We believe that the internet should be available and accessible to everyone, and our goal is to provide a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstances and abilities. To achieve this, we strive to adhere as closely as possible to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) according to the Israeli standard SI 5568 at level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities. Compliance with these guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to everyone, including blind individuals, people with motor disabilities, visual impairments, cognitive limitations, and more.
This website is made accessible following these guidelines and utilizes various technologies to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We use an accessibility interface that allows individuals with specific disabilities, even without a screen reader, to adjust the website’s user interface to their personal needs.
Screen Reader and Keyboard Navigation on Our Website
Our website implements ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) techniques alongside various behavioral modifications to ensure that blind users visiting with screen readers can read, understand, and enjoy the website’s functions. When a user with a screen reader enters the site, they can activate the screen reader profile for efficient browsing. This ensures our site meets several essential screen reader requirements, complemented by examples of code and functionality:
Screen Reader Optimization:
We provide screen readers with meaningful data using ARIA attributes. For example, we supply accurate form labels, actionable icon descriptions (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.), input field validation instructions, and roles for elements such as buttons, menus, modal dialogs, and more. Additionally, a background process scans all website images and provides accurate and meaningful descriptions based on object recognition for any images without ALT text. It also extracts embedded text from images using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. To enable screen reader adjustments at any time, users simply need to press Alt + 1. Screen reader users also receive automatic prompts to activate the screen reader mode upon entering the website. These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard Navigation Optimization:
Users can navigate the site using Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate drop-downs with arrow keys, close them with Esc, activate links with Enter, and navigate between radio buttons and checkboxes with arrow keys, selecting them with Space or Enter. Additionally, keyboard users can find quick navigation menus and skip-to-content links available at all times while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also manages focus jumps, ensuring that focus moves to relevant elements as they appear, and preventing focus from moving out of the interface. Users can also utilize shortcuts like “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to quickly navigate to specific elements.
User Interface, Design, and Readability Adjustments Available on Our Website
- Font Adjustments: Users can enlarge and reduce font sizes, change font family, adjust spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
- Color Adjustments: Users can select different color contrast profiles, such as light, dark, inverted, and black-and-white. Additionally, users can switch color schemes for headings, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different color options.
- Animations: Users with epilepsy can stop all animations with a single click. These include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
- Content Highlighting: Users can choose to highlight important elements like links and headings or only focused or hovered elements.
- Audio Muting: Users with hearing aids can mute all site sounds instantly to avoid potential headaches or other issues caused by autoplay audio.
- Cognitive Disabilities: We use a search engine linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, enabling individuals with cognitive disabilities to decipher meanings of phrases, acronyms, slang, and more.
- Additional Features: Users can modify the cursor’s size and color, use a print mode, activate a virtual keyboard, and access numerous other functionalities.
Browser Compatibility and Technological Support
We strive to support a wide range of browsers and assistive technologies to allow our users to choose the tools that suit them best with minimal limitations. Therefore, we have worked diligently to support all major systems that constitute over 95% of the user market, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, as well as JAWS and NVDA screen readers for both Windows and Mac users.
Comments, Suggestions, and Feedback
Despite our best efforts to enable everyone to customize the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of being made accessible, or lack a suitable technological solution for accessibility. However, we are continuously improving our accessibility, adding, updating, and enhancing its options and features, as well as developing and adopting new technologies. All of this aims to reach the optimal level of accessibility in line with technological advancements and changing legal requirements.
If you encounter an issue, have difficulty using any aspect of the site, or have ideas for improvement, we would be happy to hear from you. You can contact us via phone at 054-5690326 during our operating hours, via email at orr@ladaat.org, or using the contact form on the website.
Wishing you an enjoyable, productive, and accessible browsing experience always.
