SRF News

Getestete Version: 7.4.7

The SRF News app provides news from Switzerland and around the world. It reports in different formats from the fields of politics, business, sport, society, culture and knowledge, and offers the opportunity to participate in interactive debates.

Overall assessment of the app SRF News

Overall assessment: Conditional accessibility.

Full name:SRF News
Publisher:Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
Publisher country:CH
Informationen about the app
Tested version:7.4.7
Operating system:iOS
Overall assessment normalised:0.83
– Share of accessibility profile:0.41 (50% out of 0.83)
– Share of feasibility grade:0.41 (50% out of 0.83)
Valuation information
The assessments and ratings relate exclusively to the version 7.4.7 of the app tested by us in the period from June to August 2023.

Accessibility profile

Tabelle Aspekte des Accessibility-Profil

AspectRating
Mobile operability2.5 out of 5 points
Keyboard operability4 out of 5 points
Voice control5 out of 5 points
Compatibility with user agents3 out of 5 points
Assistance with interactions4.5 out of 5 points
Consistency/predictability5 out of 5 points
Semantic structure5 out of 5 points
Comprehensibility5 out of 5 points
Display flexibility5 out of 5 points
Contrast and sensory characteristics5 out of 5 points
Non-text content graphics5 out of 5 points
Multimedia alternatives1.5
Average value4 out of 5 points
The maximum achievable score is 5 points.

On a normalised scale, the score of the accessibility profile corresponds to 0.83 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 rangeMeaning
4.5 to 5 pointsGood accessibility
4 pointsConditional accessibility
3 to 3.5 pointsInsufficient accessibility
0 to 2.5 pointsPoor accessibility

Diagramm Aspekte Accessibility-Profil

Presentation of accessibility by type of limitation

Type of restrictionDegree of compliance
Motor skills78%
Sight86%
Hearing47%
Cognition84%

Feasibility of use scenarios

Grade
5.2
The highest grade is 6.

On a normalised scale, the grade corresponds to 0.88 points. The grade must not lead to an improvement in the overall assessment and is therefore cut to 0.83 points for the calculation. This value is weighted at 50% in the overall assessment.

Key findings

The settings area of the app can be operated with assistive technologies. Most of the news articles are correctly implemented, with some flaws in the semantic structure. Bookmarks can be handled without any issue. The news ticker is also read out logically by the screen reader, while other information, such as the number of search results, is not read out. The videos can be controlled, but the video player controls disappear after a few seconds, making it difficult to access them via keyboard. The contrast ratios meet the requirements overall. The text size can be adjusted to the extent necessary, except for a few exceptions.

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