Accessibility statement

Introduction

We’re committed to easy access for everyone. Shift Orbits.com is committed to making our website as accessible as possible to everyone, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, and motor impairments. We’re constantly working towards improving the accessibility of our website to ensure we provide equal access to all of our users.

As part of our commitment to accessibility, we ensure that our website is compatible with:

Recent versions of popular screen readers
Operating system screen magnifiers
Speech recognition software
Operating system speech packages

We always make sure that our website follows accessibility best practices by following the principles of universal design. This ensures the site is flexible and adaptable to different users’ needs or preferences and is accessible through a variety of different technologies, including mobile devices or assistive technologies

During the development phase we endeavor to follow WebAIM’s Principles of Accessible Design, and also try to help improve the accessibility of our website for users with disabilities by:

Retaining the ability to adjust the font size
Maintaining color/contrast ratios for text
Providing keyboard-accessible navigation
Providing skip to content links at the top of the page
We also monitor the accessibility of Shift Orbits.com through the internally maintained tools.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1

Wherever possible, the Shift Orbits.com site will adhere to level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1). These guidelines outline four main principles that state that sites should be:

Perceivable: Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive
Operable: User interface components and navigation must be operable
Understandable: Information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable
Robust: Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies

Optimizing your set-up for your needs

The website guides to make your computer more accessible. It offers help with seeing the screen, using your keyboard and mouse, hearing sounds, and with reading and spelling. The Shift Orbits website also provides accessibility help, enabling computer users to make the most of the internet whatever their ability or disability.

Contacting us

If you would like to request accessibility-related assistance, report any accessibility problems, or request any information in accessible alternative formats, please contact us at info@ShiftOrbits.com