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<p>Hi PSC, Hi Larry,</p>
<p>There was a question in the community list about Section 508 compliance.</p>
<p>This is about accessibility support in the software - I believe that in the US, government has to buy or acquire such 508 compliant software (at least in theory) - or when there is not a fully compliant software available, use the one software that supports accessibility the best.</p>
<p>Should QGIS.ORG do something about this? It is probably a lot of effort to be 508 compliant and potentially also expensive. Larry, do you know if Boundless is doing something about 508 compliance?</p>
<p>See also 508 compliance statements at ESRI: <a href="http://www.esri.com/legal/section508">http://www.esri.com/legal/section508</a></p>
<p>or a VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) declaration for ArcGIS: <a href="http://www.esri.com/~/media/Files/Pdfs/legal/section508/vpats/arcgis-1051-for-desktop-vpat.pdf">http://www.esri.com/~/media/Files/Pdfs/legal/section508/vpats/arcgis-1051-for-desktop-vpat.pdf</a></p>
<p>What are your opinions?</p>
<p>Greetings,<br />Andreas</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Wondering if QGIS is compliant with section 508 for accessibility? Saw two post on this list from 2012, but nothing since.... Does anyone know?<br /> <br /> Thanks<br /> <br /> Ken<br /> _______________________________________________<br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Qgis-community-team mailing list for organizing community resources such as documentation, translation etc..</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:Qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-community-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-community-team</a></span></div>
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