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Appian validates its product features against the requirements of leading accessibility standards:
US Federal Government's Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (January 2017 Refresh)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA
As Appian is a WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliant platform, we ask that when reporting an accessibility issue for a current feature, you must manually test the behavior of each violation and provide appropriate verification as specified in the Instructions section below. Appian needs a thorough understanding of the exact behavior encountered on your end so that we can compare it to the expected behavior and determine the necessary changes (if any) to meet accessibility standards.
Please keep in mind that for issues involving accessibility tools like screen readers, the issue MUST be encountered when using the screen reader. Many automated tests check for accessibility violations based on the HTML code. However, an issue with the HTML does not always cause an issue with the screen reader.
When in doubt about whether a violation is valid, please consider whether it impacts the understanding of the page for the following accessibility user groups:
For each violation, please provide the following:
This article applies to all versions of Appian.
Last Reviewed: April 2020