Designing Fully Accessible Websites
There are 49 million good reasons to make your website accessible to people with disabilities.
And every one of them counts
There's a world of information on the Web. But to use it, enjoy it, study it and buy from it, people with disabilities first have to get at it.
Can they get at yours?
People with Disabilities Online
There are over 49 million people with one or more disabilities in the US
alone. Some have trouble seeing or hearing. Others have difficulty reading
or understanding text. Many (7% of men) are affected from color blindness.
And even more are affected from age related health problems.
This group of people is a huge, potential market for your business. Yet, many will not be able to use your website effectively. Why? Because, they can't get at the information it contains. And if they can't get at the information, you're losing sales.
Making your website accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, is what we do best. But what does accessible website design really mean for your business?
Reasons to Make Your Site Accessible
Building website accessibility into your web design will help you:
- Provide your visitors with an attractive, user-friendly website that can be visited by everyone
- Tap into a large group of people with disabilities who could be using your website to buy goods or services
- target a growing, affluent older population
- Gain better search engine rankings
- Comply with any legal requirements
- Increase sales
Kalidust's Accessibility Practices
To help you achieve all the benefits of accessible website design, we make sure that:
- All the words on your site are easy to read, and easy to see
- Your visitors have the option to change the colors and the text size
- Alternative text is placed on all images so people using a screen reader can understand your page
- Your website design includes a site map so your visitors, and the search engines, can find information easily
- Animations do not blink or flash at 4 Hz and 59 Hz per second - fast, flashing images can trigger seizures in some people
- Proper document structure is used, allowing people accessing your site with screen readers to scan the pages from topic to topic
Why Website Accessibility?
Because there are a number of significant financial and social benefits using this feature to enable a potential increase in business why reducing overall production costs.
- Broaden the reach of audience to increase traffic
- Expand potential market share & increase search ranking potential
- Comply with legislation to reduce potential litigation under the Disabilities Discrimination Act
- Faster download time, increased cross-browser compatibility, accessible to mobile communication devices
- Accessible to the over 40 million people with disabilities or special needs having expendable income
- No closed doors, removes obstacles in using a website
Contact Kalidust
If you're ready to start reaping the rewards of accessible website design, email us today. Or call us on 337-205-2540. We'll schedule a consultation with our website accessibility expert, Karen Lagrange.
With Karen the benefits of accessible website design are easy to achieve
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With Karen Lagrange - Online success is easy to achieve.
Contact us or give us a call at 337-205-2540. We'll be happy to schedule a telephone consultation with our website development specialist, Karen Lagrange.