Accessibility

Accessibility

Accessibility Statement for Visit California Industry Website

This is an accessibility statement from Visit California.

Measures to support accessibility

Visit California takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Visit California Industry Website:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Visit California Industry Website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Visit California Industry Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Visit California Industry Website:

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Visit California Industry Website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • The website complies with the WCAG definition of accessibility supported use of technologies. There are no known compatibility issues.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Visit California Industry Website relies on the following technologies to work with the combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Visit California Industry Website , there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Visit California Industry Website:

  • Page imagery: Some images may have incomplete alternative text or lack alt text because of poor image captioning or a technical bug. Staff regularly reviews all images in an asset management system to update alternative text. Bugs in connection to the asset system that may prevent import of alt text are addressed quickly. Users can contact website staff using communications@visitcalifornia.com, available from this document and throughout the website. 
  • Detail pages: The core site design addresses accessibility challenges as detailed in WCAG, such as color contrast. However, some page content may not comply to this standard. Page content is reviewed for legibility, though in minor cases, such as a blog post, the issue may remain unaddressed. Users can contact website staff using communications@visitcalifornia.com, available from this document and throughout the website.

Third Party Integration  

The Visit California Industry Website integrates data and content from a number of third-party providers and though we try our best to ensure that any presentation of third-party data adheres to WCAG standards, some integrations are outside our control and may remain unaddressed. Users can contact website staff using communications@visitcalifornia.com, available from this document and throughout the website.

Assessment approach

Visit California assessed the accessibility of Visit California Industry Website by the following approaches:

  • Manual Testing by dedicated internal quality assurance and WCAG certified associates.
  • Automated Third-Party WCAG evaluation tools.

Formal complaints

Please submit complaints to communications@visitcalifornia.com. Users may also mail

Visit California

555 Capitol Mall #1100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Visit California

Communications Department

Digital Corporate Communications Manager