TEITAC July 6 Draft
Mapping against IBM products
Shannon Rapuano
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center

Goal: Map products against new structure
•	Mapped sample of IBM products against new structure  
•	Mail/calendaring application, authoring tools, sample applications
•	Mainframe operating system with remote access features
•	Application for Web portal services and tools to develop content
•	Server and kiosk hardware
•	
•	The new structure worked well with a few exceptions:
•	Conflicts with General Technical and Software provisions
•	Applicable provisions skipped due to decision filter
•	“All” provisions could not be applied to general products 
•	
•	
•	Simplification: General Technical Provisions
•	1.2F: All information provided in visual form must also be available in audio & where appropriate, tactile form.
•	Applied to all software / Web products
•	Requires all the visual information also in audio format – self voicing applications?
•	Conflicts with Software provisions for “If visual output…” 
•	
•	1.2H: “All information in text must be minimum of 3/16 inch high or where display size not part of product, 14 pt type.”
•	Applied to all software products
•	Requires all text must be 3/16 in high or 14 pt type
•	Conflicts with Software provisions for user display preferences
•	
•	
•	If/Then: Some applicable provisions were skipped
•	“If software runs on platform with AT support”
•	Products on multiple platforms that may have minimal AT support.
•	Does product “run on platform with AT support”?  No.
•	Focus indicator provision is skipped. 
•	Visible focus indicator applies even if there is no AT support.  
•	Recommendation: Move focus provision to “If keyboard…” condition

•	Software with audio alerts
•	Provisions for “If visual output…”, but not for “If audio output…”
•	Audio provision in the General Technical may be overlooked
•	Recommendation: Add “If audio output ….” to Software
•	
•	
•	Convergence: “All” provisions may not apply
•	Hardware -  “If audio output…”
•	Most audio provisions only apply to Telecomm (e.g. Magnetic coupling, Interference w/ hearing device, Volume - gain)
•	Difficulty applying to non-telecomm products
•	Recommendation: “All hardware with audio output” and “Additional provisions for telecomm products with audio output”. 
•	
•	
•	Summary
•	In general, new structure:
•	Simplifies requirements
•	Identifies applicable requirements using decision tree format
•	Supports convergence of technologies
•	
•	Mapping real products against the structure validated that the approach is good, but needs refinement
•	
•	Work with sub-committees to address and close issues