Access Design Studio

Technology  has completely changed the way we live our lives. Today, almost everyone depends on electronic devices and tools for their daily activities. While the technology is surely useful, it is essential that it becomes equally accessible to every person. Businesses need to make sure that their services, products, and even websites should be easily used by every individual, especially those with special needs.   In the hospitality industry, the goal of any business is to make their customers feel comfortable and at ease with their services. It is essential to understand that your interaction with your potential customers starts as soon as they get in touch with your business digitally. Nearly every business today has an online presence and the same holds true for businesses in the hospitality industry. If your website caters only to the needs of everyday people and has no arrangements for people with special needs, who would really like to be your customers, your business ...

As per a report, 2,352  web accessibility lawsuits were filed against the U.S. businesses in 2021, experiencing a rise of 14.3% from 2020. Although website accessibility is a common procedure that every online business owner is familiar with, certain mistakes and errors continue to happen on a regular scale that ends up hurting businesses in different ways. Lawsuits can be expensive, tarnish a brand's reputation, and take up a lot of time and effort.   In this post, we talk about some of the most overlooked and prevalent accessibility errors as per ADA website accessibility  experts. MISSING ALT TEXT IN IMAGES Short for alternative text, alt text is a short textual description of a graphic or an image that depicts the message it conveys while offering a sensible explanation. It's beneficial for users suffering from visual impairments or color blindness. If someone accesses your website using a screen reader, alt text offers the user an alternative way to understand the im...

An optimized UX interface through a carefully steered website accessibility audit  has pretty much become a standard for every hospitality business. Considering the effects of the pandemic and the prevalence of digitalization today, a seamless UX experience has now become a part of a holistic rewarding customer experience. Conducting an ADA website compliance audit  for your hospitality business website covers multiple facets of your business and branding. Apart from tapping onto the disable population customer base, it also reflects care on your business ends while addressing issues that other brands might be overlooking. It shows that your business cares for the 26 percent  of the population living with disability.   When it comes to conducting a website accessibility audit , many business owners and even web developers might get confused as what to focus on. In the simplest sense, your website must be easy to navigate, operate, interact and consumable by the users...