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Build websites accessible
for everyone

With more than 15% of the general population living with a disability, providing equal access and opportunity for everyone is a must. Launch websites that you can make more accessible quickly and easily with the Duda platform.

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A screenshot of a website with a headline 1 , headline 2 , headline 3 , and headline 4.

What is accessibility?

An accessible website can be used by users with auditory, visual or cognitive disabilities, as well as those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technologies. According to the World Wide Web Consortium (WCG), an organization that provides international web standards, including standards on accessibility, an accessible website must be perceivable, operable, understandable and robust for these users.

Why build
accessible websites?

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To provide a positive user experience

When websites are made accessible, everyone wins. Your audience will have an overall better experience and be able to easily navigate and understand your website. On top of that, well-organized, easy to navigate websites lead to higher search rankings, expanding your clients' reach.

To improve brand perception

Show, don’t tell. You know you’re striving to build inclusive brands — brands that care about all customers’ needs. Having an accessible website will show everyone else you live up to your values.

To ensure compliance

The number of website accessibility related lawsuits continues to grow each year. By working towards accessibility compliance for you and your clients, you’re making sure everything is done by the book.

Built-in features to help make your Duda websites accessible

At Duda we work toward empowering accessible websites to be built on the platform, which is why we are constantly rolling out new features and improvements that can help you and all your clients make your websites more accessible.

AI-Powered alt text

Optimize website accessibility for screen reader users by using our AI Assistant to generate instant, relevant alt text for your images.

Keyboard navigation

Not everyone uses a mouse or trackpad to navigate a website, so Duda tries to rely on standards based browsers features, which make sure that keyboard navigational features work out of the box.

Site language definition

We set the language of the website automatically, based on what you’ve set in the site settings. This ensures screen readers can determine the language of the website and assist users in the right language.

Correct semantics

Where possible, Duda leverages semantic HTML elements. For example, headers use header tags (<h1>). This ensures the best accessibility functionality, as it’s already baked into browsers and supported by screen readers.

Focus highlight

Elements which can be interacted with will be highlighted as users navigate via keyboard. Focus highlights automatically appear when a user navigates via keyboard.

Skip to content (coming soon)

Skip to content allows keyboard users to navigate directly to the main content of the page. This way they can easily get to the content they need.

Have an accessibility suggestion for us?

Simplify accessibility compliance with helpful app add-ons

Accelerate your accessible website production with intuitive apps such as UserWay and AudioEye. Let AudioEye and UserWay do the hard work using automation to help your path toward compliance work while you focus on scaling your agency.

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Duda’s integration with AudioEye empowers us to provide our client partners with peace of mind & the best-in-class product for website accessibility within a matter of seconds
Michael Holt
Chief Operating Officer ・ REPLI

FAQs

  • Are Duda websites compliant with ADA?

    Unfortunately, there is no clear legal definition of website compliance with the ADA. Duda’s accessibility tools help you on your path to comply with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines, which many U.S. and international jurisdictions use as a general guideline to determine  accessibility compliance. However, certain types of businesses and certain jurisdictions may have some added requirements, so please check with your counsel to confirm compliance.  

    As the site owner, you are responsible for reviewing and complying with local legislation applicable to you or your site visitors. While Duda cannot guarantee that the use of our services is compliant with all accessibility laws and worldwide regulations, we aim to provide features and services that can help you create accessible websites efficiently. Our support team is always available to assist you on your path toward compliance.

  • What are some of the benefits of building accessible websites?

     The main benefits of creating accessible websites are to avoid discrimination against individuals with disabilities, reduce the risk of legal complications, improve site UX and SEO, boost usability for all site visitors, and broaden market penetration.

  • What are some best practices for creating more accessible websites?

    To maximize accessibility for your website builds, use headings to organize your content structure correctly. Include appropriate alt text for all images. Make sure to give all of your links unique and descriptive names. Use colors carefully. There are plenty of other tips for success, but these will get you started. Read More.

  • What apps are available in the Duda app store to assist with compliance automation?

     Duda currently has two apps to help assist with compliance automation. You can choose from AudioEye and UserWay.

  • What are some of the website elements that AudioEye and UserWay can help me make more accessible?

    AudioEye and UserWay can help you automatically generate alt text, correct color contrast, enlarge cursors, create dyslexia-friendly fonts, and much more.

  • I’ve heard that overlays like UserWay and AudioEye can cause additional accessibility issues. Is that true?

    Not really. You should not add an overlay like AudioEye or UserWay and just expect it to solve 100% of accessibility issues. They can help you be more compliant, but they’re not perfect.


    Individuals using assistive technologies, like screen readers, will frequently not use the overlay/toolbar functionalities, as they’re already using a screen reader like JAWS, VoiceOver (Mac/iOS) and others. So, you need to make sure that the overlays actually make changes to the website to make it more accessible at the core and not only when being interacted with. Free plans of overlays won’t do that. There is no automation technology that can guarantee 100% compliance.

  • Can I build accessible websites on Duda without purchasing any additional apps?

    Yes. While using AudioEye or UserWay speeds up the process of becoming compliant through automation, purchasing an app to create an accessible website on Duda is not necessary.

  • What outside resources can I consult to help make my websites more accessible?

    - US DOJ Guidance on Accessibility and the ADA:

    https://beta.ada.gov/resources/web-guidance/

    - WCAG 2.0: 

    https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

Want to start building more accessible websites at scale?