ADA SITE COMPLIANCE

How much does evaluation cost?

A repport

The website evaluation repport itself is offered at no cost, if we conduct the fix needed, in order to provide a certification, Richard Fontana Design must produce an error(s) free site and all compliance issues identified must be resolved. We always work with estimate ans contract

Can you provide pricing and a proposal for the evaluation?

Yes

But only if we are given access to the site or application in question.

The cost of our evaluation and reporting services is based upon the size, complexity, and current accessibility of your web site, but is very reasonable priced. For most moderately-sized sites which already have some accessibility in place, a detailed evaluation of a representative sample of pages and a report documenting issues will be priced in the range of a few thousand dollars.

What can I do?

Access

Given access to the site or application in question.

Richard Fontana Design will only certify sites that meet accessibility guidelines. While our evaluation and report will document compliance and accessibility issues, we recommend to set an access to the site files, ftp, user and pass to be ready on day one after the signing contract

Why would I want certification?

Yes

But only if we are given access to the site or application in question.

There are several reasons why you might want Richard Fontana Design to certify the accessibility of your site:

- You may have a received funding from the federal government that requires that your materials adhere to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or other accessibility guidelines or laws. Richard Fontana Design can verify that you have met these technical requirements.
- You may be creating a service or application that you would like to market to the federal government. If you can verify that your product conforms with Section 508, you will have an advantage over other similar products and services that do not meet this standard.
- You want to confidently proclaim that your site is compliant and has been certified by a recognized leader in web accessibility.

Is a site evaluation a one-time or an ongoing process?

Yes, but...

Richard Fontana Design offer either one-time or regularly scheduled evaluation, depending on the needs of your organization. If you are creating content that is unlikely to change over time, a one-time certification might be sufficient. If your site is updated regularly, you may desire regular re-evaluation on the content of the site. The frequency and comprehensiveness of each re-evaluation will vary based on your needs. These follow up checks are usually less extensive than the original certification. When certification is ongoing, WebAIM will usually host a page showing the current level of accessibility of the site, as well as the date of the next scheduled re-evaluation.

What standard do you use?

4 testing levels

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are primarily the basis for our evaluations, though we will also document other accessibility issues not defined in the guidelines.
We can verify that your site conforms with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Many other countries or states in the U.S. have laws regarding accessibility which we can evaluate to.

Here is a list of requiement we have to go through

Every image, video file, audio file, plug-in, etc.
The WEBSITE wording
The general website layout contrast
Complex graphics are accompanied descriptions
The alt descriptions
If an image is also used as a link, describes the graphic and the link destination
Decorative graphics with no other function have empty alt descriptions
Add captions to videos / Add audio descriptions / Create text transcript
Create a link to the video rather than embedding it into web pages
Add a link to the media player download
Add an additional link to the text transcript
The page should provide alternative links to the Image Map
Tags must contain an alt attribute
Data tables have the column and row headers appropriately identified
Tables used strictly for layout purposes do NOT have header rows or columns
Table cells are associated with the appropriate headers
Make sure the page does not contain repeatedly flashing images
Check to make sure the page does not contain a strobe effect
A link is provided to a disability-accessible page
All Java scripts, CSS, HTML need to be error free
When form controls are text input fields use the LABEL element
When text is not available use the title attribute
Include any special instructions within field labels
Make sure that form fields are in a logical tab order
Include a ‘Skip Navigation' button to help those using text readers

My site starts to have accessibility problems?

What to do?

Richard Fontana Design site evaluation is for a specific date and compliance level. It is up to you to ensure that your site maintains that level of accessibility over time. Of course, Richard Fontana Design can help you in these efforts by auditing and by doing a re-evaluation your site upon maintenance plan or at regular intervals.