Accessibility Services

We offer audits that are a deep dive assessment of where and to what level you may not be compliant. The key areas include:

• WCAG 2.0 – We can assess your application or site against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard, currently at Version 2.0
• Site Inventory – Allows us to discover web properties in scope and prioritize which pages require the rigor of a compliance audit.
• Automated Testing –We test for color contrast, table layouts, screen reader compatibility, etc. using a wide variety of tools. Many tools are available and we select the most appropriate given the requirements and in scope pages.
• Manual Testing – Undertaken by trained and certified accessibility specialists who review applications screen by screen, testing every control and function. Since there are no “silver bullets” in which automated testing alone can effectively determine website accessibility compliance, a combination of automated and manual testing is required.
• Reporting – We provides not only specific details of the accessibility failures but also recommendations for remediation.

The pervasiveness of mobile devices presents unique challenges and opportunities.

• Mobile App Solutions – Although screen size can be a limitation, they offer the ability to interact effectively with users through voice commands and other unique features. We can build applications to take advantage of these features.
• Mobile Accessibility Auditing – We can perform accessibility audits for mobile applications, referencing WAI-ARIA and WCAG standards, though neither currently directly address mobile accessibility, drafts are in work to revise them accordingly.

Documents continue to be the primary manner of sharing information. PDFs, forms, statements and other heavily formatted documents can be a real challenge to be compliant with the new WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards.

• Standard Documents – We assist with updating document types, such as the PDF format, to be compliant with accessibility standards. Most online documents are graphic image PDF documents that are not appropriate for the text format required for screen readers.
• Scanned Documents – We provided guidance on the more complicated factors associated with scanned items. Often, this requires OCR/ICR of the document, followed by a manual quality review and editing of image tags and tables. The availability of source documents can significantly reduce the effort involved in providing accessible PDF versions.

Since many companies do not often build in accessibility when they first develop their website, applications or documents, they often turn to remediation as a possible solution for incorporating accessibility into their existing website, applications and documents. We offer these services:

• Straightforward Remediation – Our developers have extensive experience in the underlying technology and with accessibility. Navigation, color contrast and fonts are more easily remediated.
• Complex Remediation –We can provide assistance with the more challenging areas, such as keyboard accessibility, tables, JavaScript and CSS dependencies. Additionally, our team has the ability to assist with the greater effort and knowledge required for interactive web components that are dependent upon non-keyboard pointing devices. In some cases, we can help with autogenerated pages based on applications using frameworks such as an Enterprise Resource Planning product such as SAP, or a Content management system such as Drupal or WordPress.