Accessibility Statement
At Books of Hope, we are fully committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards to achieve these goals.
1. Conformance Status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.
Books of Hope aims to be partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard yet, but we are actively working to resolve them.
2. Accessibility Measures
To ensure accessibility across our digital platform, Books of Hope:
• Integrates accessibility into our procurement and development practices.
• Provides continuous accessibility training for our content creators and web developers.
• Employs formal accessibility quality assurance methods during website updates.
3. Feedback and Contact Information
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Books of Hope. If you encounter any accessibility barriers while using our website, please let us know immediately so we can address the issue:
info@books-of-hope.com
We try to respond to feedback within 3 to 5 business days.
4. Technical Specifications
Accessibility of Books of Hope relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.
5. Limitations and Alternatives
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Books of Hope, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below:
• User-Submitted Content: Books, reviews, or comments uploaded by our community members may not always feature optimal alt-text or screen-reader descriptions. We encourage all users to provide accessible uploads and are exploring tools to automate descriptions.
• Legacy PDF Documents: Some older downloadable guides or documents may not be fully optimized for screen readers. We are updating these on an ongoing basis.
6. Formal Assessment Approach
Books of Hope assessed the accessibility of the website through self-assessment and evaluating design elements against standard WCAG patterns.