RTS Info

Getestete Version: 3.3.0

The ‘RTS Info’ app offers 24-hour coverage in Switzerland and around the world. Among other things, the app offers articles and multimedia supplements live and on demand. With personalised notifications, it keeps you informed about important events.

Overall assessment of the app RTS Info

Overall assessment: Conditional accessibility.

Full name: RTS Info
Publisher: RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Publisher country: CH
Informationen about the app
Tested version: 3.3.0
Operating system: iOS
Overall assessment normalised: 0.79
– Share of accessibility profile: 0.39 (50% out of 0.79)
– Share of feasibility grade: 0.39 (50% out of 0.79)
Valuation information
The assessments and ratings relate exclusively to the version 3.3.0 of the app tested by us in the period from June to August 2023.

Accessibility profile

Tabelle Aspekte des Accessibility-Profil

Aspect Rating
Mobile operability 2.5 out of 5 points
Keyboard operability 3 out of 5 points
Voice control 5 out of 5 points
Compatibility with user agents 3.5 out of 5 points
Assistance with interactions 4.5 out of 5 points
Consistency/predictability 5 out of 5 points
Semantic structure 4.5 out of 5 points
Comprehensibility 4 out of 5 points
Display flexibility 3.5 out of 5 points
Contrast and sensory characteristics 4.5 out of 5 points
Non-text content graphics 4.5 out of 5 points
Multimedia alternatives 2.5
Average value 4 out of 5 points
The maximum achievable score is 5 points.

On a normalised scale, the score of the accessibility profile corresponds to 0.79 points. This value is weighted at 50% in the overall assessment.

  • Mobile operability: Usability and full display of content in portrait and landscape format; pointing actions and operability by device movement possible with conventional input methods.
  • Keyboard operability: Interactive elements can only be operated with a keyboard and are highlighted when focused on.
  • Voice control: Controls have an accessible label that corresponds exactly to the visual description/name.
  • Compatibility with user agents: User agents and assistive technologies are informed about changes in the state of the user interface as well as status messages.
  • Assistance with interactions: Interaction with forms; pointer entries can be cancelled or undone.
  • Consistency/predictability: Consistent navigation; context remains when focused in or during input.
  • Semantic structure: Content is labelled with structural elements such as headings, lists and labels that reflect the context of meaning.
  • Comprehensibility: Headings, form labels and link texts are understandable, correct language declaration is used.
  • Display flexibility: The presentation of the content can be adapted to the needs of the users: text size, control over animated elements and media.
  • Contrast and sensory characteristics: Adequate contrasts, no expressions such as ‘in the picture on the right’ or ‘click the red button’; information is not conveyed solely by colour.
  • Non-text content (graphics): Informative graphic elements have useful alternative texts.
  • Multimedia alternatives Multimedia content is compatible with at least one alternative sensory channel.
Value range Meaning
4.5 to 5 points Good accessibility
4 points Conditional accessibility
3 to 3.5 points Insufficient accessibility
0 to 2.5 points Poor accessibility

Diagramm Aspekte Accessibility-Profil

Presentation of accessibility by type of limitation

Type of restriction Degree of compliance
Motor skills 72%
Sight 79%
Hearing 61%
Cognition 86%

Feasibility of use scenarios

Grade
5.1
The highest grade is 6.

On a normalised scale, the grade corresponds to 0.85 points. The grade must not lead to an improvement in the overall assessment and is therefore cut to 0.79 points for the calculation. This value is weighted at 50% in the overall assessment.

Key findings

The videos in the app are subtitled and controllable, but the switch to enable and deactivate the sound is not labelled, making it difficult for screen reader users to mute the sound. There are no audio descriptions for the videos. Audio content is embedded in editorial items and thus also available in a more detailed text form. The settings area is sufficiently structured and the heading structure meets the requirements. The articles are made accessible to screen reader users, with the output language constantly changing between French and German. While entering a search term, the list of search results is constantly updated, but screen reader users are not informed. After performing the search, the focus jumps to the second item in the list. Keyboard operation of the app is generally speaking possible but some key elements of the app are inaccessible with the keyboard or any other input device. The text size cannot be adjusted and the links in the text are highlighted only in colour. The contrast ratios generally correspond to the specifications.

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