Accessibility Features Icon

…that yellow icon in the upper left corner of the website

The UserWay Accessibility Widget offers a broad selection of functions that users can mix and match to meet their individual accessibility needs. Each of the functions below can be turned on or off or set at an exact interim value. Settings for each user are automatically saved for future site visits, making your site’s accessibility smart, effortless and effective.Keyboard NavigationKeyboard Navigation

The workhorse of UserWay’s Accessibility Widget. Provides on-the-fly remediation of non-compliant elements into accessible, keyboard-navigable ones. Critical for those who rely on assistive tech.Screen ReaderScreen Reader

UserWay’s powerful, custom-built, integrated screen reader. Supports over thirty different languages, native accents and locales. Gets smarter all the time with UserWay’s AI.Increase Text SizeIncrease Text Size

Cycles on-screen texts through four different levels of text-size increases. Makes every part of your site instantly more readable.Stop AnimationsStop Animations

Pauses content that moves or auto-updates that is considered an accessibility barrier. Stops animations, blinking and flashing content that distracts and may trigger seizures.TooltipsTooltips

Shows alternative text and aria labels for on-screen elements with a simple mouse hover. Tooltips are prominent, high contrast and easy to read for low-vision users with accessibility needs.Convert to Accessible FontsConvert to Accessible Fonts

Converts stylized fonts into accessible fonts and font weights that are essential for visually impaired and dyslexic users who find nonstandard fonts confusing or difficult to read.Highlight LinksHighlight Links

Emphasize links, buttons and action elements in clear, high-contrast colors that are easy to identify. Highlights clickable items for easier site usability, navigation and overall accessibility.Large CursorLarge Cursor

Increases the standard cursor size by 400% to ensure the pointer always remains in sight. Allows for faster and more accessible navigation through hyperlinks, tabs and form elements.Reading Guide

Converts the cursor into a high contrast horizontal reading guide. Focuses and guides the eyes to reduce eye strain for users who are visually impaired, dyslexic, cognitively disabled, and users with Presbyopia.Dark ModeDark Mode

Boost the contrast of all site elements with a high contrast dark color theme. One-click remediation to inaccessible and non-compliant low contrast elements, texts, buttons and form fields.Light ModeLight Mode

Boost the contrast of all site elements with a high contrast light color theme. One-click remediation to inaccessible and non-compliant low contrast elements, texts, buttons & form fields.Invert ColorsInvert Colors

Full color inversion for all site elements providing greater perceived color depth, making texts significantly easier to read while reducing eye strain for color blind and visually impaired users.Text SpacingText Spacing

Modify text and line spacing for improved readability for dyslexic and the visually impaired users. Offers three degrees of adjustments for a personalized and more accessible reading experience. Color Desaturation

Desaturates all colors on the page. An important accessibility function that helps users with deuteranopia, tritanopia, and other forms of color blindness to better distinguish your site’s content. Reveal Page Structure

Quickly reveal page headings, landmarks and links in a clear, structured, easily navigable and accessible manner. Helps both disabled and non-disabled users find the content they want, faster.Reset All Configurations

Accessibility options can be mixed and matched in any combination to suit the personal accessibility needs of each individual user, and saved for future site visits. Resets all options back to “off” state.