Dave Diary - 25th Blog 2022
Hi, this past week a new widget was added to my website, which is for greater accessibility. Look for the figure in a circle in the top right of the site on every page that opens up to 8 options for you to choose from. It’s provided by Userway. You click on the symbol and it opens into 8 boxes and between 1 or 4 options.
These are the functions you can try below. Please contact me if you have any questions or if you have any comments or suggestions. I can’t change the widget as its fixed, but if you have any comments about the widget I’ll be very interested to know your thoughts. If the widget isn’t helpful I can withdraw it from the site, but I really hope this does assists viewers.
The contents of the widget are as follows:
Contrast - box gives further contrast to the background.
Highlight Links - for giving better highlighting to links.
Bigger Text - for enlarging texts throughout the website.
Text Spacing - that enables text to be read a little more easily.
Pause Animations - for pausing moving images on the website if there are videos that are automatically activated, as this may or may not make viewing easier.
Dyslexia Friendly - The fonts change to a more readable text and enlarges the text to make the process easier. This actually made a difference for me as I have dyslexia and was surprised that the text was easier to read with this function.
Cursor - enhances, and enlarges the cursor.
Tool Tips - Further tips for more tools to help with accessibility.
Line Height - The line heights are widened by each choice.
Text Align - The text is made wider to allow reading easier.
So each of these options gives more choice for the viewer’s comfort for reading and viewing. However there is always scope for improvement as these tools only go so far to increase better accessibility, so this is only the next step in the development of the website. I continue to develop pages each week.
New video for Blind Create and YouTube. I’m going to make a new video to inspire new visitors to discover Blind Create. Watch this space in the forthcoming weeks.
