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From: Steve Green
Date: Oct 13, 2013 4:37PM

Thanks to everyone who has replied. It appears that the CVAA does apply to our client because they provide a web-based messaging service, which is explicitly included in Title 1 of the CVAA.

The CVAA all looks very straightforward but our client is questioning our credentials and it is true that we have not provided consultancy on this specific piece of legislation.

I will contact Birkir off-list and would be happy to hear from anyone else who has the credentials to advise our client. Please email me at <EMAIL REMOVED>

Regards,
Steve

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: 13 October 2013 22:18
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] US accessibility regulations

As far as I know there really isn´t anything else.
- There is the CVAA, though people are just building their expertese, as it is a pretty recent regulation, and it is specific to multimedia.
- They could be worrid about how WCAG is interpreted in ADA, Section
504 (education), AODA (Ontario, which is not part of the U.S. - at least not yet *grin .. and, no, no insult to my Canadian friends or listers, heck I am a citizen of Iceland and not sure which nation will decide to grab that piece of rock at some point, it has lots of clean
water) or individual state regulations.
- There is also the NFB NVA certification scheme, which some people go after. It is a WCAG, or at least 99% of WCAG with some stricter interpretations at times. I have assisted on some of those certifications for the Deque team, and it has been an enlightening experience, but it is basically a WCAG audit.

I am definitely surprised that the client is still worried about this, as you clearly do a super thorough and knowledgable job of accessibility testing, at least based on your feedback and contribution to this list.

Of course you are always welcome to contact me or other Deque people directly for more detailed questions (no advertising, but you did ask).
Cheers and best of luck.
-Birkir
Birkir Gunnarsson
Accessibility SME | Deque Systems
http://www.deque.com


On 10/13/13, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> We have a client in the US for whom we have been conducting WCAG
> audits and expert reviews with assistive technologies for a web-based
> service that they provide. They now say they want accessibility
> consultancy from a company with "deep US regulation understanding".
>
> We are fully conversant with WCAG, Section 508 and VPATs but our
> client is convinced there is more that they need to know. However,
> they are entirely unable to articulate what it is.
>
> Is there some relevant US regulation that we are not aware of? If
> there is, I am happy to introduce other consultants to our client.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
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