Accessibility
A website that more people can use.
Datapoint is working to make its website perceivable, operable, understandable and robust across different devices, browsers and assistive technologies.
Datapoint aims to provide a website that can be used by people with different visual, hearing, movement, speech, cognitive and learning needs. Accessibility is considered in page structure, content, interaction, colour, motion and responsive behaviour.
The website is being designed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 Level AA as the target. These guidelines organise accessibility under four principles: perceivable, operable, understandable and robust.
- Semantic headings, landmarks, labels and link text.
- Keyboard access and visible focus indicators for interactive elements.
- Colour contrast designed to meet the applicable AA requirements.
- Responsive layouts that remain usable at narrow widths and high zoom.
- Text alternatives for meaningful images and decorative-image handling.
- Error messages that are not communicated by colour alone.
- Reduced-motion support where animation or transition is used.
- Form labels, instructions and status messages intended to work with assistive technology.
Datapoint uses controlled heading sizes, readable line lengths, consistent navigation and plain directional labels. Where documents or reports are made available, Datapoint will work toward accessible reading order, text alternatives, meaningful headings and formats suitable for the intended audience.
The website is intended to work with current versions of major browsers, modern mobile browsers, keyboard navigation and commonly used screen-reading and zoom tools. Older or highly customised environments may provide a different experience.
Some third-party content, embedded services, complex reports or older documents may not yet provide the same level of accessibility as the main website. Datapoint will identify material limitations during testing and prioritise fixes according to user impact.
Where content is difficult to access, users may request reasonable assistance or an alternative format through the Contact page. Datapoint will consider the nature of the content, the user’s need and the available format when responding.
Accessibility feedback should identify the page or function, describe the problem, and state the browser, device or assistive technology being used where possible. Datapoint will review the issue and provide a response or suitable next step.
Accessibility review should include automated checks, keyboard-only testing, zoom and responsive testing, colour and focus review, and manual inspection of forms, navigation, page structure and meaningful images. Material changes to the site should be included in the same review process.