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Understanding Web Accessibility

Learn about the importance of web accessibility and how it impacts users with various needs.

Voice Assistant: Your Personal Guide

Meet Mikey the Mic!

Mikey the Mic is here to assist you with voice commands, making navigation smooth and effortless. This feature is designed to help individuals who rely on assistive technology, ensuring that everyone can interact with our website hands-free.

Mikey the Mic Try It Out

Who it Helps:

  • Individuals with visual impairments
  • Users with mobility issues
  • Anyone who prefers voice interaction

How It Works:

  • Activate Mikey by clicking the microphone icon.
  • Use simple voice commands to navigate through the site, search for information, and interact with content.
  • Enjoy a hands-free, user-friendly experience tailored to your needs.

Why It Matters:

For many of us, using a mouse or keyboard is second nature, but those with visual impairments or mobility issues face significant barriers. Mikey's voice commands provide an essential alternative, transforming how these users interact with digital content and ensuring they can access information just as easily as everyone else.

OpenDyslexic: Read with Ease

Say Hi to Glassy with the Glasses!

Glassy with the Glasses is dedicated to making reading easier for everyone, especially individuals with dyslexia. By changing the site’s text to the OpenDyslexic font, Glassy ensures that reading becomes a more comfortable and enjoyable experience.

Glassy with the Glasses

Who it Helps:

  • Individuals with dyslexia
  • Users who find standard fonts difficult to read

How It Works:

  • Toggle the OpenDyslexic feature in the settings menu.
  • Experience an immediate transformation of the site's text, making it more readable and less confusing.
  • Enjoy improved reading comfort and comprehension with our dyslexia-friendly design.

Why It Matters:

Reading can be a daunting task for individuals with dyslexia due to how their brains process visual information. Glassy's OpenDyslexic font reduces this difficulty, providing a clearer and more stable reading experience. By doing so, we're helping to break down barriers that many people face every day, which often go unnoticed by those without these challenges.

If you want to find out more, go to opendyslexic.org

High Contrast Mode: See It Clearly

Meet Spikey the Hedgehog!

Spikey the Hedgehog is here to ensure that our content is accessible to everyone, including those with color blindness and other visual impairments. With Spikey’s help, higher contrast can make text and images stand out more clearly.

Spikey the Hedgehog

Who it Helps:

  • Individuals with color blindness
  • Users with other visual impairments
  • Anyone who benefits from higher contrast visuals

How It Works:

  • Enable High Contrast Mode from the accessibility settings.
  • The site’s design will adjust to use high-contrast colors, making text and images more distinct.
  • Navigate and engage with content more comfortably and efficiently.

Why It Matters:

Color blindness affects a significant portion of the population, often making it difficult to distinguish between certain colors. Spikey’s High Contrast Mode ensures that users with these visual impairments can still clearly see and interact with our content. It's a reminder that accessibility features are crucial for creating a truly inclusive web environment.

For more information, read this article by Jahde Vaccani.

Accessibility Standards

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide guidelines for making web content accessible to people with disabilities.

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) specifications help make dynamic content and advanced user interface controls accessible.

Section 508 requires federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.

Join the Movement Towards Inclusive Design

At Access Granted, we believe in creating an inclusive digital environment for all users. By leveraging these innovative features, we're breaking down barriers and setting new standards in accessibility. Explore our site, experience the difference, and join us in the mission to make the web a more accessible place for everyone.

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