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