Reminder: Visit Marshfield Improves Website Accessibility

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 -- 11:00 AM

Visit Marshfield has launched a new effort to improve its website’s accessibility and provide a more user-friendly experience for all website visitors.

The tourism entity recently installed the UserWay software, indicated by an icon on the bottom left hand portion of the screen, on the site, which offers several benefits for visitors to the site in terms of functionality and accessibility, including:

Customizability: Users can now adjust several features on the site (text size and spacing, color contrast, cursor size and shape, etc.) to tailor their browsing experience to their needs.

Text-to-speech functionality and screen reader compatibility: The new site plugin allows users with visual impairments to have website content read aloud to them, the site is also now compatible with screen reader technology.

Simplified navigation: Site visitors who use the accessibility features will be able to see interactive elements like links more easily, and the UserWay widget also improves keyboard navigation.

Forms: Website forms are optimized for easier use when accessibility functions are turned on.

To ensure that Visit Marshfield continues to meet accessibility standards, the UserWay feature automatically monitors and maintains compliance with industry standards and alerts of any issues that may need to be addressed.

“We hope that this new functionality improves the user experience on our website,” said Matt McLean of Visit Marshfield. “As always, we are committed to inclusivity across our website, in our community, and beyond.”

For more information on Marshfield, log on to visitmarshfield.com and check out our Facebook and Instagram.

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