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Accessibility Features

We use a set of different steps to improve the website’s overall accessibility for different groups of users that use an accessibility aid (glasses, screen reader, etc).

We will implement all the technical steps needed to ensure that the content on the website is optimized for various accessibility aids and allow different groups of people to adapt the website's user experience to their specific needs.

During the design phase, we'll focus on these aspects, while the plugin will manage this feature.

Accessibility helper plugin setup

Two commonly used plugins for adding accessibility features to websites are UserWay and WP Accessibility.

These plugins add an accessibility menu, which allows the website’s users to use a variety of built-in accessibility settings to adjust the website’s appearance, layout, and/or functionality per their needs.

UserWay setup

To set up Userway, you need to log into the Google Account and click the Add site button. From there, you will be prompted to add the domain used on the website. The first step is to choose the Free version of the widget.

Make sure to add both the website’s live domain and the staging temporary domain if you develop the website on a temporary domain.

Once this is done, click the Add Sites & Continue button.

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This will generate an embed code needed for the integration of the Accessibility widget on the website, copy this code to the <head> tag of the website by using the WPCode plugin.

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Optionally, you can customize the widget’s colors, icons, and placement by installing the UserWay plugin. This step would require that you log into your user account once again. Once the settings are saved and the plugin is removed, the settings will update on the platform directly, so you do not need to keep the plugin installed.

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Achieving full ADA compliance or alternative equivalent accessibility standards requires that customer ensures their website’s accessibility policy adheres to the market’s legal requirements. Additionally, user testing by different groups of users is the only way to ensure a website is fully accessible.

Adding ALT text to images

Every image on the website that is not used as a background must have a descriptive ALT tag that clearly specifies its content and context.

ALT text is essential for screen readers, as it allows visually impaired users to understand the image's purpose. Additionally, missing ALT tags can negatively impact a website's SEO, leading to indexing issues and potential ranking penalties.

To address this, we will use the Image Alt Text free WordPress plugin.
Plugin URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-alt-text/

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