PDF REMEDIATION AND ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

PDF REMEDIATION AND ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

WCAG 2.1 COMPLIANCE, 508 CERTIFICATION, ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS AND REMEDIATION SERVICES

Etechglobalserve is a leading Accessibility Services Company based in India. We offer cost-effective services in Remediation and Assistive solutions for your Documents. We are an expert dedicated team of 508 and Accessibility specialists in India. .

EXPERTISE

We also understand that compliance assessments are based on testing to standards, not any specific set of accessibility testing tools, and we work with our client’s to conduct Accessibility Assessments using evaluation procedures that address the applicable standards and guidelines such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), related W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 digital accessibility (ISO/IEC 40500), Section 508, EN 301 549, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), EPUB (ISO/IEC TS 30135), ISO/IEC 40500:2012, and other applicable accessibility standards and guidelines independent of development platform or testing tools. .

Our process


 Document Remediation

 1. Each document is processed through Adobe Acrobat's accessibility checker, the PAC3 International PDF checker, and a manual check using industry-standard screen reader technology JAWS.

 2. Section 508 & WCAG 2.1 AA standards Applied

 3. Documents are evaluated for accessibility using adobe acrobat.  If necessary we will run OCR on the PDF using Abbyy Finereader, OmniPage 18, or Adobe Acrobat's OCR features.

 4. We manually verify the tag structure using several programs to ensure PDF / UA standards.

 5. Heading structure applied throughout the document

 6. Tag Structure verified and manually tested

 7. Alternate Text set for all images, charts, and graphs.

 8. Table Headers for all tables

 9. Link embedding and verification

 10. Lists

 11. Logical Reading Order manually verified


 Return Documents as well as a compliance report

 Documents are dropped off in our central repository for your use.  If desired we can include a compliance report for the document.


 Key Factors and Considerations
 * Pricing is typically on a per-page basis
 * Weekly, Monthly and quarterly retainers available depending on volume
 * Alt Text description generation options
 * Quick turn around times for time-sensitive documents


PDF Remediation / Section 508 / EPUB Accessibility Compliance

  • We conduct all the applicable tests (WCAG 2.1 Levels A, AA, AAA or Section 508), then identify and suggest accessibility fixes for MS Word, PDF, and other documents.
  • As an option, we can apply the fixes to your documents in order to bring it into full compliance with the Section 508 standard.
  • We provide complete test results reports and a VPAT (2.1).

Documents Remediation for Accessibility

For PDF Compliance including Section 508 Guidelines

  • Training Manuals
  • Text Books
  • Marketing Brochures
  • PDF Files
  • PDF Forms
  • MS Word/Excel Documents
  • ePub
  • PPT
  • User Manuals
  • Annual Reports

EPUB Accessibility Suppoort

Accessibility for an EPUB publication goes a step beyond WCAG 2.0 compliance, requiring discovery metadata. Etechglobalserve Services verifies that EPUB publications 1) meet the requirements for Discoverable EPUB Publications, 2) meet the accessibility requirements for WCAG 2.0, meets the specific accessibility requirements for EPUB Publications defined in the current version of EPUB Requirements, and includes accessibility conformance metadata as defined in EPUB Conformance Reporting.

ALT-TEXT FOR ACCESSIBILITY

We have a team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who identify and understand the key points of images, diagrams, and graphs and add Alt Text that exactly describes the purpose of the illustration.

  • PDFs typically are delivered to us with one of three starting points; untagged, improperly tagged, or an image only. No matter what state your documents are in -- we can help you meet accessibility standards.
  • Our PDF Remediation experts have years of experience with section 508 compliance remediation. We ensure that our methods yield a document that is fully accessible and conveys all of the relevant information in an organized and comprehensible way.
  • The accessible files we create comply with laws and regulations in the United States and the European Union. We use the following guidelines when creating accessible files:
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 A & AA
  • Structure Guidelines for DAISY 3
  • Epub3 1.0 Accessibility Guidelines
  • Section 508
  • All other regulations promulgated under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act As Amended (ADAAA)

Industries Served

  • Attorney Office and Law Firms
  • Publishing Companies
  • Healthcare Companies
  • Insurance Companies
  • Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Government Organizations
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
  • Societies and Not for Profit Organizations
  • World Bodies
  • Educational Organizations
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