Virtual Fairs: Accessibility

Handshake is committed to building an accessible product, as well as an ongoing, sustainable process for maintaining accessibility. We are working towards WCAG 2.0 A and AA standards for our student products.

To achieve this goal, Handshake works with Level Access, an accessibility consulting firm, on a comprehensive plan to achieve increased accessibility in the entirety of its product in 2020. 

Our 2020 accessibility plan began with a complete audit of our product and includes ongoing enhancements in our development and quality assurance process. 

We continue to work to get closer to compliance with each feature release, including all work around this launch to ensure our virtual fairs solutions meet accessibility standards. We will be considering multiple ways for students and employers to connect via video, audio, and text based chat.

Handshake Virtual Fairs Accessibility 

Note: If you'd like to request an interpreter for Handshake Video, please refer to Requesting an Interpreter for Virtual Interactions.

FAQ

We are running into a lot of issues around sight impaired students. Will you have live captioning for video and will it have the ability to be in different languages? Further, will you be addressing the sight accessibility for VPAT issues in the future?

We are still looking into live captioning with our accessibility consultants. 

Is Twilio WCAG 2.0 A and AA compliant?

Handshake will be responsible for building an accessible product.

Will you have chat functionality?

Text based chat will also be available to support all students and as a fall-back for any technical trouble with video.

What devices will be supported?

All modern mobile web browsers will be supported, so students can use their computers or mobile devices with the same functionality.