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<p>OJC Technologies provides accessibility assessment and technical services to help evaluate whether web resources are accessible and to help make websites and software applications accessible. Feel free to <a href="http://ojctech.com/contact">Contact Us</a> to learn how OJC can support the accessibility of your project.<br />
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<p>The following tools can be used to test and verify that code is valid and meets certain accessibility standards:</p>
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<li>The <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/">W3C CSS Validation Service</a> will test for valid CSS.</li>
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<p>The Gold Marc standards only cover HTML web content at the present time. But to provide a fully accessible web presence, other documents and media such as video, audio, or PDF documents must also be accessible.</p>
<p>OJC Technologies provides accessibility assessment and technical services to help evaluate whether web resources are accessible and to help make websites and software applications accessible. Feel free to <a href="http://ojctech.com/contact">Contact Us</a> to learn how OJC can support the accessibility of your project.<br />
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<li>The <a href="http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/">HTML Best Practices</a> from the Illinois Center for IT and Web Accessibility (iCITA) are a great resource for techniques and tools.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/Overview.php">How to Meet WCAG 2.0</a> quick reference is a helpful guide that links to many techniques with specific examples.</li>
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<li>Navigation and content that is available and understandable,</li>
<li>Images that have text equivalents,</li>
<li>Interactivity and scripting that is keyboard-accessible,</li>
<li>Forms and functionality that have accessible data entry, controls, and user feedback,</li>
<li>Audio and video content that has text transcripts or captions.</li>
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<li>Contain valid HTML/XHTML and CSS, and</li>
<li>Comply with the <a href="http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=32765">Illinois IT Accessibility Act</a> and <a href="http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=3">Federal Section 508 Law</a>.</li>
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<p>The following tools can be used to test and verify that code is valid and meets certain accessibility standards:</p>
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<li>The <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3C Markup Validation Service</a> will test for valid HTML/XHTML.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/">W3C CSS Validation Service</a> will test for valid CSS.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/">Functional Accessibility Evaluator</a> will test for the Illinois IT Accessibility Act and Federal Section 508 standards.</li>
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<p>The Gold Marc standards only cover HTML web content at the present time. But to provide a fully accessible web presence, other documents and media such as video, audio, or PDF documents must also be accessible.</p>
<p>OJC Technologies provides accessibility assessment and technical services to help evaluate whether web resources are accessible and to help make websites and software applications accessible. Feel free to <a href="http://ojctech.com/contact">Contact Us</a> to learn how OJC can support the accessibility of your project.<br />
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<p>Learn more about web accessibility and the best practices for building accessible content for the web:</p>
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<li>The <a href="http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/">HTML Best Practices</a> from the Illinois Center for IT and Web Accessibility (iCITA) are a great resource for techniques and tools.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/Overview.php">How to Meet WCAG 2.0</a> quick reference is a helpful guide that links to many techniques with specific examples.</li>
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