Website Accessibility

WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR BLIND USERS

Assistive tech and screen-reader  optimization for blind users

Blind users use screen readers to verbally dictate what is on the screen. Most websites lack alternative text for images and ARIA attributes for content and behavior-related adjustments that screen readers rely on.

Our widget uses machine learning to scan, analyze, and interpret every element on the page the same way sighted users do. Then, it uses ARIA attributes and various behavior adjustments to provide full context to screen readers. This allows blind users to navigate and browse through sites accurately.

Dropdown menus, forms, popups, icons, and buttons are all included in the process. Additionally, it uses computer vision to provide accurate descriptions of images.

WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR MOTOR IMPAIRED

Keyboard-navigation optimization for the motor impaired

When it comes to websites, physical and motor impairments are defined by the inability to use a mouse. Luckily, a keyboard can do everything a mouse can do and more.

Unfortunately, most websites are not optimized for keyboard navigation, leaving people with motor impairments excluded from certain website elements.

Our widget makes websites completely navigable by keyboard. This is accomplished with our contextual understanding AI engine that makes the necessary adjustments throughout the website’s code. People with motor impairments can use the keys to do everything from closing popups and forms to opening drop downs and menus.

WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR COGNITIVE DISORDERS

Comprehension  adjustments  for people with cognitive disorders

People with cognitive impairments have certain limitations in mental functionalities that can affect the way in which website content is perceived and understood. For example, slang and abbreviations can be very confusing for people with cognitive disabilities.

Without the proper context or orientation adjustments, the context may be misunderstood and lead to incorrect actions.

In order for people with cognitive disabilities to gain proper context of a website’s content and elements, our widget’s accessibility interface includes a built-in dictionary for quick definitions and references.

For orientation and focus-related needs, the interface allows users to activate adjustments that highlight important links and elements. In addition, the ‘Cognitive Disabilities’ Profile can be chosen to activate all of these adjustments simultaneously.

SEIZURE-SAFE ADJUSTMENTS FOR EPILEPTIC USERS

Stop  flashing animations  to prevent epileptic seizures

The internet is filled with blinking and flashing animations and GIFs that are dangerous for people with photo-sensitive epilepsy. Many of the users will avoid pages and content for fear of triggering a seizure.

Within the accessibility interface, epileptic users can easily find a ‘Seizure Safe’ profile which will simultaneously freeze any and all flashing GIFs, animations, videos, or patterns that could trigger people with photo-sensitive epilepsy. Individual adjustments exist as well for singular modifications.

Promotional flashing banners are designed to grab our attention towards a sale or some piece of news. For epileptics, this is a health risk.

WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR VISION IMPAIRED

UI  and design  adjustments for the vision impaired

Websites come in many shades, colors, and sizes. For people with visual impairments, the wrong color combination or font size/shape can make it hard for them to see your website’s content. Common visual impairments include blurred vision, color blindness, and glaucoma.

With our widget’s accessibility interface, users can adjust the design and UI of the site according to their specific needs. Adjustments include content adjustments such as scaling, sizing, and spacing of text, color adjustments such as saturation and contrast, and orientation adjustments such as enlarged cursor and emphasized titles.

Users can change text’s scaling, sizing, and spacing without losing content or usability, alter fonts and change contrast and color combinations. Moreover, they can also enlarge the cursor, emphasize titles and links, add mouse framing to elements, and much more.

WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

Closed  captions  for the hearing impaired

Website owners and marketers often prefer to deliver visuals in the form of video. While this is a great form of engagement, hearing-impaired users aren’t able to understand what the video is about unless it incorporates closed captions.

accessiBe has a dedicated team of experts that provide not only closed-captions for videos but also sign language interpreters. Captioning projects are provided on-demand and per video and usually take a few days to turnaround.