Why accessibility is important
Colour Accessibility of content on the web is crucial to ensure that everyone has access to the same information and services. For example colour contrast between text and background is important on web pages . It as it affects some people’s ability to perceive the information (in other words to be able to receive the information visually). The human eye and brain is are very good at distinguishing shapes, patterns and colours generally, but for a significant number of people there can be difficulties distinguishing some shades, or some colours.
There are other disability accessibility areas, other than low vision, such as D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers, who also need to be considered.
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There is a great blog post on the Dos and Don’ts on designing for Accessibility.
How iShare meets current guidelines
The current minimum government accessibility requirement for digital services is to meet level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).
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Whilst we cannot ensure compliance with iShare Version 5.6 (or previous versions) we would be happy to work with you on your site on a chargeable time/materials basis. The most efficient way to do this would be to have the site inspected, then we would work with you to rectify any issues found.
With regards to iShare Logger, whilst we take steps to make the Logger map accessible, we recommend that an alternative means of describing the report location is provided for users that are unable to use a map interface.