ADDING MULTIMEDIA HiSoftware Launches Broadened Accessibility Consulting Practices

NASHUA, N.H. and REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HiSoftware Inc. (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance for accessibility and privacy content, today announced the launch of the company’s Accessibility Consulting Practices (ACP). Based in Redmond, Washington, USA the ACP team will broaden HiSoftware’s consulting offerings in the area of IT accessibility. Working with HiSoftware’s new and existing customers across the globe, the ACP team’s mission is to provide better, faster and more cost effective ways to manage the growing concerns and opportunities surrounding clients’ IT accessibility.

HiSoftware President and CEO, Kurt A. Mueffelmann, stated, “The HiSoftware ACP team includes the best legal, policy, development and testing experts in the industry. Building on HiSoftware’s world-wide reputation as the accessibility technology leader, we can now offer our customers a more comprehensive offering that encompasses true end-to-end accessibility; from policy and technology alignment, through testing and manual remediation. All delivered by a team of expert manual and disabled users.”

HiSoftware ACP offers customer support in the following areas:

	--Accessibility Policy Consulting
		-- WCAG 1.0 / 2.0, Section 508, Section 504, Section 255
	--Accessibility Audits
	--Web Content Assessment and Remediation
	--Rich Accessible Web Content
	--Accessible Content Management Systems
	--VPAT Processes
	--Software Accessibility
	--PDF Remediation and Document Workflow
	--Closed Captioning Services
	--Disabled User Testing on Latest Technologies and Tools
		-- JAWS, Window Eyes, ZoomText, EZKeys, Magic Cursor, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Soft Type, LunarPlus

The ACP team will be overseen by Ken Nakata, Esq., HiSoftware’s new Director of Accessibility Consulting Practices. Nakata is one of the most well-known and respected attorneys in the area of IT accessibility. His work focuses on Web and software accessibility from both a legal and technical perspective. Nakata also helps organizations manage the change towards accessibility in all aspects—including crafting policies, developing stakeholder ownership, and forging awareness and commitment to the legal and business case supporting accessibility.

Nakata worked for twelve years as a Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. He has argued on behalf of the United States government many times before the federal courts and has helped shape the government's policies for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Nakata is a frequent speaker on both law and technology and is equally adept at conducting one-on-one workshops with programmers and developers as well as explaining law and policy to large audiences. Nakata holds a Bachelors of Art degree in mathematics from John Hopkins University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is admitted to the bars of New York, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Washington (pending).

About HiSoftware

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services and On-Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company’s solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimisation (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence and application transaction testing. HiSoftware’s customers boast many of the world’s largest public and private sites including U.S. and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as HP, California State University, BBC-Worldwide, Tata Consulting, U.S. Department of Transportation and Microsoft. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com.

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