Digital Accessibility

Software GIMP
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Hello -

If not aware, Colorado passed a digital accessibility law in 2021 ( HB21-1110 ) to follow the WCAG accessibility standards and we’re working to meet the requirements associated with that statute. The requirements include having a digital accessibility statement and as necessary a plan for providing access to a digital “thing” if it doesn’t meet the WCAG standards. We’re currently assessing all technology used by the Town of Castle Rock including the GIMP software.

I recognize that everyone at GIMP is a volunteer, but does GIMP have a WCAG Compliance Report or other roadmap plans you can share about the GIMP software and conformance with digital accessibility standards? I’ve browsed your website and didn’t find a VPAT or other any information on this topic. If the answer is “no” that’s helpful information for us in our due diligence activities on this topic.

Thank you,
Mark Maloney

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WCAG is about the web, gimp is a desktop software and does not run “on the web” or in a web browser. Are you talking about the gimp website? If not, can you please be more clear?

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The law in Colorado applies the WCAG standard to all technology (Web, desktop programs, and mobile applications).

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@CastleRockPM Hi! Do you have an example of a digital accessibility statement that other desktop programs your government uses has?

That would help us determine if we already have documentation that meets the requirements - and if not, it could be included as a reference on the web issue tracker to help develop such a statement. Thanks!

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Here’s an accessibility report from Microsoft on Outlook

https://aat-acr-api-prod.azurewebsites.net/api/file/d/p/4463ecf8-00db-4eff-8680-9e1353d2825c/a/4b9bea3e-c305-4582-a777-3e458d713a98/f/Outlook.Win32.WCAG.docx

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In 2015 i wrote https://www.gimp.org/about/ITI-VPAT.doc if that helps.

Some aspects of WCAG apply and not others - for example, if you are creating an image, it won’t yet have alt text. The screen reader was tested only on Linux; keyboard access is extensive, however. In general accessibility is important to us; we hope GIMP 3 will be even better.

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Awesome! I’m glad we have that. Now we just need to make it easier to access.

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Thank you. I appreciate you, the information provided, and the effort taken in responding to my request.

Mark