Website accessibility,
Recently, a phenomenon has emerged of lawsuits against website owners who do not have an accessible website.
These are claims worth millions of shekels.
Lawyers in collaboration with people with disabilities are operating in a successful manner and are trying to sue website owners for not having a simple accessibility button on the site.
This week there was an article on Kan 11 that covered the issue and gave an idea of the unbearable phenomenon.
Article here 11 – on the subject of class actions related to the issue of website accessibility:
By watching the article, you can understand that the solution to the problem is very quick and affordable.
In particular, a solution and implementation of accessibility can prevent a lot of heartache and unnecessary financial expenses.
Below is a screenshot of the website accessibility plugin button:
Here’s what the Accessibility Extension Bar looks like after opening it:
What does a website accessibility plugin enable?
Here are some things that an accessibility plugin enables on a website:
- Newt Keyboard
- Canceling the flashing
- Monochrome
- Sepia
- High contrast
- Black yellow
- Invert colors
- Highlighting headings
- Highlighting descriptions
- Show description
- Permanent description
- Readable font
- Increasing and decreasing font size
- Large marker
- Black marker
- Reading mode
- Accessibility Statement
Are there types of website accessibility plugins?
There are indeed types of accessibility add-ons.
The basic one is the Accessibility Add-on A – the add-on described here in the explanation above.
There are higher levels of presentation, the accessibility that is required for large websites with a wide audience of visitors.
Website accessibility levels:
Broadly speaking, there are 3 main levels of website accessibility:
A
AA
AAA
The costs of accessibility at a level that is not A but AA and above can reach thousands of shekels.
Host Center’s recommendation regarding website accessibility:
Due to the Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law and accessibility regulations that oblige website owners to make their sites accessible, Host Center assists its customers in installing a Type A accessibility component.
It is recommended that this be done as soon as possible by a programmer of your choice or by a programmer of ours.
If you are interested in having accessibility installed on your website by us (Host Center) , contact us.
Good luck and best wishes, Host Center team – always here to assist you with your website.
Additional information on website accessibility can be found on the government website:
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