ACCESSIBILITY

Designed for keyboard use and screen-reader access.

Readable content, keyboard navigation, and alternatives to visual information are part of PrismQDA’s design.

PrismQDA’s interface is built around keyboard navigation, readable content, and alternatives to visual information.

  • Keyboard navigation: Reach functions from the keyboard. Press F1 for shortcuts or F6 to move between major areas. Single-key shortcuts are active only in the relevant text area so they do not interfere with typing in fields.
  • Screen-reader support by design: Table headers and captions, image descriptions, and action announcements provide information beyond the visual layout.
  • Charts with accessible alternatives: Each chart has a title, written description, information for individual marks, and a table of its underlying values.
  • Information beyond color: Codes also have names and patterns; missing values have additional formatting.
  • Themes and text size: Choose light, dark, or high-contrast themes and adjust text size throughout the window.
The Settings page on Interface. Radio buttons offer text sizes of 90, 100 (standard, selected), 115, 130, and 150 percent, with a sample interview exchange below. Further down, a checkbox to number the lines of text is ticked, and options for showing where units start and how wide the text runs follow.

Interface settings include text size and reading layout. The screenshots use fictional sample data.

Choose your view.

The coding workspace for the Urban Mobility Study in the dark theme, with light text on a dark background and the coded passages highlighted in muted purple and pink.

The fictional Urban Mobility Study in the dark theme. Select the screenshot to view it full size.

CHECKED

What has been checked.

Automated accessibility checks cover the program’s screens and dialogs. Chart checks also examine contrast, keyboard access, text size, narrow windows, and forced colors.

STILL TO TEST

What still needs testing.

Hands-on testing with NVDA, JAWS, or Narrator in the running Windows application is still pending. Automated checks cannot establish whether every workflow is usable with a screen reader.

If you use assistive technology, your experience can help identify problems the checks miss.

Read the accessibility FAQ

GET TO KNOW PRISMQDA

Start with a sample study. Make it your own.

Download PrismQDA and choose Sample Projects to explore the fictional Urban Mobility Study before bringing in your own research.