TeXLive Accessibility Conformance Report
(International Edition)
(Based upon VPAT® version 2.4)

TeX Users Group

Version 2.3, April 2023

Contents

 Name of Product/Version
 Report Date
 Product Description
 Contact Information
 Notes
 Evaluation methods used
 Applicable standards and guidelines
 Terms
 WCAG 2.x Report
  Introduction
  Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
  Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
  Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
 Revised Section 508 Report
  Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)
  Chapter 4: Hardware
  Chapter 5: Software
  Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services
 EN 301 549 Report
  Chapter 4: Functional Performance Statements (FPS)
  Chapter 5: Generic Requirements
  Chapter 6: ICT with Two-Way Voice Communication
  Chapter 7: ICT with Video Capabilities
  Chapter 8: Hardware
  Chapter 9: Web
  Chapter 10: Non-Web Software
  Chapter 11: Software
  Chapter 12: Documentation and Support Services
  Chapter 13: ICT Providing Relay or Emergency Service Access
 Legal Disclaimer

Name of Product/Version

TeXLive 2023.

Report Date

March 2023.

Product Description

TeXLive is the reference distribution of TeX and related software supported by TeX Users Group, a membership-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to support, promotion and advocacy of TeX typesetting system created by Donald Knuth and maintained by the international community of developers. As of 2023 TeXLive contains more than 470 programs and more than 7660 software packages.

Contact Information

Website:

https://tug.org

Address:


Robin Laakso, executive director,
TeX Users Group,
PO Box 2311,
Portland, OR 97208-2311,
USA

Phone:

+1 503-223-9994

Fax:

+1 815-301-3568

Administrative email:

office@tug.org

Board of directors:

board@tug.org

President:

president@tug.org

Notes

TeXLive is a complex software suite, intended to the produce typeset products in various formats (PDF, HTML, DVI, XML to name a few). In all case it takes an input code written in a machine-readable form and translates it to an output format, suitable to publication in the traditional (hard copy) or electronic form.

This document covers only the software used to convert the input code to the output format. The creation of the input code is outside the scope of this document, since it is done by third party software. TeXLive software can accept as input text files created in any authoring tool. TeX Users group is aware about fully accessible authoring tools, and promotes them on its web pages and publications.

A separate issue is the accessibility of the output documents created with TeXLive software. The accessibility features of these documents depend on the settings in the input code and the packages used, and thus is not covered by this document. TeX Users Group strives to make the creation of full accessible documents using its tool as simple as possible, and to make the accessibility features the default settings of our software. This is an ongoing effort, involving many developers. TeX Users Group welcomes any help in this work.

The tools provided by TeXLive are accompanied by technical documentation, both included in TeXLive itself, and separate: there are many books, courses and other materials about TeX. Many of the latter a fully accessible. The main documentation of TeXLive, supported by TeXLive team, is accessible as well. Most of the documentation for several thousand software packages in TeXLive is provided in PDF or text format. By requiring machine readable textual sources of all documentation provided by TeXLive packages, we ensure a certain level of accessibility for all documentation. However, the full audit of the documentation for all 7300+ packages created by many thousands of volunteers is not feasible at this time. TeX Users group supports the efforts of making all TeX documentation fully accessible.

Evaluation methods used

The testing was based on the knowledge of the general product knowledge.

Applicable standards and guidelines

Standard/Guideline

Included in the report

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

Level A (Yes)

Level AA (Yes)

Level AAA (Yes)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1

Level A (Yes)

Level AA (Yes)

Level AAA (Yes)

Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018

Yes

EN 301 549 Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe, - V3.1.1 (2019-11)

Yes

Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

Supports:

The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.

Partially Supports:

Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.

Does Not Support:

The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.

Not Applicable:

The criterion is not relevant to the product.

Not Evaluated:

The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can be used only in WCAG 2.0 Level AAA.

WCAG 2.x Report

Tables 1 and 2 also document conformance with:

Note:

When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.x Success Criteria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility-supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.0 Conformance Requirements.

Introduction

This section of the report describes the documentation for TeXLive.

There are several ways to define “the full documentation for TeX and friends software”. In one meaning of these words it comprises all books on TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt and other systems included in TeXLive, all issues of the journals published by TeX Users Group and other users produced documentation. Of course it would be impossible to estimate the accessibility of all this documentation, comprising hundreds thousands of pages written over three decades.

Another way is to count only the documentation for the packages included in TeXLive. This includes documentation for 7300+ packages, which makes the full audit rather impractical.

In this document we discuss only the main manual for the system, available with the installation and at https://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html. We note, however, that documentation for all TeXLive packages is available as source text files, and thus is highly accessible.

In the tables below the success criteria apply to Web and Electronic Docs paragraphs of VPAT.

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A

Criteria
Conformance Level

1.1.1

Non-text Content

Supports

1.2.1

Audio-only and Video only (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.2.2

Captions Prerecorded

Not Applicable

1.2.3

Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.3.1

Info and Relationships

Supports

1.3.2

Meaningful Sequence

Supports

1.3.3

Sensory Characteristics

Not Applicable

1.4.1

Use of Color

Supports

1.4.2

Audio Control

Not Applicable

2.1.1

Keyboard

Supports

2.1.2

No Keyboard Trap

Supports

2.1.4

Character Key Shortcuts (2.1 only)

Supports

2.2.1

Timing Adjustable

Supports

2.2.2

Pause, Stop, Hide

Supports

2.3.1

Three Flashes or Below Threshold

Supports

2.4.1

Bypass Blocks

Not Applicable

2.4.2

Page Titled

Supports

2.4.3

Focus Order

Supports

2.4.4

Link Purpose (In Context)

Supports

2.5.1

Pointer Gestures (2.1 only)

Supports

2.5.2

Pointer Cancellation (2.1 only)

Supports

2.5.3

Label in Name (2.1 only)

Supports

2.5.4

Motion Actuation (2.1 only)

Supports

3.1.1

Language of Page

Supports

3.2.1

On Focus

Supports

3.2.2

On Input

Supports

3.3.1

Error Identification

Supports

3.3.2

Labels or Instructions

Supports

4.1.1

Parsing

Supports

4.1.2

Name, Role, Value

Supports

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA

Criteria
Conformance Level

1.2.4

Captions (Live)

Not Applicable

1.2.5

Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.3.4

Orientation (2.1 only)

Supports

1.3.5

Identify Input Purpose (2.1 only)

Supports

1.4.3

Contrast (Minimum)

Supports

1.4.4

Resize text

Supports

1.4.5

Images of Text

Supports

1.4.10

Reflow (2.1 only)

Supports

1.4.11

Non-text Contrast (2.1 only)

Supports

1.4.12

Text Spacing (2.1 only)

Supports

1.4.13

Content on Hover or Focus (2.1 only)

Supports

2.4.5

Multiple Ways

Supports

2.4.6

Headings and Labels

Supports

2.4.7

Focus Visible

Supports

3.1.2

Language of Parts

Supports

3.2.3

Consistent Navigation

Supports

3.2.4

Consistent Identification

Supports

3.3.3

Error Suggestion

Not Applicable

3.3.4

Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)

Not Applicable

4.1.3

Status Messages (2.1 only)

Supports

Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA

Criteria
Conformance Level

1.2.6

Sign Language (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.2.7

Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.2.8

Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

Not Applicable

1.2.9

Audio-only (Live)

Not Applicable

1.3.6

Identify Purpose (2.1 only)

Supports

1.4.6

Contrast (Enhanced)

Supports

1.4.7

Low or No Background Audio

Supports

1.4.8

Visual Presentation

Supports

1.4.9

Images of Text (No Exception)

Supports 1

2.1.3

Keyboard (No Exception)

Supports

2.2.3

No Timing

Supports

2.2.4

Interruptions

Supports

2.2.5

Re-authenticating

Not Applicable

2.2.6

Timeouts (2.1 only)

Not Applicable

2.3.2

Three Flashes

Supports

2.3.3

Animation from Interactions (2.1 only)

Supports

2.4.8

Location

Supports

2.4.9

Link Purpose (Link Only)

Supports

2.4.10

Section Headings

Supports

2.5.5

Target Size (2.1 only)

Supports

2.5.6

Concurrent Input Mechanisms (2.1 only)

Supports

3.1.3

Unusual Words

Does Not Support

3.1.4

Abbreviations

Does Not Support

3.1.5

Reading Level

Does Not Support

3.1.6

Pronunciation

Not Applicable

3.2.5

Change on Request

Supports

3.3.5

Help

Does Not Support

3.3.6

Error Prevention (All)

Not Applicable

Note:

Neither Revised Section 508 Report nor EN 301 549 Report require AAA level compliance.

Revised Section 508 Report

Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)

Criteria
Conformance Level

302.1

Without Vision

Supports

302.2

With Limited Vision

Supports

302.3

Without Perception of Color

Supports

302.4

Without Hearing

Supports

302.5

With Limited Hearing

Supports

302.6

Without Speech

Supports

302.7

With Limited Manipulation

Supports

302.8

With Limited Reach and Strength

Supports

302.9

With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities

Does Not Support

Chapter 4: Hardware

Does Not Apply.

Chapter 5: Software

Criteria
Conformance Level

501.1

Scope—Incorporation of WCAG 2.0 AA

Supports2

502 Interoperability with Assistive Technology

502.2.1

User Control of Accessibility Features

Supports

502.2.2

No Disruption of Accessibility Features

Supports

502.3 Accessibility Services

502.3.1

Object Information

Supports

502.3.2

Modification of Object Information

Supports

502.3.3

Row, Column, and Headers

Not Applicable

502.3.4

Values

Supports

502.3.5

Modification of Values

Supports

502.3.6

Label Relationships

Not Applicable

502.3.7

Hierarchical Relationships

Not Applicable

502.3.8

Text

Supports

502.3.9

Modification of Text

Supports

502.3.10

List of Actions

Supports

502.3.11

Actions on Objects

Supports

502.3.12

Focus Cursor

Supports

502.3.13

Modification of Focus Cursor

Supports

502.3.14

Event Notification

Supports

502.4

Platform Accessibility Features

Supports

503 Applications

503.2

User Preferences

Supports

503.3

Alternative User Interfaces

Supports

503.4 User Controls for Captions and Audio Description

503.4.1

Caption Controls

Not Applicable

503.4.2

Audio Description Controls

Not Applicable

504 Authoring Tools

504.2

Content Creation or Editing (if not authoring tool, enter “not applicable”)

Not Applicable

504.2.1

Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility in Format Conversion

Not Applicable

504.2.2

PDF Export

Not Applicable

504.3

Prompts

Not Applicable

504.4

Templates

Not Applicable

Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

Criteria
Conformance Level

602 Support Documentation

602.2

Accessibility and Compatibility Features

Supports

602.3

Electronic Support Documentation

Supports3

602.4

Alternate Formats for Non-Electronic Support Documentation

Not Applicable

603 Support Services

603.2

Information on Accessibility and Compatibility Features

Not Applicable

603.3

Accommodation of Communication Needs

Not Applicable

EN 301 549 Report

Chapter 4: Functional Performance Statements (FPS)

Criteria
Conformance Level

4.2.1

Usage without vision

Supports

4.2.2

Usage with limited vision

Supports

4.2.3

Usage without perception of colour

Supports

4.2.4

Usage without hearing

Supports

4.2.5

Usage with limited hearing

Supports

4.2.6

Usage with no or limited vocal capability

Supports

4.2.7

Usage with limited manipulation or strength

Supports

4.2.8

Usage with limited reach

Supports

4.2.9

Minimize photosensitive seizure triggers

Supports

4.2.10

Usage with limited cognition, language or learning

Does not support

4.2.11

Privacy

Supports

Chapter 5: Generic Requirements

Note:

EN 301 549 defines “closed functionality” as “functionality that is limited by characteristics that prevent a user from attaching, installing or using assistive technology”. Since TeXLive utilities do not prevent users from attaching, installing or using assistive technology, most of requirements in this chapter are not applicable to them.

Criteria
Conformance Level

5.1 Closed functionality
5.1.2 General

5.1.2.1

Closed functionality

Not Applicable

5.1.2.2

Assistive technology

Not Applicable

5.1.3 Non-visual access

5.1.3.1

Audio output of visual information

Not Applicable

5.1.3.2

Auditory output delivery including speech

Not Applicable

5.1.3.3

Auditory output correlation

Not Applicable

5.1.3.4

Speech output user control

Not Applicable

5.1.3.5

Speech output automatic interruption

Not Applicable

5.1.3.6

Speech output for non-text content

Not Applicable

5.1.3.7

Speech output for video information

Not Applicable

5.1.3.8

Masked entry

Not Applicable

5.1.3.9

Private access to personal data

Not Applicable

5.1.3.10

Non-interfering audio output

Not Applicable

5.1.3.11

Private listening volume

Not Applicable

5.1.3.12

Speaker volume

Not Applicable

5.1.3.13

Volume reset

Not Applicable

5.1.3.14

Spoken languages

Not Applicable

5.1.3.15

Non-visual error identification

Not Applicable

5.1.3.16

Receipts, tickets, and transactional outputs

Not Applicable

5.1.4

Functionality closed to text enlargement

Not Applicable

5.1.5

Visual output for auditory information

Not Applicable

5.1.6 Operation without keyboard interface

5.1.6.2

Input focus

Not Applicable

5.1.7

Access without speech

Not Applicable

5.2

Activation of accessibility features

Not Applicable

5.3

Biometrics

Not Applicable

5.4

Preservation of accessibility information during conversion

Not Applicable

5.5 Operable parts

5.5.1

Means of operation

Not Applicable

5.5.2

Operable parts discernibility

Not Applicable

5.6 Locking or toggle controls

5.6.1

Tactile or auditory status

Not Applicable

5.6.2

Visual status

Not Applicable

5.7

Key repeat

Not Applicable

5.8

Double-strike key acceptance

Not Applicable

5.9

Simultaneous user actions

Not Applicable

Chapter 6: ICT with Two-Way Voice Communication

Not Applicable.

Chapter 7: ICT with Video Capabilities

Not Applicable.

Chapter 8: Hardware

Not Applicable.

Chapter 9: Web

See WCAG 2.x Report.

Chapter 10: Non-Web Software

Criteria
Conformance Level

10.1.1.1

through 10.4.1.3

Supports4

10.5

Caption positioning

Not Appicable

10.6

Audio description timing

Not Applicable

Chapter 11: Software

Criteria
Conformance Level

11.1.1.1 through 11.4.1.3

Supports5

11.5 Interoperability with assistive technology
11.5.1 Closed functionality
11.5.2 Accessibility services

11.5.2.1

Platform accessibility service support for software that provides a user interface

Supports6

11.5.2.2

Platform accessibility service support for assistive technologies

Supports7

11.5.2.3

Use of accessibility services

Not Applicable

11.5.2.4

Assistive technology

Not Applicable

11.5.2.5

Object information

Not Applicable

11.5.2.6

Row, column, and headers

Not Applicable

11.5.2.7

Values

Not Applicable

11.5.2.8

Label relationships

Not Applicable

11.5.2.9

Parent-child relationships

Not Applicable

11.5.2.10

Text

Supports

11.5.2.11

List of available actions

Supports

11.5.2.12

Execution of available actions

Supports

11.5.2.13

Tracking of focus and selection attributes

Not Applicable

11.5.2.14

Modification of focus and selection attributes

Not Applicable

11.5.2.15

Change notification

Supports

11.5.2.16

Modifications of states and properties

Supports

11.5.2.17

Modifications of values and text

Supports

11.6 Documented accessibility usage

11.6.1

User control of accessibility features

Not Applicable

11.6.2

No disruption of accessibility features

Supports

11.7

User preferences

Not Applicable

11.8 Authoring tools

11.8.2

Accessible content creation

Not Applicable

11.8.3

Preservation of accessibility information in transformations

Not Applicable

11.8.4

Repair assistance

Not Applicable

11.8.5

Templates

Not Applicable

Chapter 12: Documentation and Support Services

Criteria
Conformance Level

12.1 Product documentation

12.1.1

Accessibility and compatibility features

Not Applicable

12.1.2

Accessible documentation

Supports8

12.2 Support Services

12.2.2

Information on accessibility and compatibility features

Not Applicable

12.2.3

Effective communication

Not Applicable

12.2.4

Accessible documentation

Not Applicable

Chapter 13: ICT Providing Relay or Emergency Service Access

Not Applicable.

Legal Disclaimer

While all efforts were made to provide an accurate description of the software, TeX Users Group cannot make any guarantee, explicit of implied, of the accuracy of this report. This report is provided “As Is” and for information purposes only.