The Gold Marc Standard is a commitment that a web site is and will continue to be accessible. By meeting the Gold Marc accessibility standards, a web resource is capable of providing the following to all users:
To meet the Gold Marc standards a web resource must:
The following tools can be used to test and verify that code is valid and meets certain accessibility standards:
In addition, a manual review is required in order to confirm that web resources meet all of the Illinois IT Accessibility Act and Section 508 standards. For example, rules about color contrast (for color-blind users) and about flicker (which effect users who may experience seizures) must be manually verified. These aspects of the standards must be confirmed by a human being and cannot be checked by a computer.
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.
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 Contact Us to learn how OJC can support the accessibility of your project.
Learn more about web accessibility and the best practices for building accessible content for the web: