Re: [en] Introduction to Web Accessibility

Hi Joanne,

It is good to hear of your work to make your client's website accessible.

W3C does not check websites. We do provide some guidance to help with evaluation, linked from:
 Evaluating Web Accessibility Overview
 https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/
There are other organizations that do accessibility evaluation for a fee.

We're not in a position to address your specific questions. I can say that as far as what is required for digital brochures, videos hosted elsewhere, and such: Keep in mind the goal is that people with disabilities can get the information.

We do host an Interest Group discussion list where issues of digital accessibility are discussed. You are welcome to send questions to that list. You can search the mailing list archives, to get a feel for the list, through:
 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/

You can join the public mailing list and post questions by following the instructions about the Discussion List under:
 https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#mailinglist

Best regards,
~ Shawn
<http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>




On 4/17/2019 8:36 AM, Joanne P Esplin wrote:
> To the editors,
> A client of ours has asked us to make their website wcag 2.1 compliant AA and we are going to be working toward that end. I was wondering if W3 organization also offers a double check of the site once we implement and follow the success criteria and techniques found at: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/ ? It would be good for us to have a double check to be sure we have met the criteria providing additional assurance to our clients. We would like to offer this service to other clients as well with confidence.
> 
> Could you also provide guidance on the following questions we have that need confirmation:
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>   * for pdf attachments such as a company brochure (see attached example) does this need to be converted into a html file or is the readable PDF ok as is?
>   * if a person clicks on an image on the company’s website and it takes them to a digital brochure found on flip snack, do we have to provide text transcription of the brochure underneath or how is this handled to be compliant? here is the link to their digital brochure: https://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/v2/widget.html?hash=fcnfvii51&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1543944543
>   * finally, if a client's website takes a person to their vimeo or youtube account and they show a video do we have also have to provide closed caption and/or text of the video or segment? Is this a service you can recommend?
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> Your help and guidance on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Joanne Esplin
> Fitzgerald Esplin Advertising
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