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Compliance status

We strongly believe that the Internet should be open and accessible to everyone, and we strive to provide a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circ*mstances and abilities.

To comply with this, we strive to adhere as strictly as possible to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at AA level. 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 all people: blind, people with motor disabilities, visual impairments, cognitive disabilities and more.

This website uses various technologies intended to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We use an accessibility interface that allows people with specific disabilities to customize and design the user interface (user interface) of the website to their personal needs.

Furthermore, the website uses an AI-based application that runs in the background and continuously optimizes its accessibility. This application restores the HTML of the website and adapts its functionality and behavior to screen readers used by blind users and to keyboard functions used by people with motor disabilities.

If you have discovered an error or have ideas for improvements, we would like to hear from you. You can contact the site operators at the following email address: info@belmarorthodontics.com

Screen reader and keyboard navigation

Our website implements the ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) attribute technique along with various behavioral adjustments to ensure that blind users accessing a screen reader can read, understand and enjoy the website's features. Once a user with a screen reader visits your site, they are immediately prompted to enter the screen reader profile so they can view and manage your site efficiently. Here's how our website covers some of the most important screen reader requirements, along with console screenshots of code examples:

1. Screen reader optimization:we run a background process that learns the website's components from top to bottom to ensure continued compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we ensure accurate form labels; descriptions of useful icons (social media icons, search icons, shopping cart icons, etc.); guidance on form input validation; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogs (pop-ups) and others. Additionally, the background process scans all images from the site and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object recognition-based description as an ALT (alternative text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts from the image using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To enable adjustments to the screen reader at any time, users simply need to press the keyboard combination Alt+1. Screen reader users are also automatically prompted to enable screen reader mode when they visit the site.

   These tweaks are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.

2. To optimize keyboard navigation:The background process also modifies the website's HTML and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website keyboard-friendly. This includes the ability to navigate the site using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate drop-down menus with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, activate buttons and links with the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys and fill them in with the space bar or the Enter key. Additionally, keyboard users can find quick navigation and content skipping menus available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first items on the site when navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered pop-ups by moving the keyboard focus to them as soon as they appear and not allowing focus to wander beyond that.

   Users can also use shortcuts such as "M" (menus), "H" (headings), "F" (forms), "B" (buttons), and "G" (images) to jump to specific elements.

Disability profiles are supported on our website

• Safe condition for epilepsy:this profile allows people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures caused by flashing or flashing animations and risky color combinations.
• Visually Impaired Condition:this mode adapts the site for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as low vision, tunnel vision, cataracts, glaucoma and others.
• Cognitive Disability Status:This mode offers several assistance options to help users with cognitive disabilities such as dyslexia, autism, stroke and others to focus more easily on the essential elements of the website.
• ADHD-friendly mode:This mode helps users with ADHD and neurodevelopmental disorders to read, view, and focus on key elements of the website more easily, while significantly reducing distractions.
• Blindness condition:this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone and websites must be compatible with it.
• Keyboard navigation profile (engine off):This profile allows people with motor disabilities to operate the website using the keyboard keys Tab, Shift+Tab and Enter. Users can also use shortcuts such as "M" (menus), "H" (headings), "F" (forms), "B" (buttons), and "G" (images) to jump to specific elements.

Additional adjustments to the user interface, design and readability

1. Font Adjustments –users can increase and decrease size, change family (type), adjust spacing, alignment, line height and more.
2. Color Adjustments –users can select different color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted and monochrome. In addition, users can switch color schemes of titles, texts and backgrounds with more than 7 different color settings.
3. Animations –epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and flashing CSS transitions.
4. Highlight content –users can choose to highlight important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight only focused or floating elements.
5. Sound-dampening –users with hearing aids may experience headaches or other problems due to automatic audio playback. This option allows users to disable the entire site at once.
6. Cognitive disorders -we use a search engine linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, which allows people with cognitive disabilities to decipher the meanings of sentences, initials, slang and others.
7. Additional features -we allow users to change the color and size of the cursor, use a print mode, enable a virtual keyboard and many other features.

Browser and assistive technology compatibility

We strive to support the widest range of browsers and assistive technologies so that our users can choose the tools that work best for them, with the fewest limitations possible. That's why we've worked very hard to support all the major systems that account for more than 95% of user market share, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows as well as for MAC users.

Comments, comments and feedback

Despite our best efforts to enable everyone to adapt the website to his or her needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or for which there is no appropriate technological solution to enable them to make available. However, we are constantly improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its capabilities and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is intended to achieve the optimal level of accessibility after technological advancements. For assistance, please contact info@belmarorthodontics.com