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What is ADA Compliance?
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulates busines= ses to provide a website experience that works well for citizens with disab= ilities by meeting Web Content Accessibility Guideli= nes (WCAG). An ADA compliant website provides an online experience acce= ssible to everyone, including people with disabilities. This means having a= site that accommodates visually impaired users by creating content suitabl= e for screen-readers, using descriptive links, accessible forms, link title= s, alt text on graphics and making website actions easily accessible via a = keyboard, etc.
BookingCenter Booking Engines and ADA Compliance
All BookingCenter Booking Engine Templates are designed with the necessa= ry elements to meet WCAG Guidelines and have bee= n evaluated and tested for ADA Compliance. The necessary WCAG requirements = have been implemented as part of the overall design of the Booking Engine T= emplates and can only be seen by screen reading software and in ADA evaluat= ion tools.
One of the most important requirements is the "Alternative Text"= function is also known as the "ALT Tag" for Imag= es. "Alternative Text" is the meta data attached to your image and de= scribes the image for those with a visual impairment. Having accurate "Alt = Tag" is important not only because it enables screen reading software, such= as NVDA or JAWS, to describe images to visually impaired users, but also b= ecause it enables search engines to display images based on written descrip= tions and to display search results more accurately.
We have provided an "ALT Tag "field for each Room Type Image in MyPMS, b=
ut the descriptive text must be entered by you "ALT Tag" field for ea=
ch Room Type Image. For step-by-step instructions on how to enter the=
descriptive text in the "ALT Tag" field for each Room Type Image, go to Add/Edit Room Type Im=
ages
IMPORTANT: = This means that every Room Type image= on your Booking Engine should have descriptive "Alt Text" entered in MyPMS= to ensure that your Booking Engine complies with ADA and WCAG standards.= u>
How Can You Test Your Booking Engine for ADA and WCAG Compliance= ?
After you enter the "ALT Tag" for all images, you can test your Booking =
Engine to ensure that it complies with ADA and WCAG standards. There a a va=
riety of free validation tools available. We have listed several of the mos=
t popular tools to get you started.