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Take a moment to close your eyes and imagine trying to order a pizza online or access and read your insurance documents. Would you even know where to start? Would you be frustrated that companies didn't want to follow the law and make these functions and materials accessible to you? Of course, you would. Not only would you be frustrated, but you would most likely also feel cut off and alienated when they refused. For millions of hard of sight individuals, this is their daily struggle. Splash Box Marketing is proud to offer 508 Remediation Services and ADA Compliance website reviews, thereby helping to make the internet a more accessible place for the hard of sight community. We offer 508 remediation of PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents including fillable forms in all languages. This means that when a person with limited vision accesses your documents with a screen reader, the reader makes the page come alive for them and gives them the same information to which a sighted person has access. This is done in a logical and easy to follow manner. We also offer website accessibility testing and HTML consulting to meet the requirements for HHS and website reviews.
In the past two years, our IT department has grown to include five in house remediators. Our team has remediated 1,871,812 pages since 2020. They have helped 242 clients become compliant so their hard of sight customers can access their content with ease. Additionally, they have recently created various social media accounts, as well as an educational blog to raise awareness about accessibility. Our social media posts mainly focus on accessibility, design, and preventing the diseases that can lead to blindness. Since January 2020, we have published fourteen articles on our blog relating to accessibility topics. These topics range from how to write appropriate alternative text to updates on accessibility legislation and lawsuits. We even have articles on how to prevent common causes of blindness. Our 508 team also helps answer accessibility questions on various online groups. This helps them reach more people than just our clients to ensure that everyone can make their documents accessible to the hard of sight with ease. Our IT department has also began advocating on podcasts. Some of which have aired, and some will be airing later this year. They have been invited to share and educate on Section 508 Remediation specifically, as well as overall accessibility standards.
One of our teams’ favorite projects to work on is the monthly newsletter they remediate pro bono for the Tennessee School for the Blind. When they first started doing this, it was the first time that most of the students were able to actually read their school newsletter. They have made a tremendous difference in the lives of these students by doing something that most people would say is minor. But to the kids at the Tennessee School for the Blind, it means the world. Our team has consistently done amazing work remediating documents for clients. They do such a thorough job that most of our new clients come to us as word-of-mouth referrals from current clients. Our IT department is very passionate about the work that they do. They use that compassion to further assist companies in making the internet accessible to the blind. Their hard work is not only displayed in the projects that they complete, but it is also evident in the extra activities they participate in to further educate the public.
Nomination Title: Splash Box Marketing's 508 Department
