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Hardware Self Contained, Closed Products checklist

Checkpoint 5.1: Timed responses

Provide an alert before timed responses expire and allow the user to indicate more time is needed.

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Rationale

Required development techniques

Required test techniques

 

Rationale

Some users have difficulty reading or responding to information if it is displayed briefly or requires a quick response time. The device needs to alert the user before the time expires so that they can indicate if more time is needed to complete the activity.

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Required development techniques

Use one or more of the following techniques to meet Checkpoint 5.1 from the IBM Hardware Self Contained, Closed Products Accessibility Checklist:

  • Provide an option which enables users to allow timed instructions to persist.
  • Provide an alert to notify users that the time is about to expire and allow them to indicate that more time is required.
  • Do not have timed responses for important messages. Display the message until the user closes it.

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Required test techniques

Test the hardware to ensure that it complies with accessibility requirements.

Tools

For each timed response, software test cases are needed to test this checkpoint:


Techniques

One or more of the following techniques are required to verify this checkpoint:
Action Result
1. Verify that there is a way to allow a timed event to persist.

Verify through inspection. 		Pass:
  • An option exists which allows timed events to persist.


Fail:
  • No option exists which allows timed events to persist.
2. Verify that an alert is generated for all timed events and a option to indicate more time is required.

Verify through software test case. 		Pass:
  • When timed event is activated, an alert is generated and an option to indicate more time is provided, and additional time can be added to the timed event.


Fail:
  • Timed event is activated, one of the following occurs:
  • No alert is generated.
  • No option is provided to indicate more time is required.
  • No additional time can be added to the timed event.
3. Verify that there are no timed responses for messages.

Verify by inspection that all messages display until the user closes them. 		Pass:
  • All messages persist until the user closes them.


Fail:
  • Messages do not persist until a user closes them.

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Last updated September 01, 2009.

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Hardware Self Contained, Closed Products checklist

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