Expertise in inclusive media & communication technology.

Bender Consulting’s digital accessibility testing is based on over 25 years of experience in information technology and over a decade of experience in providing digital accessibility solutions across a wide range of industries. Industries represented include health care, manufacturing, education, retail, hospitality, and technology. Bender’s expertise includes testing websites, mobile applications, desktop software, and digital interfaces in the built environment.

Ensuring Compliance

Bender’s team of accessibility experts have experience applying Section 508 and WCAG 2.2 AA to ensure your digital products are compliant.

Bender’s digital accessibility experts have experience ensuring the digital environment is accessible to all users of technology, including those who interact with digital space using assistive technologies such as screen readers, text-to-speech, and dictation tools, as well as those who interact with technology solely through the use of the keyboard (non-mouse users).

We test for compliance with Section 508/WCAG 2.2 across a range of disability personas, including those who are blind, low-vision, deaf, hard of hearing, color-blind, people with disabilities that affect processing of written materials, and people with disabilities that affect motor skills.

Approach

Testers

We use a unique process that pairs Visual and Non-Visual testers to review all elements of the product being tested.

Reporting

Once testing has been conducted, we provide a report identifying pass/fail for each element, as well as information about why an element fails and how to ensure that element meets compliance.

Remediation Support

Our HighTest team is available for consultation during the remediation process and will retest failed elements to ensure compliance has been met after updates are made.

TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

Our HighTest Digital Accessibility team has experience testing a variety of digital products that customers and employees interact with on a daily basis. Whatever your testing needs, our team has the expertise to meet your needs.

What We Test

We have the proven ability to test for accessibility of online marketplaces, career portals, web applications, forms, customer portals, marketing documents, eLearning, reports, kiosks, company websites, and more. The results of taking this step is that your products both meet compliance and provide a positive user experience for people with a wide variety of disabilities.

Digital Accessibility Conformance Reports

Bender’s HighTest team has experience supporting organizations in developing digital accessibility conformance reports (formerly known as VPATs), giving your organization an opportunity to demonstrate action in the area of digital accessibility compliance for mission-critical contracts.

The Hightest Team

Jim Homme

Senior Accessibility Consultant

Jim has more than 20 years of experience providing digital accessibility solutions. Jim has managed teams of specialists in conducting digital accessibility assessments and technical remediation support. As an expert with assistive technology, Jim has worked to ensure user experience optimization for users of screen reader technology for over 20 years.

Paula Ballog

Chief Technology Officer

Paula’s work in the digital accessibility services area is related to the accessibility of websites, apps, and documents. She has 6 years of experience fulfilling digital accessibility testing contracts as a visual element tester across a variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, education, retail, hospitality, financial, technology, and more.

Gerald Homme

Manager of Talent Acquisition & Technology

As a digital accessibility project manager for audit, testing, and technical consulting projects, Gerald works with our digital accessibility team to provide support and ensure products are delivered with quality and on time. Additionally, Gerald has experience in creating and testing reports, documents, and forms for compliance with digital accessibility regulations.