DreamApply Accessibility Conformance Report (WCAG Edition)
Report Date: April 2025
Product description: Applicant and application management system for schools, universities, or other academic institutions
Contact Information: hello@dreamapply.com
Document Scope
The scope of this report is limited to the following user scenarios and pages:
User Scenarios
- Applicant registration
- User account self-management
- Searching institutions+browse programmes
- Creating, filling, and submitting applications
- Managing tasks, uploading documents
- Finding and registering with a meeting
Pages
- Home
- Find courses/programmes
- View a course/programme
- View institutions
- View an institution
- View applications
- Edit an application
- View an application
- View offers
- View tasks
- View a task
- View invoices
- View an invoice
- View messages
- View a message
- Custom menu pages
Evaluation methods used
axe, NVDA via Google Chrome
Applicable standards/guidelines
This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2 AA).
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 only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.
WCAG 2.x Report
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.
Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
| Criteria | Conformance Level | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A) | Supports | |
| 1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A) | Partially Supports | /shopping Remove item buttons do not indicate if the item is removable |
| 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A) | Supports | |
| 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A) | Supports | |
| 3.2.1 On Focus (Level A) | Supports | |
| 3.2.2 On Input (Level A) | Supports | |
| 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A) | Supports | |
| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A) | Supports | |
| 3.3.7 Redundant Entry (Level A 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 4.1.1 Parsing (Level A) WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 – Always answer ‘Supports’ WCAG 2.2 (obsolete and removed) - Does not apply | Supports | |
| 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) | Partially Supports | /institutions and /institutions/institution/1 include a map that contains map markers that use an aria-label used without a role, however they are usable and detectable as map markers by NVDA screen reader /tasks The task Close button is missing a label |
Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
| Criteria | Conformance Level | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) | Partially Supports | Clients can cause contrast issues by choosing a low contrast system colour / (Cookie consent bar Customise button) Dream-id has 2 pages with low contrast text on:
|
| 1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | axe identifies false positives on /view/application/1, however the detected divs contain document images, so this criteria is not applicable |
| 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports | |
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 2.5.7 Dragging Movements (Level AA 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (Level AA) | Supports | |
| 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) | Supports | |
| 4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Supports |