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Website Accessibility Testing in Popayán, Colombia

Audits for Popayán against the standard that actually binds you in Colombia.

What Popayán actually requires

Roughly 318,000 people live in Popayán. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided at city level, and no council in Colombia writes its own web standard. Colombia's web accessibility guidelines date from 2020 and reference WCAG 2.1, nationally, for the public sector.

The department does not change the standard. A departmental administration is a public body like any other, and the guidelines reach it the way they reach a ministry.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Popayán site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 contains everything the standard above asks for, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

The rules in force in Popayán

Colombia web accessibility guidelines

Standard
WCAG 2.1
Where it stands
In force since 2020
Who it binds
The public sector
Reaches sellers based abroad
Not by itself
What non-compliance costs
Public sector obligation, enforced administratively
Year issued
2020
WCAG version referenced
2.1
Sector it reaches
Public
Instrument type
Guidelines
The Colombia guidelines dates, 1 of them
  1. 2020Colombia's web accessibility guidelines issued, referencing WCAG 2.1

Read the full Colombia guidelines page

What we test, and how, in Popayán

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Popayán as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check
55
Techniques and failures
432
ACT test rules
90
ARIA roles documented
94
Terms in the glossary
131
Checklists to work from
9

The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Popayán is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

What owners in Popayán want to know first

Is accessibility testing in Popayán different from anywhere else?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

Who sets the rules for a website in Popayán?

Colombia guidelines is the one that reach Popayán first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Does Popayán expect a published accessibility statement?

No law that reaches Popayán names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

How much is an audit, and when does the report land?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Find out where your site stands in Popayán

Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Popayán can act on.

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