Accessibility Assertion
www.capetown.journey
7 February 2026
Compliance standing
We firmly imagine that the web needs to be obtainable and accessible to anybody, and are dedicated to offering a web site that’s accessible to the widest attainable viewers,
no matter circumstance and talent.
To meet this, we intention to stick as strictly as attainable to the World Broad Net Consortium’s (W3C) Net Content material Accessibility Tips 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) on the AA degree.
These pointers clarify how one can make internet content material accessible to folks with a wide selection of disabilities. Complying with these pointers helps us be sure that the web site is accessible
to all folks: blind folks, folks with motor impairments, visible impairment, cognitive disabilities, and extra.
This web site makes use of varied applied sciences that should make it as accessible as attainable always. We make the most of an accessibility interface that enables individuals with particular
disabilities to regulate the web site’s UI (consumer interface) and design it to their private wants.
Moreover, the web site makes use of an AI-based software that runs within the background and optimizes its accessibility degree continuously. This software remediates the web site’s HTML,
adapts Its performance and habits for screen-readers utilized by the blind customers, and for keyboard capabilities utilized by people with motor impairments.
Should you’ve discovered a malfunction or have concepts for enchancment, we’ll be completely satisfied to listen to from you. You may attain out to the web site’s operators by utilizing the next e-mail
Display-reader and keyboard navigation
Our web site implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Wealthy Web Functions) approach, alongside varied totally different behavioral modifications, to make sure blind customers visiting with
screen-readers are capable of learn, comprehend, and benefit from the web site’s capabilities. As quickly as a consumer with a screen-reader enters your website, they instantly obtain
a immediate to enter the Display-Reader Profile to allow them to browse and function your website successfully. Right here’s how our web site covers a few of the most essential screen-reader necessities,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Display-reader optimization: we run a background course of that learns the web site’s elements from high to backside, to make sure ongoing compliance even when updating the web site.
On this course of, we offer screen-readers with significant information utilizing the ARIA set of attributes. For instance, we offer correct type labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, and so on.); validation steerage for type inputs; component roles reminiscent of buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Moreover, the background course of scans all the web site’s photos and supplies an correct and significant image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate textual content) tag
for photos that aren’t described. It can additionally extract texts which can be embedded inside the picture, utilizing an OCR (optical character recognition) know-how.
To activate screen-reader changes at any time, customers want solely to press the Alt+1 keyboard mixture. Display-reader customers additionally get computerized bulletins to show the Display-reader mode on
as quickly as they enter the web site.
These changes are suitable with all common display screen readers, together with JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background course of additionally adjusts the web site’s HTML, and provides varied behaviors utilizing JavaScript code to make the web site operable by the keyboard. This contains the power to navigate the web site utilizing the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, function dropdowns with the arrow keys, shut them with Esc, set off buttons and hyperlinks utilizing the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox parts utilizing the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Moreover, keyboard customers will discover quick-navigation and content-skip menus, obtainable at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the primary parts of the positioning whereas navigating with the keyboard. The background course of additionally handles triggered popups by transferring the keyboard focus in direction of them as quickly as they seem, and never permit the main focus drift exterior it.
Customers may also use shortcuts reminiscent of “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (types), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to leap to particular parts.
Incapacity profiles supported in our web site
Epilepsy Secure Mode: this profile allows folks with epilepsy to make use of the web site safely by eliminating the danger of seizures that outcome from flashing or blinking animations and dangerous coloration mixtures.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the web site for the comfort of customers with visible impairments reminiscent of Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Imaginative and prescient, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Incapacity Mode: this mode supplies totally different assistive choices to assist customers with cognitive impairments reminiscent of Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to concentrate on the important parts of the web site extra simply.
ADHD Pleasant Mode: this mode helps customers with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental issues to learn, browse, and concentrate on the principle web site parts extra simply whereas considerably decreasing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the web site to be suitable with screen-readers reminiscent of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software program for blind customers that’s put in on a laptop and smartphone, and web sites have to be suitable with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile allows motor-impaired individuals to function the web site utilizing the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Customers may also use shortcuts reminiscent of “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (types), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to leap to particular parts.
Extra UI, design, and readability changes
Font changes – customers, can enhance and reduce its measurement, change its household (kind), alter the spacing, alignment, line top, and extra.
Shade changes – customers can choose varied coloration distinction profiles reminiscent of gentle, darkish, inverted, and monochrome. Moreover, customers can swap coloration schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven totally different coloring choices.
Animations – individual with epilepsy can cease all working animations with the press of a button. Animations managed by the interface embrace movies, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content material highlighting – customers can select to emphasise essential parts reminiscent of hyperlinks and titles. They’ll additionally select to spotlight centered or hovered parts solely.
Audio muting – customers with listening to units might expertise complications or different points as a result of computerized audio enjoying. This feature lets customers mute the complete web site immediately.
Cognitive issues – we make the most of a search engine that’s linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, permitting folks with cognitive issues to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Extra capabilities – we offer customers the choice to vary cursor coloration and measurement, use a printing mode, allow a digital keyboard, and plenty of different capabilities.
Browser and assistive know-how compatibility
We intention to assist the widest array of browsers and assistive applied sciences as attainable, so our customers can select one of the best becoming instruments for them, with as few limitations as attainable. Subsequently, we’ve got labored very onerous to have the ability to assist all main methods that comprise over 95% of the consumer market share together with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (display screen readers).
Notes, feedback, and suggestions
Regardless of our absolute best efforts to permit anyone to regulate the web site to their wants. There should still be pages or sections that aren’t totally accessible, are within the technique of changing into accessible, or are missing an satisfactory technological resolution to make them accessible. Nonetheless, we’re frequently enhancing our accessibility, including, updating and enhancing its choices and options, and creating and adopting new applied sciences. All that is meant to succeed in the optimum degree of accessibility, following technological developments. For any help, please attain out to
