Date: August 7, 2014
Name of
Product: MapleSim
Contact for
more Information (name/phone/email): support@maplesoft.com
| Summary Table VPAT™ 
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| Section
  1194.21 Software Applications and Operating
  Systems  | Generally Supported |  See Section
  1194.21 for more information | 
| Section
  1194.22 Web-based Internet Information and Applications
   | Not Applicable |   | 
| Section
  1194.23 Telecommunications Products  | Not Applicable |   | 
| Section
  1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products  | Not Applicable |   | 
| Section
  1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products  | Not Applicable |   | 
| Section
  1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers  | Not Applicable |   | 
| Section
  1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria  | Supported with exceptions |  Generally
  supported where applicable | 
| Section
  1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support | Supported |   | 
| Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility
  Template® | ||
| Criteria  | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) When
  software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product
  functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or
  the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. | Supported with exceptions | Keyboard
  support via hotkeys for all menu functions and component manipulation on
  canvas. Keyboard is
  not supported for moving components from library palette to canvas.  | 
| (b)
  Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other
  products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features
  are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications
  also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system
  that are identified as accessibility features where the application
  programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by
  the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product
  developer. | Supported |  | 
| (c) A
  well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that
  moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The
  focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can
  track focus and focus changes. | Supported | MapleSim
  displays a white/blue box around component that has focus in library
  palette/canvas.   | 
| (d)
  Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity,
  operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive
  Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information
  conveyed by the image must also be available in text. | Supported | Information
  available through queries to underlying Java components. | 
| (e) When bitmap
  images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other
  programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be
  consistent throughout an application's performance. | Supported |  | 
| (f) Textual
  information shall be provided through operating system functions for
  displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text
  content, text input caret location, and text attributes. | Supported |   | 
| (g)
  Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections
  and other individual display attributes. | Supported with exceptions  | Items in
  Settings tab cannot be read in high contrast mode unless they are selected. Libraries and
  Project tabs do not inherit contrast and color settings from operating
  system. Items on
  canvas are difficult to view in high contrast mode unless grid is turned off  | 
| (h) When
  animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one
  non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | Supported | Information
  in 3D animations is also presented in plot window  | 
| (i) Color
  coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information,
  indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual
  element. | Supported | The
  coordinate axes in 3D playback window are colored coded, but can be inferred
  from context | 
| (j) When a
  product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of
  color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be
  provided. | Supported |  A
  variety of colors are available for use with plots  | 
| (k) Software
  shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a
  flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supported |   | 
| (l) When
  electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using Assistive
  Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality
  required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions
  and cues. | Supported |   | 
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| Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications –
  Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria  | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) A text
  equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via
  "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Not Applicable |   | 
| (b)
  Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized
  with the presentation. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (c) Web pages
  shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also
  available without color, for example from context or markup. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) Documents
  shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style
  sheet. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (e) Redundant
  text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image
  map. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (f)
  Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps
  except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (g) Row and
  column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (h) Markup
  shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that
  have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (i) Frames
  shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and
  navigation | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j) Pages
  shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency
  greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (k) A
  text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be
  provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when
  compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the
  text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (l) When
  pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface
  elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with
  functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology. | Not Applicable |   | 
| Not Applicable |   | |
| (n) When electronic forms are designed to be
  completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to
  access the information, field elements, and functionality required for
  completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.  | Not Applicable |   | 
| (o) A method shall be provided that permits users
  to skip repetitive navigation links.  | Not Applicable |   | 
| (p) When a timed response is required, the user
  shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.
   | Not Applicable |   | 
Note
to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as
consistent with the following priority 1 Checkpoints of the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web
Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1,
(b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e) - 1.2, (f) - 9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2,
(i) - 12.1, (j) - 7.1, (k) - 11.4.
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| Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria  | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a)
  Telecommunications products or systems which provide a function allowing
  voice communication and which do not themselves provide a TTY functionality
  shall provide a standard non-acoustic connection point for TTYs. Microphones
  shall be capable of being turned on and off to allow the user to intermix
  speech with TTY use. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (b)
  Telecommunications products which include voice communication functionality
  shall support all commonly used cross-manufacturer non-proprietary standard
  TTY signal protocols. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (c) Voice
  mail, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications
  systems shall be usable by TTY users with their TTYs. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) Voice
  mail, messaging, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response
  telecommunications systems that require a response from a user within a time
  interval, shall give an alert when the time interval is about to run out, and
  shall provide sufficient time for the user to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (e) Where
  provided, caller identification and similar telecommunications functions
  shall also be available for users of TTYs, and for users who cannot see
  displays. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (f) For
  transmitted voice signals, telecommunications products shall provide a gain
  adjustable up to a minimum of 20 dB. For incremental volume control, at least
  one intermediate step of 12 dB of gain shall be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (g) If the
  telecommunications product allows a user to adjust the receive volume, a
  function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default
  level after every use. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (h) Where a
  telecommunications product delivers output by an audio transducer which is
  normally held up to the ear, a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling
  to hearing technologies shall be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (i)
  Interference to hearing technologies (including hearing aids, cochlear
  implants, and assistive listening devices) shall be reduced to the lowest
  possible level that allows a user of hearing technologies to utilize the
  telecommunications product. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j) Products
  that transmit or conduct information or communication, shall pass through
  cross-manufacturer, non-proprietary, industry-standard codes, translation
  protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide the information
  or communication in a usable format. Technologies which use encoding, signal
  compression, format transformation, or similar techniques shall not remove
  information needed for access or shall restore it upon delivery. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (k)(1)
  Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with
  the following: Controls and Keys shall be tactilely discernible without
  activating the controls or keys. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (k)(2)
  Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with
  the following: Controls and Keys shall be operable with one hand and shall
  not require tight grasping, pinching, twisting of the wrist. The force
  required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2N) maximum. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (k)(3)
  Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with
  the following: If key repeat is supported, the delay before repeat shall be
  adjustable to at least 2 seconds. Key repeat rate shall be adjustable to 2
  seconds per character. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (k)(4)
  Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with
  the following: The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall be
  visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or sound. | Not Applicable |   | 
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| Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary
  Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| a) All analog
  television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that
  includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped
  with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and
  displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals.
  As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital
  television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets
  with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and
  stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display
  screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display
  circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which
  appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast,
  cable, videotape, and DVD signals. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (b)
  Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, shall be
  equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (c) All
  training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the
  agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio
  information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or
  closed captioned. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) All
  training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the
  agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information
  necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (e) Display
  or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be
  user-selectable unless permanent. | Not Applicable |   | 
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| Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility
  Template® | ||
| Criteria  | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) Self
  contained products shall be usable by people with disabilities without
  requiring an end-user to attach Assistive Technology to the product. Personal
  headsets for private listening are not Assistive Technology. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (b) When a
  timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient
  time to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (c) Where a
  product utilizes touchscreens or contact-sensitive controls, an input method
  shall be provided that complies with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) When
  biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative
  form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess
  particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (e) When
  products provide auditory output, the audio signal shall be provided at a
  standard signal level through an industry standard connector that will allow
  for private listening. The product must provide the ability to interrupt,
  pause, and restart the audio at anytime. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (f) When
  products deliver voice output in a public area, incremental volume control
  shall be provided with output amplification up to a level of at least 65 dB.
  Where the ambient noise level of the environment is above 45 dB, a volume
  gain of at least 20 dB above the ambient level shall be user selectable. A
  function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default level
  after every use. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (g) Color
  coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information,
  indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual
  element. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (h) When a
  product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a range of
  color selections capable of producing a variety of contrast levels shall be
  provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (i) Products
  shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency
  greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j) (1)
  Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one
  location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following:
  The position of any operable control shall be determined with respect to a
  vertical plane, which is 48 inches in length, centered on the operable
  control, and at the maximum protrusion of the product within the 48 inch
  length on products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be
  used in one location and which have operable controls. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j)(2)
  Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one
  location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following:
  Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the reference plane,
  the height shall be 54 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j)(3)
  Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one
  location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following:
  Where any operable control is more than 10 inches and not more than 24 inches
  behind the reference plane, the height shall be 46 inches maximum and 15
  inches minimum above the floor. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (j)(4)
  Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one
  location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following:
  Operable controls shall not be more than 24 inches behind the reference
  plane. | Not Applicable |   | 
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| Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary
  Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) All
  mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with §1194.23 (k) (1)
  through (4). | Not Applicable |   | 
| (b) If a
  product utilizes touchscreens or touch-operated controls, an input method
  shall be provided that complies with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable |   | 
| (c) When
  biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative
  form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to
  possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) Where
  provided, at least one of each type of expansion slots, ports and connectors
  shall comply with publicly available industry standards | Not Applicable |   | 
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| Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary
  Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) At least
  one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user
  vision shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people
  who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided. | Supports through equivalent facilitation | Data used for
  plot results can be exported as comma-separated values (csv) file. | 
| (b) At least
  one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual
  acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print
  output working together or independently, or support for Assistive Technology
  used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided. | Supported | Data used for
  plot results can be exported as comma-separated values (csv) file. Plots can
  also be enlarged. | 
| (c) At least
  one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user
  hearing shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people
  who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided | Not Applicable |   | 
| (d) Where
  audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of
  operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory
  fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (e) At least
  one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user
  speech shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people
  with disabilities shall be provided. | Not Applicable |   | 
| (f) At least
  one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine
  motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach
  and strength shall be provided. | Supported with exceptions |  Keyboard
  support via hotkeys for all menu functions and component manipulation on
  canvas. Keyboard is
  not supported for moving components from library palette to canvas. | 
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| Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary
  Product Accessibility Template® | ||
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations | 
| (a) Product
  support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in
  alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge | Supported | Online
  documentation is available at http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/index.aspx
   | 
| (b) End-users
  shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility
  features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request,
  at no additional charge. | Supported |  Maplesoft can produce alternative format of documentation for
  customer upon request. | 
| (c) Support
  services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users
  with disabilities. | Supported |  Maplesoft
  offers technical support by telephone (1-800-267-6583) and by email (support@maplesoft.com).   | 
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