Accessibility Testing for Section 508 and WCAG Compliance

Information Communications Technology (ICT) stresses the role of unified communications.

Why Accessibility Testing is so Important

The founders at Iterators and our employees are Trusted Testers (TT) certified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ensuring that websites are accessible by both W3C, who develop the standards for the World Wide Web and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

The testing provides a code inspection-based approach for determining software and website conformance to Section 508 and WCAG 2.2 standards. We work on small projects for start-ups, city government projects like those we completed for the City of Boston.gov website https://www.boston.gov/news/bu..., and comprehensive enterprise software projects. We have worked with the Federal government with two awards from 2021-2024.

Our team is well-versed in the three levels of WCAG conformance: A, AA, and AAA. This understanding allows us to provide comprehensive and effective web accessibility testing services to meet the current standards for accessibility. At present there are three levels of WCAG: A, AA, and AAA. A is the oldest level of conformance and the most basic level. AA is the second level of conformance under WCAG 2.1 Section 508 standards require A and AA for successful conformance while AAA is the second level of conformance under WCAG 2.2 Section 508 standards require A and AA for successful conformance.

Benefits of Trusted Testers

  • Promotes a shared understanding of Sec 508 and WCAG standards
  • Unifies the test process
  • Unifies the set of test tools
  • Unifies test results reporting
  • Test results can be shared for common applications (e.g., Shared Services, COTS, etc.)
  • Supports IT governance by integrating Section 508 into the development and acquisition lifecycle
  • Promotes the successful adoption of the changes required to incorporate WCAG features within an agency
  • Improves the ability for developers to reproduce test results, which expedites remediation of nonconformance.

PDF Accessible Document Services

Iterators offers Section 508 PDF remediation services so documents can actually be read with a screen reader. Our employees complete this work in-house to ensure that your documents will meet your compliance standards. We complete our work with proprietary software and real people, who are an essential part of the remediation process. Contact us at info@iteratorstesting.com, with the subject line of PDF Remediation Full Capabilities Statement