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Web accessibility has become a necessity to achieve for modern-day businesses and other-purposed websites. However, when it comes to the need to abide by the ADA titles and ensure accessibility, many website owners are confused as to how to ensure the same. There are many tools and techniques to address the special needs of people with disabilities and to be compliant with assistive technologies. Basically, these assistive tools can be in four categories based on the interactive nature of each. Let us have an overview of these categories of assistive tools below.
AccessiBe tools for web accessibility
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Perception tools
This category of tools is meant to assist people with disabilities in perceiving information through their senses as visual, auditory, and tactile perception. AccessiBe gives some examples of perception tools as below,
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Audio description of the text and other visual elements on-page.
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Alert notifications for users with sounds, vibration, illumination, etc.
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Transcripts and captions to describe the auditory information.
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Braille display with auditory support, which is a system of reading with the use of fingertips, now refreshable braille displays are implemented widely.
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Speech synthesizer for converting text to voice. There are also voice browsers and screen readers.
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Screen magnification tools to upsize or downsize the text and images for better visibility.
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Presentation tools
This category of tools will help in better understanding the content. Some examples are.
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Customizable font size and colors.
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Custom volume control for easier text reading.
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Document outline customization to offer proper orientation and content overview.
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Simplified text summaries to ensure easy understanding.
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Progressive disclosure for avoiding information overload.
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A reduced user interface to display the most relevant info only.
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Alternative content presentation as symbols and sign language etc.
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Input tools
Input tools will help users type, click, and write through input devices. Some examples are;
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Accelerators to reduce click or typing efforts.
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Customized mouse and keyboard with larger keys, hands-free navigation, joysticks, etc.
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Retina tracker for controlling cursor movements.
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Speech recognition for input commands.
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Grammar check, spell check tools, and word predictions.
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Interaction tools
Such tools will help to make navigation and page interactions easier. Some examples are.
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Alternative navigation techniques as hierarchical menus, sitemaps, history, and bookmarks.
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Headings with labels and descriptive titles.
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Keyword search for precise results.
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Assistive messages to show the success or error of a user action.
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Visual cues to indicate various content parts with more and less relevant information.
If you are trying to build a website or software by ensuring accessibility, it is important to have continuous and comprehensive audits and enhancements from time to time. Technologies and accessibility compliance guidelines are changing every once in a while, so it is necessary for the website owners also to be compliant with these changing needs. AccessiBe now offers many accessibility auditing and remediation tools, which you can effectively use to ensure website compliance with the WCAG standards. There are automated accessibility evaluation tools, too, which you can combine with manual evaluation to get the best results.
