Fulcrum Accessibility Conformance and Remediation Roadmap:
University of Michigan Press Ebook Collection
Overview
This form serves as means for libraries and auditors to get a better picture of the accessibility gaps
associated with Fulcrum and ACLS Humanities E-Book content by documenting known issues andFulcrum’s plans for addressing these issues in the future. It is meant to serve as a supplement to theUMP EBC VPAT®.
Information about the fields in the table on the following page:
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Issue Description: Lists each major accessibility issue for the product Including the following:a.

Gaps identified from the WCAG 2.1 A & AA guidelines, Voluntary Product Accessibility
Template (VPAT®) and EPUB3 Accessibility Guidelines (if applicable)b.

Gaps identified in other product support documentationc.

Gaps identified by a third-party accessibility evaluation report (if available)

Current Status: Enter one of the following values:a.

Open: The issue has not yet been resolvedb.

Closed: The issue has already been resolvedc.

I/P: The issue is currently under investigationd.

OtherDisposition: Enter one of the following values:a.

Planned: The issue will be resolvedb.

Deferred: The issue will not be resolvedc.

I/P: The issue is currently under investigation

d.

Other

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Remediation Timeline: Enter when you anticipate that the issue will be resolved

5.

Available Workarounds: Describes the business processes Fulcrum offers or third-party
products that should be considered to work around the issue until full remediation.

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Comments: Provide details/description regarding the issue

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Additional Information: Provide any additional discussion regarding accessibility plans

The list of issues in the following table has been divided into two areas: content issues and platform
issues. We separate the accessibility issues into these categories because resolving each requires adifferent approach from the other.

1Vendor/Product Information
Vendor Name
Product Name
Product Version
Completion Date
Contact Name/Title
Contact Email/Phone

Fulcrum
University of Michigan Press EBook Collection (UMP EBC)
Fulcrum v3.9.1
January 16 2023
Jonathan McGlone
fulcrum-info@umich.edu

Specific Issues
Issue Description

CurrentStatus(Open,Closed, I/P)
OpenDisposition(Planned,Deferred, I/P)

Remediation
TimelineAvailable
Workarounds

Comments

DeferredN/A

Alt text can be
added to a specificbook on demand
via request for
remediation toumpaccess@umich.edu(1.2.1) Missing
transcripts in web
audio player

OpenDeferred

N/A

Transcripts can becreated for specificaudio files via
request for
remediation toumpaccess@umich.edu(1.2.2) Missing
captions in web
audio player

Open

Deferred

N/A

Caption can becreated for specificvideo and audio
files via request for
remediation toumpaccess@umich.edu

In most cases, alt
text is containedin EPUB versionsof titles and werecommend thisformat as theaccessibleformat.
As of 2019, UM
Press requires
timecodedtranscripts foraudio content.
Content
produced after
2019 shouldmeet thisrequirement.
As of 2019, UM
Press requires
timecoded
captions andvisualdescriptions forvideo content.
Content
produced after
2019 shouldmeet thisrequirement.

(1.3.1) missing
headings tags in
fixed-layout and
PDF books.

Open

Deferred

N/A

Headings can be
added to titles on
demand via
request for
remediation toumpaccess@umich.edu(1.1.1) PDF
downloads lack alttext2

Issue DescriptionCurrent
Status(Open,Closed, I/P)
Open

Disposition(Planned,Deferred, I/P)

Remediation
Timeline

Available
Workarounds

Comments

Planned

2023

None

Visual violation –WCAG 1.4.1 (A);Will be addressed
during upcoming
e-reader redesignin 2023.

(2.1.1) Missing
tagging on fixedlayout and PDF
books

OpenDeferred

N/A(2.4.5) Cannot limit
search results to(or exclude) epub
or PDF format

OpenI/PQ3 2022

Complete tagging
can be added totitles on demand
via request forremediation toumpaccess@umich.edu
None(1.4.1) Searchresults areindicated only bycolor (highlighting)

The Fulcrum
team is currently
investigating thisuse case as partof work toinclude format
and accessibility
information forall books in theUMP EBC.

Additional Information:
Books and audio/video content can be remediated on a title-by-title basis by sending remediation
requests to ump-access@umich.edu.
Future development of Fulcrum platform aims to address issues identified with the Fulcrum EReader (egsearch highlighting) as well as introduce accessibility information for many titles in the University ofMichigan Press EBC. We are investigating the use case for adding format specific information for titles,
as requested.

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