One-Stop solution to make government documents more accessible to print-disabled citizens
Making government services more accessible
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires both state & federal government agencies to make web content accessible to the public, most organizations only remediate HTML components and wrongly conclude their websites are 508 compliant. However, government agencies still need a way to remediate the thousands of documents hosted on their websites, and this is where codemantra’s accessibilityInsight™ can save a significant amount of time, effort, and money.
The government, also being legislating agencies, must lead the accessibility compliance experience for citizens.
The government needs a solution partner who understands the legal laws and has the proven experience of delivering within government agencies’ regulatory, security, and procurement framework.
codemantra’s accessibilityInsight™ platform can remediate the various existing digital assets, thereby making them more accessible for print-disabled visitors who otherwise had no other option to consume this content. The solution additionally provides:
- Audit and assessment of catalogues & exhibits
- Assessment report generation
- Impose structural tags to ensure intelligent content reflow
- Create and edit alt text for visuals and graphical elements
- Recompile and validate content against PDF/UA and WCAG 2.1 standards
Making documents accessible
The ever-increasing need to make government documents accessible requires a secure, robust, and scalable solution. codemantra’s accessibilityInsight™ platform makes all the print PDFs accessible.
codemantra’s accessibility platform makes digital assets, including pdf, audio, video (CC), URL-links, etc., accessible for print-disabled citizens by conforming to AA standards of WCAG 2.1.
The accessibility platform has a suite of these independent modules that assist in accessibility assessment, remediation & quality control by a combination of an AI-powered engine and human intelligence.
Impact on government agencies
- AI-powered accessibility compliance platform helps achieve remediation at scale.
- Accessible digital content empowers people with disabilities by providing them equal opportunity to consume information and contribute to society
- Accessible content also ranks higher on search engines and can be consumed by people with disabilities as well as their able-bodied counterparts
- Immunity against digital accessibility lawsuits that come with heavy penalties and cause irreparable harm to brand reputation
codemantra's has worked in remediating documents to conform to these accessibility laws around the world
