Section 508 Compliance Document Creation Services

by Brad Anderson

Sec­tion 508 was recently passed by Con­gress. This Sec­tion pro­vides “Fed­eral Employ­ees with dis­abil­i­ties [shall] have access to and use of infor­ma­tion and data that is com­pa­ra­ble to the access and use by Fed­eral employ­ees who are not indi­vid­u­als with disabilities.”

Gov­ern­ment agen­cies are now in need of expert advice and assis­tance to con­vert doc­u­ments to com­ply with this statue. It is also imper­a­tive to estab­lish a sys­tem that ensures future doc­u­ments will meet Sec­tion 508 com­pata­bil­ity standards.

We at Beyond Print are well versed in con­vert­ing doc­u­ments to com­ply with Sec­tion 508. We can ensure that your cur­rent doc­u­ments are for­mat­ted to Sec­tion 508 stan­dards. Addi­tion­ally, we will help you set up a pro­gram to ensure that your future pub­li­ca­tions are com­pleted with ease and to Sec­tion 508 spec­i­fi­ca­tions, including:

  • Text equiv­a­lent for every non-text ele­ment should be available
  • Equiv­a­lent alter­na­tives for any mul­ti­me­dia pre­sen­ta­tion shall be syn­chro­nized with the presentation.
  • Doc­u­ments shall be orga­nized so they are read­able with­out requir­ing as asso­ci­ated style sheet.
  • Row and Col­umn head­ers shall be iden­ti­fied for data tables
  • Frames shall be titled with text that facil­i­tates frame iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and navigation
  • When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given suf­fi­cient time to indi­cate more time is required.

To view the Final Sec­tion 508 stan­dards please click here. (http://www.section508.gov/)

Beyond Print will be happy to con­vert the fol­low­ing doc­u­ment formats:

  • Word
  • Pow­er­point
  • FrameMaker
  • HTML
  • Page­Maker
  • Quark
  • Word­Perect
  • AmiPro
  • nroff
  • Inter­leaf
  • And oth­ers

Please con­tact us about your needs and for a cus­tom quote.

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