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The accessibility conformance checklists provide the evaluation criteria that must be met to ensure content is accessible to all users.
Revised 508 Standards Applicability Checklist (MS-Word, April 2018) -Use this checklist to document your accessibility requirements for ICT items; Determine 508 Standards and Exceptions - Step-by-step guidance on how to complete the Standards Applicability Checklist (NEW)
Find an overview of testing methods and the tools to test websites, software, and electronic documents for conformance with the Revised 508 Standards. You can also review guidance on the Interagency Trusted Tester Program.
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Learn how to create accessible Microsoft Word documents that conform to the Revised 508 Standards. Microsoft Word Guidance developed by the Accessible Electronic Documents Community of Practice (AED COP).
As of January 2018, the technical requirements of Section 508 have changed to incorporate WCAG 2.0 A and AA success criteria. The checklist below is out-of-date and should not be used. You can instead refer to WebAIM's WCAG 2 checklist.
Use the Section 508 Compliance Checklist: Utilize the provided 10-step checklist to evaluate your website’s compliance. Check that images have descriptive alt tags, videos have captions or transcripts, text is resizable with adjustable contrast options, and color contrast is sufficient.
It is necessary to provide instruction, directions, and cues for completing a form with assistive technology to enter information correctly and accurately in the appropriate fields. Instruction 1: All form fields must have a tooltip and the tool tip must match its label or instruction.
To comply with the Revised Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requirements, accessibility checklists are needed to evaluate web page content, mobile apps and documents...
508 Compliance Checklists for Documents. Use these guidelines and checklists to create and evaluate the accessibility of PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook documents. PDF - Accessibility Checklist. Word - Accessibility Checklist.
