Global IT Inc

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Phone: (972) 536-6063

Accessibility is the ability to access a website, application, or software for people with disabilities that affects their hearing, vision, knowledge, and/or motor functions.

What is accessibility?

It is the ability to access a website, application, or software especially for the disabled.

There are no physical barriers attached to accessing the web and this equal opportunity is inspiring many disabled to make use of Internet opportunities.

Global disability Stats

Nearly 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability.
India has 2.2% of its population affected by physical or mental disability.
The UK has 13.9 million disabled people
Australia has 20% of its population affected with disability
The U.S has 56.7 million of its population affected with disability.

Creating web convenience for disabled

It is important to make your website convenient and easily accessible for the disabled creating equal accessibility.

Challenges for the disabled

For Visually impaired

Inability to read small text
Inability in distinguishing colors between red & green, red & black, etc.
Find it hard to distinguish low contrast text and graphics.
Inability to see and identify shades of black, grey, and white.
No vision (or extremely low vision).

For wheel-chair bound

Inability or difficulty in using hands.
Experience pain while moving hands or other parts of the body.
Experience tremors in hands, making it difficult to use a mouse.
Slow movements of the hands, feet, arms, elbows, head, etc. to use for computer input as an alternative to the hands.

Developmental/Retarded Disabilities

Disability in understanding large amounts of information. Unable to work on problem-based skills.
Difficulty understanding or using Math.
The short span of attention or deficit or distractibility.
Short-term memory deficits.

Speech impaired

Difficulty in pronunciation
Hard to find speech fluency.
The difficulty of distinguishing speech sounds in languages. Lack of ability to produce a speaking voice.

Hearing Disabilities

Difficulty hearing sounds.
Difficulty in understanding louder speech.
Unable to understand sign language better than written language.

Assistive Technologies Available for Disabled

Speech impaired

Touch screens
Alternative keyboards
Single switch devices
Eye-tracking technologies
Speech generating software
Word prediction software

For Visually impaired

Speech impaired

Screen reader
Screen magnifier
Braille Displays
Contrast enhancement or color reversal software

Hearing Disabilities

Speech impaired

Hearing aids
Transcripts
Cochlear implants, and/or other devices

Developmental/Retarded Disabilities

Speech impaired

Screen readers
Screen overlays
Ad blockers and other similar tools
Personal assistants(human beings)

For wheel-chair bound

Speech impaired

Vertical Keyboard with Mouse Stick
One-Handed Keyboard
Expanded Keyboard with Raised Sections Between Keys
Speech recognition software
Head wand
Mouth stick

We are offering Accessibility

At Global IT Inc, we have facilitated a whole range of accessibility testing services allowing businesses to identify vulnerabilities in their digital experience. Enable integrated and exceptional methods into daily operations and solve issues.

Our expert team is fully equipped with your digital features and recommends updates to make sure all users can achieve their expected experiences equally.

Having in-depth knowledge in ADA compliance services, WCAG 2.0, Section 508, that helps make your web/application accessibility compliant, we help companies to deliver a comprehensive working experience for their employees and customers with disabilities.

Our accessibility testing service properly functions in terms of text resolution, navigation, appearance, making the features of the website or app more attractive and user friendly.