Accessibility

 

SKIN GYM WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

Compliance status

We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the broadest possible audience, regardless of ability.

To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website's UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website's HTML, adapts its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

If you wish to contact the website's owner please use the following email: [email protected]

Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers can read, comprehend, and enjoy the website's functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here's how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements:

Screen-reader optimization

We run a process that learns the website's components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing 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 provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others.

Additionally, the background process scans all of the website's images. It provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts embedded within the image using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.

These adjustments are compatible with popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack.

Keyboard navigation optimization

The background process also adjusts the website's HTML and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.

Additionally, keyboard users will find content-skip menus available at any time by clicking Alt+2, or as the first element of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, not allowing the focus to drift outside.

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

Disability profiles supported on our website

• Epilepsy Safe Profile: eliminates the risk of seizures resulting from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
• Vision Impaired Profile: adjusts the website for visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
• Cognitive Disability Profile: provides assistive features for users with Autism, Dyslexia, CVA, and others.
• ADHD Friendly Profile: reduces distractions and noise to help people with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders focus.
• Blind Users Profile (Screen-readers): ensures compatibility with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack.
• Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using keyboard shortcuts.

Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

1. Font adjustments

Users can increase/decrease size, change family (type), adjust spacing, alignment, line height, and more.

2. Color adjustments

Users can select contrast profiles (light, dark, inverted, monochrome) and swap color schemes with over seven options.

3. Animations

Epileptic users can stop all running animations with one click. Covers videos, GIFs, and CSS transitions.

4. Content highlighting

Users can emphasize links and titles or highlight focused/hovered elements.

5. Audio muting

Users can mute the entire website instantly to avoid issues with automatic audio playback.

6. Cognitive disorders

We provide a search engine linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary to help decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, etc.

7. Additional functions

Users can change cursor color/size, use printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and more.

Assistive technology and browser compatibility

We aim to support as many browsers and assistive technologies as possible, covering over 95% of the user market share. Supported systems include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge, JAWS, and NVDA, for both Windows and Mac users.

Notes, comments, and feedback

Despite our best efforts, some pages or sections may not be fully accessible or are in the process of becoming accessible. We are continually improving accessibility, adding, updating, and adopting new technologies to reach optimal levels.

For feedback or inquiries, please contact: [email protected]