Having an Accessible Website is Made Easy with accessiBe

Focusing on owning an accessible website is one of the fastest developing aspects of the online world today. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 4 Americans have some disability that may interfere with their ability to navigate and enjoy your website. In short, web accessibility is a term used to refer to the changes you can make to your website to make it easier to access for those with disabilities.

There are many changes that need to be made in order for your site to be truly accessible (and that’s one of the main reasons so many companies have put this on the backburner), but accessiBe, an automated web accessibility solution, can help.

A Quick Overview of Accessibility Features Needed for Those with Disabilities

There are many requirements for websites to be considered 100% accessible. Here are some of the most popular features that websites can and should offer to aid in website navigation for certain disabilities:

• Screen reader compatibility for visually impaired users
• Keyboard navigation for users with motor impairment
• Animation and flash stopping ability for epileptics
• UI and design adjustments for vision impaired users
• Closed captions for the hearing impaired

You can learn more about what each of these mean in-depth here.

When you rely on developers to manually make these changes, the costs add up quickly. These are only a few examples of changes that need to be made, and accessiBe takes care of them automatically. Moreover, these changes need to be made each and every time that new content is added to a site. This is one of the best features of accessiBe- their AI technology scans a website for new elements to remediate every 24 hours.

accessiBe Provides Legal Protection

Beyond just doing the right thing for those that need assistance, one of the biggest motivators for businesses today to make their site accessible is the growing amount of regulation and legal risk around the issue. There have been more and more lawsuits regarding web accessibility and, as is the case with any discrimination lawsuit, it can get expensive fast.

The big regulations to consider are WCAG 2.1, ADA Title III, Section 508 and EAA/EN 301549. These are all hefty regulations to say the least, and they change all the time. Not needing to think about this is perhaps the biggest perk of working with accessiBe. Included with accessiBe is a litigation support package that includes monthly professional audits, daily reports, accessibility mapping, compliance supporting documentation and certificates, guidance, and more.

Cost Savings of Utilizing accessiBe

Site developments like this were always an option, but it used to be prohibitively expensive to deploy. We’re talking thousands of dollars and hundreds of working hours just to build a few features that would be outdated, and non-compliant again once new content was uploaded.

With accessiBe, not only does your website stay up to date with today’s current best practices, it also saves you a ton of money because you aren’t trying to do it yourself (or not doing anything and then getting sued) or hiring a developer every single time you change one tiny aspect of your website. accessiBe charges a flat rate of just $49 per month.

The Big Picture

Save time, save money, and save your business from ADA lawsuits. It’s all made simple by accessiBe.

[This article has been sponsored by accessiBe]