Electric cooperative website accessibility
Electric cooperative website accessibility is about making sure that all of your members can have access to the same information online, in a way that works for them.
Our approach to web accessibility includes building accessible electric cooperative websites from the ground up and then equipping you with simple tools to stay on track with a built-in accessibility checker.
Accessibility Overlays
See the round accessibility icon bottom right of this page? It's an overlay. Learn why we don't recommend accessibility overlays at overlayfactsheet.com.
Accessibility within reach for co-ops of any size
Although the ADA provides no checklist to certify a website is officially “compliant,” we will ensure your website meets WCAG standards, which can help you meet requirements under the ADA.
How often will doing our job a little better actually improve people’s lives? Accessibility means a site can be equally useful, informative, and enjoyable for folks with any number of challenges – vision, hearing, learning, mobility, or motor – who are usually (or already) reliant on additional hardware or software to make web browsing possible at all.
Accessibility is an ongoing process
As a website is updated, new elements can cause accessibility issues so it is important to stay on top of things to ensure website accessibility is aligned with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Cooperative Inc.’s product partnerships can provide your cooperative with technology options and services, can help you meet requirements under the ADA:
- Automated accessibility scans
- Real-time guidance to identify and fix WCAG errors
- Manual error remediation
- PDF Remediation
- Video captioning
Perhaps the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sums it up best, “Until legal website accessibility standards are established, the voluntary WCAG remains the de facto roadmap for now.”