Kenya Dairy Board Adopts WCAG 2.1 Guidelines for Website Accessibility

• The Kenya Dairy Board has committed to adhering to WCAG 2.1 at the AA level.
• The Board's website utilizes various technologies, including an accessibility interface and AI-based application, to make it accessible to all users.
• The website implements ARIA attributes and behavioral changes to ensure screen-reader compatibility.
• Screen-reader users can adjust settings using the Alt+1 keyboard combination.

By following these guidelines, the Board ensures that its website is accessible to all users, including those who are blind or have low vision, as well as those who use screen readers or other assistive technologies.

The Kenya Dairy Board has made a commitment to accessibility, recognizing that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, regardless of circumstance or ability. To fulfill this commitment, the Board aims to adhere strictly to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines provide a framework for making web content accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments. By following these guidelines, the Board ensures that its website is accessible to all users, including those who are blind or have low vision, as well as those who use screen readers or other assistive technologies.

The Kenya Dairy Board's website utilizes various technologies to make it as accessible as possible. An accessibility interface allows users with specific disabilities to adjust the website's UI and design it to their personal needs. Additionally, an AI-based application runs in the background, constantly optimizing the website's accessibility level. 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. The website also implements ARIA attributes and behavioral changes to ensure that blind users visiting with screen-readers can read, comprehend, and enjoy the website's functions.

The Kenya Dairy Board's website has implemented a range of features to optimize its accessibility for screen-reader users. The background process learns the website's components from top to bottom, ensuring ongoing compliance even when updating the website. This process provides screen-readers with meaningful data using ARIA attributes, including accurate form labels, descriptions for actionable icons, and validation guidance for form inputs. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website's images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT tag for images that are not described.

Kenyan businesses may need to review their website accessibility policies and ensure compliance with the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level, as mandated by the Kenya Dairy Board’s commitment to accessibility.

Source: Original reporting via Fueling Champions!