Section 508 Document Remediation

Word Wizards, Inc. has developed industry-leading expertise with the Section 508 standards of the National Rehabilitation Act, as they apply to:

Our remediation specialists have been trained to understand exactly what a visually impaired individual requires to navigate and comprehend a document, using screen reading technology. Word Wizards, Inc. also has extensive experience with “legacy” documents, requiring an in-depth understanding of compliance issues.

PDF DOCUMENTS Word Wizards, Inc. has extensive experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro, Net-Centric Common Look, Freedom Scientific JAWS, and other remediation technology leaders, driving the creation of PDF documents which are not only 508 compliant, but highly usable for the visually impaired. Our experts have forged professional relationships with representatives of these cutting edge tools, asking in-depth questions, and getting feedback that allows us to successfully remediate the most difficult documents.

MICROSOFT WORD Word Wizards, Inc. has a broad depth of experience with Microsoft Word, doing table work, processing of large documents, and conversions from and to other formats, such as Word Perfect. We have also developed and remediated a large array of forms in Microsoft Word.

POWER POINT Word Wizards, Inc. designs and produces Power Point presentations that are not only professional in appearance, but also 508 compliant. In addition, we have done an extensive amount of conversion from Power Point documents to accessible PDF documents.

HTML Word Wizards, Inc. remediates HTML documents to be both 508 compliant and usable. Our goal is to make navigation on an HTML page clear and direct. Detailed table processing and explicit, yet concise alternate text offer more usability to the screen reader user.