Dragon Professional
Accessibility Conformance Report published by Microsoft
Partial extraction. We read 29 of 31 Level A and 20 of 24 Level AA criteria from this document (89% coverage). The remainder are missing from our extraction, not necessarily from Microsoft'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 — 30 criteria
- Supports
- 10
- Partially supports
- 10
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 10
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AA — 20 criteria
- Supports
- 10
- Partially supports
- 5
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 5
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AAA — 31 criteria
- Supports
- 0
- Partially supports
- 0
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not evaluated
- 31
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All reported criteria (81)
| Criterion | Name | Level | Conformance | Remarks from vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | Non-text Content | A | Partially Supports | No name is defined for the search icon on the screen. |
| 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships | A | Partially Supports | - When navigating using the arrow keys in screen reader scan mode, screen reader focus goes to the decorative images in the dialog and announces as "Image."- When navigating using the arrow keys in screen reader scan mode, screen reader focus goes to the invisible items present in the dialog- When pressing enter on next in file analysis page, screen reader does not announce the information of "File analysis is complete. Click next to continue."- When pressing enter on next in file analysis page, screen reader does not announce the name of the section that is opening, that is the "Summary" section and the data.- When pressing enter on the next button to move to the "scan email" section, screen reader does not announce the scanning happening in the section; screen reader is silent.- When navigating on the list of checkboxes, they are read as selected even when not selected.- When navigating between the items, the screen reader is not announcing the levels of the item as level 1 and level 2 to know the parent and child relationship in the tree structure.- When navigating between the items on screen mange for group all, screen reader does not announce the control "checkbox" at the items and the state checked or unchecked.- When navigating between the items, screen reader announces the number of items present on the screen as "27," which is not correct as there are only 3 on the screen.- When pressing the heading shortcut key H, screen reader announces the items Notes/alerts/tips as headings with level 2. which are not functioning as headers.- When pressing the links shortcut key k, screen reader announces the invisible links on the screen.- When navigating between the cells using ctrl + alt +arrow keys, screen reader is not announcing the column header name for the cells.- When navigating between the headers in column header row using ctrl + alt +arrow keys, screen reader announces the column header as row headers.- When navigating between menu items of the help section, screen reader announces an incorrect number of items present as 1 of 16 but only 7 items are present.- When typing into the search field there is no information of the results, which are searched for and no information if the results are updated or not after a pause of typing.- When tabbing to the expand/collapse options under "Options controlled by Smart Format Rules" screen reader does not announce the information of the item as expanded/collapsed.- Screen reader does not announce the selected tab "Acoustics" along with the radio button name/role when focus first lands on the 'Daily' radio button.- When pressing alt to move to the top navigation, the screen reader announcement reads the top navigation and moves back to the table.- When pressing enter on the "about Dragon" button, screen reader is not announcing the information present in the about dialog even in scan mode.- When tabbing to the location edit field the group "user" is not read for it.- When pressing enter on find next button, the screen reader is not announcing the position of the found item in the rich text editor.- When focus lands on the first control of the section "dragonBar," the section name is not announced with the name and role of the control. |
| 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence | A | Partially Supports | - When pressing enter on the open button to upload a file, keyboard focus is not moving to the uploaded file after successful upload.- When navigating using the up-arrow keys from the new name section, in screen reader scan mode, the focus is not moving to the old name section.- When pressing tab after selecting the All-radio button, focus is still going to the "to" and "from" text boxes asking to select the range.- When pressing the down arrow key, screen reader focus is moving out of the dialog and reading the content outside the "about" dialog.- When using arrow keys and moving to "paper size," focus is on the text rather than the control beside it. |
| 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | |
| 1.4.1 | Use of Color | A | Partially Supports | The color contrast ratio of the link to the plain text is 2.214:1 |
| 1.4.2 | Audio Control | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.1.1 | Keyboard | A | Partially Supports | - The controls present in the text editor bold, font size, alignment, --, are not accessible with the keyboard. The shortcut Alt+f10 is not working.- When pressing enter on the advanced button and pressing tab to move to the advanced dialog content, focus is not entering the dialog.- The column header present in the table is not accessible with the keyboard, to change the sorting.- The task pane button and the controls present in it are not accessible with the keyboard.- Unable to navigate to the items under "corrections" using the keyboard. |
| 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap | A | Partially Supports | When pressing enter on the paste button, keyboard focus is trapped on the paste button and no action is performed. |
| 2.1.4 | Character Key Shortcuts | A | Supports | |
| 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.2 | Page Titled | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.4.3 | Focus Order | A | Partially Supports | When tabbing in the dialog the order is "train, cancel, help, save, save & other, test," which is not in the correct focus or logical order of the keyboard. |
| 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.1 | Pointer Gestures | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.5.2 | Pointer Cancellation | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.3 | Label in Name | A | Partially Supports | The name of the dropdown is given as " ", which is not the same as the visual label name on the screen. |
| 2.5.4 | Motion Actuation | A | Not Applicable | |
| 3.1.1 | Language of Page | A | Not Applicable | |
| 3.2.1 | On Focus | A | Supports | |
| 3.2.2 | On Input | A | Supports | |
| 3.3.1 | Error Identification | A | Partially Supports | When entering alphabets in the X and Y edits, screen reader does not announce the error tooltip on the screen. |
| 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions | A | Supports | |
| 4.1.1 | Parsing | A | Supports | |
| 4.1.2 | Name, Role, Value | A | Partially Supports | - The name of the command type dropdown is given as "%S".- In the command preview, the item's role is mistakenly defined as a list, whereas its visual representation is actually a table.- When navigating to the 'Start time' control, Narrator is not announcing the name/role for that control.- Unnecessary table is defined to the sliders on the screen.- The role alignment items in the toolbar are given as checkboxes, which are acting as a radio button group. |
| 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.4 | Orientation | AA | Supports | |
| 1.3.5 | Identify Input Purpose | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.4 | Resize text | AA | Partially Supports | When applying resize, content of dialog "Accuracy Center" is not adopting the resize. |
| 1.4.5 | Images of Text | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.10 | Reflow | AA | Partially Supports | On applying reflow [320*256], two scroll bars appear on the screen. |
| 1.4.11 | Non-text Contrast | AA | Partially Supports | - The color contrast ratio of the selected item focus to its background is 1.426:1.- The color contrast ratio of the focus on the top navigation to its background is 1.052:1. |
| 1.4.12 | Text Spacing | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.4.13 | Content on Hover or Focus | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.7 | Focus Visible | AA | Partially Supports | - When tabbing to the help button, keyboard focus is not visible on the help button present in the dialog.- When pressing tab to the table, focus is not visible on the screen. Using one down arrow, then the focus is landing on the table.- When pressing tab from the last item "Nuance website", keyboard focus is on the entire "about the command browser" section, but not visible.- When tabbing through the "Dragon help centre-home", keyboard focus is not visible while going through each interactive control. |
| 3.1.2 | Language of Parts | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation | AA | Supports | |
| 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 4.1.3 | Status Messages | AA | Partially Supports | When clicking the install button, no progress info is announced by the screen reader, and no status message is announced whether it is installed or not. |
| 1.2.6 | Sign Language (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.7 | Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.8 | Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.9 | Audio-only (Live) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.3.6 | Identify Purpose | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.6 | Contrast (Enhanced) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.7 | Low or No Background Audio | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.8 | Visual Presentation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.9 | Images of Text (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.1.3 | Keyboard (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.3 | No Timing | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.4 | Interruptions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.5 | Re-authenticating | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.6 | Timeouts | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.2 | Three Flashes | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.3 | Animation from Interactions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.8 | Location | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.9 | Link Purpose (Link Only) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.10 | Section Headings | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.12 | Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.13 | Focus Appearance | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.5 | Target Size | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.6 | Concurrent Input Mechanisms | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.3 | Unusual Words | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.4 | Abbreviations | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.5 | Reading Level | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.6 | Pronunciation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.2.5 | Change on Request | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.5 | Help | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.6 | Error Prevention (All) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.9 | Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) | AAA | Not Evaluated |
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