Website accessibility statement

We invest a lot of time and effort in making the website accessible from the beginning of its construction. The site is fully accessible in accordance with Regulation 35, T.I. 5568 for the accessibility of websites and Wcag 2.0.

We chose the AA standard. On this page we will detail the tools and methods we used to make the site accessible, as well as an explanation of how to contact us if there is a need to repair a fault or improve accessibility.

The site was accessed as follows:
1. Adapting the site to all types of modern browsers (ie all except Internet Explorer).
2. Adapting the site to all types of platforms – mobile, tablets and desktops.
3. Adapting the site in terms of keyboard use only.
4. Adaptation of the website to people with partial or total visual impairment.
5. Adaptation of the site and its contents to people with partial or complete hearing impairment.
6. An accessibility plugin was also installed.

In order to make the site and its contents accessible, the following changes were made:
1. Changes and tests on the site so that it fits all browsers and all platforms (responsiveness).
2. Adding access keys in a way that will not contradict the natural keyboard actions and making sure that all parts of the site can be reached with only a keyboard.
3. Checking color contrast, adding an explanatory text to each image on the site including in the various guides, adding a label in different forms.
4. Adding subtitles in the various video guides or a textual explanation of what the video contains.

The tools I used to check accessibility are:
1. The accessibility standard itself as detailed on the W3C website.
2. The test criteria as they appear on the Israeli accessibility website.
3. Manual scanning of the site’s source code.
4. Use of WAVE – to check the contrast on the site, to check the structure of the site and for a general scan according to the WCAG2 standard
5. Using the AC Checker tool for final validation of the site and its various parts.
6. Using the Evaluera tool to manually check the various points.

It should be noted that the site is old, and includes articles and additional content and we may have missed something.

If there are accessibility problems, you can contact us via the email: webmaster@balans.co.il