A leading provider of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing services, iLinc Communications, Inc., today announced that it has received independent certification of compliance for Section 508 and WAI Priority 1 and 2.

Better accessibility for a wide range of disabled users are the key benefits to maintaining a Section 508 standards-compliant Web site. Much of Section 508 compliance focuses on making intranets, Web sites, and web-enabled applications accessible.

Frank X. Gartland, VP of Product and Technology said: “This certification is especially important to our government and higher education clients, as they must make things accessible to their users and constituents with disabilities”. “This means that, for example, a screen reader program can read the interface of an iLinc Web conferencing session to someone who is visually impaired. Because of our strong roots in learning and training, we always consider 508 and WAI compliance with respect to new features we develop for iLinc.”

An independent professional services firm with expertise in accessibility, WAI, and Section 508, Computer Intelligence Associates of Columbia, Maryland, conducted the rigorous accessibility compliance audit of iLinc’s Web conferencing applications. The compliance testing addresses all user interface components in the iLinc Web conferencing suite of applications and resulted in a Certificate of Compliance.

Clark French, President of Computer Intelligence Associates, Inc. said: “iLinc went the extra mile in achieving these results which will allow people with a broad range of disabilities to access iLinc’s Web conferencing interface”.

iLinc Communications, Inc. is a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions for highly secure and cost-effective online meetings, presentations, and training sessions. People in diverse locations are allowed by the Company's technology to communicate and collaborate online while avoiding the expense, environmental damage, and productivity losses associated with travel. iLinc provides an award-winning, enterprise-wide suite of Web, audio and video conferencing solutions that can be scaled up or down to meet the needs of any size organization. Offering the industry's most flexible pricing models, iLinc gives organizations the power to choose an on-premise installed, on-demand hosted, or hybrid solution—whichever model delivers the highest ROI for the customer. iLinc is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with offices in Troy, New York and Salt Lake City, Utah.