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Documentation Remediation Plan
Accessibility Progress for NCI Wiki
Section 508 Best Practices by CBIIT and caBIG
Please add links to best practices, remediation strategies, and any additional information you discover as we work toward our goal of 508 compliance.
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- Presentations: Making 508 Compliant PowerPoint presentations Best Practices
- 508 Compliance for CBIIT and caBIG® Documentation
- 508 Compliance for CBIIT and caBIG® Training
- How do Confluence authors comply with Section 508?
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- MS PowerPoint - HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant PowerPoint Files (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklistppt.html)
- MS Word - : HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant Word Documents (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklistword.html)
- Preparing Word Documents for PDF Conversion: http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/pdfaccessibility/step3.html
- HTML (web pages) - : HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant HTML Web Pages (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklisthtml.html)
- Archive (on the public Internet): http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/webstandards/contentarch.html (caBIG Community Site archive: cabig.nci.nih.gov\archive)
- PDFs: PDFs: http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/pdfs/index.html
- PDF File - Checklist: HHS PDF File 508 Checklist
- Testing
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- Documents for Section 508 Compliance
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US Government Forums and Mail lists
- NCI_508WEB email list: https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=nci_508web
Other US Government Accessibility Sites
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Screen Readers
- Use the Section 508 workstation, which has installations of JAWS and Window Eyes, at the NIH Fernwood office, 10401 Fernwood Road, Suite 3NE52.
- The main phone number is 301 496 6203 and a good contact person is Michele France.
- If you take the shuttle, the closest stop is 6100B/Green/Rockledge Route. If you drive, there is free surface parking on one side of the building and the office can arrange a sticker for garage if needed.
- When you enter Fernwood, go to the 3rd floor. Suite 300 is right next to the elevator.
- Download a free version of JAWS, which is a full version available for 40 minute use intervals. Go to http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp.