Status indicators

For systems with toggle controls that have states, people may need the state of the system available to them.

Notes

Other provisions

• EN 301 549: 5.6.1 Tactile or auditory status
• Where ICT has a locking or toggle control and that control is visually presented to the user, the ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation where the status of the control can be determined either through touch or sound without operating the control.
• EN 301 549: 5.6.2: Visual status
• Where ICT has a locking or toggle control and the control is non-visually presented to the user, the ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation where the status of the control can be visually determined when the control is presented.
• Section 508: 409 Status Indicators
• 409.1 General: Where provided, status indicators shall be discernible visually and by touch or sound.

Mappings

Required ability	Accessibility characteristic	Support needed
Visual	Physical operation	Default
Auditory	Physical operation	Default
Tactile	Physical operation	Default

References

• Reference: to have a means to find out more information about the current state of the system (e.g. context sensitive help or tooltips)

Tags

• hardware

Imported from https://github.com/accessiblecommunity/Digital-Accessibility-Framework/status-indicators.md