |
| 2.5.2 | Pointer Cancellation | A | Supports | Software: Product functions that use a single pointer are completed when the user releases the pointer and allow the user to cancel the pointer action before completing the pointer click. |
| 2.5.3 | Label in Name | A | Partially Supports | Software: In most product functions, accessible names of controls contain the text of their visible labels. Exceptions include: The accessible name of an interactive element (such as a link, button, or form input) does not contain the visible label, so people who use speech input to navigate and operate content will not be able to access the element. This occurs on the following pages: Create New Preset: Tabs; Export Settings; Create New Preset; Video: Bitrate. An interactive element (such as a link, button, or form input) does not have an accessible name because its visible label is not progr |
| 2.5.4 | Motion Actuation | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not have functionality operated by device motion or user motion. |
| 3.1.1 | Language of Page | A | Supports | Software: The language is programmatically determinable within the product. |
| 3.2.1 | On Focus | A | Supports | Software: Components do not initiate a change of context when focused. |
| 3.2.2 | On Input | A | Partially Supports | Software: Changes of context do not occur automatically on most user input. Exceptions include: When navigating a dropdown with the arrow keys, moving to an option but not selecting it, results in an unexpected change of context (such as moving focus to another element or changing the content of the page), so people who use a keyboard to navigate content (including screen reader users) may become confused or disoriented. This occurs on the following pages: Add Multiple Videos to Queue; Video: Bitrate. When a user changes the setting of a user interface control (such as entering text in an inpu |
| 3.2.6 | Consistent Help | A | Supports | Software: On application pages that contain help features (including human or automated contact options or self-help options), those features occur in the same order relative to other page content unless the user changes that order. |
| 3.3.1 | Error Identification | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not detect input errors. |
| 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions | A | Partially Supports | Software: Labels are provided for most input fields. Exceptions include: The label for a form field is missing, so the field's purpose is not clear. This occurs on the following pages: Export Settings; Media Browser. Select or dropdown control missing a visible label so the Select or dropdown control purpose is not clear. This occurs on the following page: Add Multiple Videos to Queue. |
| 3.3.7 | Redundant Entry | A | Supports | Software: If information previously entered by, or provided to, the user is required to be entered again in the same process, that information is either automatically populated or available for the user to select unless the previously entered information is no longer valid or re-entering the information is essential or required to ensure security. |
| 4.1.1 | Parsing | A | Not Applicable | Software: The product is not implemented using markup languages. |
| 4.1.2 | Name, Role, Value | A | Does Not Support | Software: User interface components in most product functions do not provide programmatic name, role, state, or value information. Exceptions include: A custom checkbox element does not have a programmatic role and/or its current state (checked or not checked) is not conveyed programmatically, so people who are blind and/or use a screen reader or other assistive technology will not be aware that the element is a checkbox or if the checkbox is checked. This occurs on the following page: Create New Preset: Tabs. A custom select does not have a role and/or a state (such as which options are avail |
| 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) | AA | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain live synchronized media. |
| 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain prerecorded video content that would require audio description. |
| 1.3.4 | Orientation | AA | Supports | Software: Content does not restrict its view and operation to a single display orientation. |
| 1.3.5 | Identify Input Purpose | AA | Not Applicable | Software: The product’s technology does not have support for programmatic identification of input purpose. |
| 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Partially Supports | Software: Most text meets minimum contrast requirements. Exceptions include: The color contrast ratio between text and its background is less than 4.5:1, so people who are colorblind or have low vision may have difficulty reading the text. This occurs on the following pages: Create New Preset: Tabs; Export Settings; Create New Preset; Video: Bitrate. |
| 1.4.4 | Resize text | AA | Supports | Software: The product allows operating system display scaling to resize text up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality. |
| 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. |
| 1.4.10 | Reflow | AA | Supports | Software: At the required width of 320 CSS pixels, content is presented without loss of information or functionality, and without requiring scrolling in two dimensions. |
| 1.4.11 | Non-text Contrast | AA | Does Not Support | Software: Most of the boundaries and indicators of the visual state(s) of each active user component and any graphics required to understand content have a 3:1 color contrast ratio with adjacent color or their background. Exceptions include: The visual boundary of an interactive element (like a radio button or input field) does not have a 3:1 color contrast ratio with the background, so people who are colorblind or have low vision may have difficulty perceiving the boundaries of the interactive element. This occurs on the following pages: Create New Preset: Tabs; Media Browser; Video: Bitrate. |
| 1.4.12 | Text Spacing | AA | Not Applicable | Software: The product is not implemented using markup languages. |
| 1.4.13 | Content on Hover or Focus | AA | Does Not Support | Software: In most product functions, content does not become visible and then hidden in response to pointer hover or keyboard focus. Exceptions include: Content that appears on mouse hover or keyboard focus (such as tooltips, drop-down menus, or popups) is not dismissible, so it obscures all or part of the original content on the page. This occurs on the following page: Throughout the application. Content that appears on mouse hover (such as tooltips, drop-down menus, or popups) disappears when the mouse pointer is moved over that content, meaning people with disabilities, especially people wi |
| 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways | AA | Not Applicable | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. |
| 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels | AA | Partially Supports | Software: Most headings and labels for form and interactive controls are informative. Exceptions include A programmatic label for a control or form input field does not convey the purpose of the control or input, so people who are blind and/or use a screen reader may not understand what the control does or what data to enter. This occurs on the following pages: Create New Preset: Tabs; Export Settings; Create New Preset; Video: Bitrate. Multiple buttons have identical programmatic labels but different functionality, and there is no programmatic context, so people who are blind and/or use a scr |
| 2.4.7 | Focus Visible | AA | Partially Supports | Software: Most focusable elements have a visible keyboard focus indicator. Exceptions include: An interactive element (such as a link, button, or form input) does not have a visual focus indicator, so sighted people who use a keyboard to navigate content will not know when that element is receiving focus. This occurs on the following pages: Export Settings; Media Browser. |
| 2.4.11 | Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) | AA | Supports | Software: When a user interface component receives keyboard focus, the component is not entirely hidden due to author-created content. |
| 2.5.7 | Dragging Movements | AA | Does Not Support | Software: Most functionality that uses a dragging movement can be achieved by a single pointer without dragging, unless dragging is essential or the functionality is determined by the user agent and not modified by the author. Exceptions include: Some functionality (Column width adjustment options within the table) relies on a dragging movement with no single-pointer, single touch alternative, making it difficult or impossible for persons with motor difficulties and users of assistive technology to perform the gesture on the following page: Throughout the application (Eg pages: Media Browser; |
| 2.5.8 | Target Size (Minimum) | AA | Supports | Software: The size of the target for each clickable control is at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels, except where the target size is determined by the user agent; there is a different control with equivalent functionality; the target is in line with text; the presentation of the target is essential to the function or otherwise exempted under the rule; or each control is spaced such that a 24-pixel circle placed around the bounding box of the control will not intersect any similar circle for another control. |
| 3.1.2 | Language of Parts | AA | Not Applicable | Software: Content is only presented in one language at a time. |
| 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation | AA | Not Applicable | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. |
| 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification | AA | Not Applicable | Software: This criterion does not apply to non-web software. |
| 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion | AA | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not detect input errors that are displayed to users. |
| 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Supports | Software: The product does not process legal commitments or financial transactions. When editing files changes to user-controllable data are reversible or can be confirmed before finalizing. |
| 3.3.8 | Accessible Authentication (Minimum) | AA | Supports | Software: A cognitive function test (such as remembering a password or solving a puzzle) is not required for any step in an authentication process unless either another method is available that does not rely on a cognitive function test; help is available to assist the user in completing the test; or the test is to recognize objects or identify non-text content the user provided to the application. |
| 4.1.3 | Status Messages | AA | Partially Supports | Software: In most cases, status messages can be programmatically determined and presented by assistive technologies without receiving focus. Exceptions include: A status message is not automatically announced by the screen reader, so people who are blind and/or use a screen reader or other assistive technology may completely miss the status message or they may not hear it in a timely fashion. This occurs on the following pages: Add Multiple Videos to Queue; Encoding; Preset Browser Panel. |
| 502.2.1 | User Control of Accessibility Features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 502.2.2 | No Disruption of Accessibility Features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 502.3.1 | Object Information | - | Partially Supports | The role, state(s), properties, boundary, name, and description of most objects can be programmatically determined, so those attributes can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.2 | Modification of Object Information | - | Partially Supports | For most objects that allow the user to set their respective properties and/or state, the act of setting a property or state is available programmatically, so that it can be perceived and performed using assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.3 | Row, Column, and Headers | - | Partially Supports | In most instances when a data table is present, all information in the data cells and the row and/or column headers associated with each data cell are available programmatically, so they can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships |
| 502.3.4 | Values | - | Partially Supports | For most objects that have a current value or have a set or range of values associated with the object, the value(s) is available programmatically, so it can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.5 | Modification of Values | - | Partially Supports | For most objects that allow the user to set or modify its value, the act of setting a value is available programmatically, so that it can be perceived and performed using assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.6 | Label Relationships | - | Partially Supports | For most elements that act as a label for another element and elements that are labeled by another element, the labeling relationship is programmatically determinable, so it can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.7 | Hierarchical Relationships | - | Supports | When a page contains elements that have a parent-child relationship, those relationships are programmatically determinable, so they can be perceived by assistive technology. |
| 502.3.8 | Text | - | Partially Supports | Most text, text attributes (such as whether text is static or editable), and text boundaries are programmatically determinable, so they can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships |
| 502.3.9 | Modification of Text | - | Supports | When text can be set by the user (such as by typing in an input field), the act of adding or modifying text is available programmatically, so that it can be perceived and performed using assistive technology. |
| 502.3.10 | List of Actions | - | Partially Supports | For most of the elements on which one or more actions may be performed, all of those actions are programmatically determinable, so that each action can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 502.3.11 | Actions on Objects | - | Partially Supports | For most of the elements on which one or more actions may be performed, all of those actions are available programmatically, so that each action can be performed using assistive technology. Exceptions include: 2.1.1 Keyboard Navigation |
| 502.3.12 | Focus Cursor | - | Partially Supports | On most pages, the position and content of the focus indicator, text insertion point, and/or text selector are programmatically determinable, so that focus position and content can be perceived and conveyed by assistive technology. Exceptions include: 2.4.7 Focus Visible |
| 502.3.13 | Modification of Focus Cursor | - | Supports | When the focus indicator, text insertion point, and/or text selector indicator can be modified, the modifications are programmatically determinable, so they can be performed by assistive technology. |
| 502.3.14 | Event Notification | - | Partially Supports | In most cases, status messages relevant to user interactions are available to, and presented by, assistive technology. Exceptions include: 4.1.3.a Status Messages |
| 503.4.1 | Caption Controls | - | Not Applicable | The product does not display video with synchronized audio that requires captions. |
| 503.4.2 | Audio Description Controls | - | Not Applicable | The product does not provide prerecorded media that requires audio description. |
| 504.2.1 | Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility in Format Conversion | - | Supports | When converting video and audio from one format to other format, the product preserves the captions and audio. |
| 504.2.2 | PDF Export | - | Not Applicable | The product does not export PDF files. |
| 4.2.1 | Usage without vision | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable without vision. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence 2.1.1 Keyboard 2.4.3 Focus Order 2.4.6 Headings and Labels 3.2.2 On Input 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value 4.1.3 Status Messages |
| 4.2.2 | Usage with limited vision | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable With Limited Vision. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus 2.1.1 Keyboard 2.4.3 Focus Order 2.4.6 Headings and Labels 2.4.7 Focus Visible 3.2.2 On Input 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 4.2.3 | Usage without perception of colour | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable without perception of color. Exceptions include: 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast |
| 4.2.4 | Usage without hearing | - | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not require the use of hearing. |
| 4.2.5 | Usage with limited hearing | - | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not require the use of with Limited Hearing. |
| 4.2.6 | Usage with no or limited vocal capability | - | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not require the use of speech. |
| 4.2.7 | Usage with limited manipulation or strength | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable with limited manipulation and strength. Exceptions include: 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus 2.1.1 Keyboard 2.4.3 Focus Order 2.4.6 Headings and Labels 2.4.7 Focus Visible 2.5.3 Label in Name 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value |
| 4.2.8 | Usage with limited reach | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable with limited reach. Exceptions include: 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus 2.5.3 Label in Name |
| 4.2.9 | Minimize photosensitive seizure triggers | - | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not contain flashing content. |
| 4.2.10 | Usage with limited cognition, language or learning | - | Partially Supports | Software: Most functions of the product are usable with limited language, cognitive, and learning abilities. Users with cognitive disabilities have varying needs for features that allow them to adapt content and work with assistive technology or accessibility features of the platform. The product provides. Exceptions include: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus 2.1.1 Keyboard 2.4.3 Focus Order 2.4.6 Headings and Labels 2.4.7 Focus Visible 2.5.3 Label in Name 3.2.2 On Input 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value 4.1.3 Status Mess |
| 4.2.11 | Privacy | - | Not Applicable | Software: The product does not ask for or display legal, financial, or personal data. |
| 5.1.4 | Functionality closed to text enlargement | - | Not Applicable | The product does not have closed functionality. |
| 5.1.5 | Visual output for auditory information | - | Not Applicable | The product does not have closed functionality. |
| 5.1.7 | Access without speech | - | Supports | Adobe Media Encoder does not require speech input for any functionality. All operations can be performed using mouse and keyboard input. The application does not rely on voice commands or speech recognition features. |
| 5.5.1 | Means of operation | - | Not Applicable | The product has only non-mechanical operable parts, such as on-screen buttons, which do not require grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist to operate. |
| 5.5.2 | Operable parts discernibility | - | Partially Supports | The product has only non-mechanical operable parts, such as on-screen buttons. Most operable parts have an accessible name which enables them to be discernible without user vision. Exceptions include: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value. |
| 5.6.1 | Tactile or auditory status | - | Not Applicable | Tactile or auditory status is not included in the product. |
| 5.6.2 | Visual status | - | Not Applicable | Visual status of controls isn’t discernible in the product |
| 11.6.1 | User control of accessibility features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 11.6.2 | No disruption of accessibility features | - | Not Applicable | The product is not platform software. |
| 11.8.3 | Preservation of accessibility information in transformations | - | Supports | When converting video and audio from one format to other format, the product preserves the captions and audio. |
| 11.8.4 | Repair assistance | - | Not Applicable | The product is not an authoring tool. |
| 11.8.5 | Templates | - | Not Applicable | The product is not an authoring tool. |
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