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Accessibility at Ampli2de™
Because many of our clients are in the Public Sector, web accessibility means more to us than accessibility checklists and ratings. When it comes to accessibility, we focus on the following:
  • Users with disabilities
  • Users with increased photosensitivity
  • Non-standard browsing configurations

Our focus on users with various sensory and/or motor disabilities, focuses on creating content that is accessible in an intelligible format by a variety of accessibility tools such as screen readers (Jaws, WindowEyes), magnifiers, etc. Our commitment to people with increased photosensitivity is that our dynamic content will not use extreme flickering, flashing, and sudden changes from dark to light (such as a strobe light effects).

We also ensure that our web products cater to those using non-standard browsing configurations (i.e. non Windows-based or non IE-based). This ensures the quality of our presentations are the same on a variety of platforms, and using a variety of web browsers that are standards-compliant.

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
W3C WAI guidelines are widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility. When we create web products, our designers consult all available support materials to ensure a W3C WAI compliant implementation of web accessibility.

GoC CLF and Section 508
Apart from W3C WAI standards, our public sector implementations also take into consideration Government UI and accessibility standards. Within the Canadian Federal Government, we ensure compliance to Government of Canada's Common Look and Feel Guidelines (GoC CLF 1.0 and 2.0).
Within the Canadian Provincial Government, we focus on applicable guidelines such as OAI (Ontarians with Disabilities Initiative) and the Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards(GO-ITS).

Within the United States, we ensure compliance to Section 508: Americans with Disabilities Act which is required both in the Federal Government, as well as the State Governments.


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