Is Apture Section 508 Compliant?
Apture meets all the requirements for Government Section 508, accessibility standards. The standards provide criteria specific to various types of technologies, including: • software applications and operating systems • web-based information or applications • telecommunication products • video and multimedia products • self contained, closed products (e.g., information kiosks, calculators, and fax machines) • desktop and portable computers Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications The criteria for web-based technology and information are based on access guidelines developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium. Many of these provisions ensure access for people with vision impairments who rely on various assistive products to access computer-based information, such as screen readers, which translate what’ on a computer screen into automated audible output, and refreshable Braille displays. Certain conventions, such as verbal tags or ide