Accessibility Statement
Aurora Creative Studio is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for everyone. We are continually improving the user experience for all visitors and strive to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA.
Our Commitment to Accessibility
We believe that everyone should have equal access to information and digital services, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. To that end, we are dedicated to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, including individuals with visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor impairments.
Measures to Support Accessibility
Aurora Creative Studio takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of our website:
- Integrating accessibility into our design and development processes.
- Regularly auditing our website for accessibility using automated tools and manual testing.
- Providing alternative text for all images and non-text content.
- Ensuring sufficient color contrast between text and background.
- Using clear and simple language.
- Providing captions and transcripts for video and audio content.
- Making our website navigable using keyboard only.
- Using semantic HTML to structure our content.
- Ensuring our website is compatible with assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
Conformance Status
The Aurora Creative Studio website strives to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA. WCAG 2.1 AA encompasses a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make content more accessible for a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combinations of these. We are continually working to improve the accessibility of our website and believe we have achieved a reasonable level of conformance.
Specific Accessibility Features
Here are some specific accessibility features implemented on our website:
- Alternative Text: All images have descriptive alternative text to convey their meaning to users who cannot see them.
- Keyboard Navigation: The entire website can be navigated using a keyboard, without requiring a mouse.
- Color Contrast: We have ensured sufficient color contrast between text and background to make content readable for users with low vision.
- Clear Headings and Structure: We use clear headings and a logical structure to make it easy for users to understand and navigate our content.
- Resizable Text: Users can easily resize the text on our website to suit their needs.
- Form Accessibility: All form elements are properly labeled and accessible to screen readers.
Accessibility Testing
Aurora Creative Studio uses a combination of automated and manual testing to ensure the accessibility of our website. We regularly use automated accessibility testing tools to identify potential issues. We also conduct manual testing with assistive technologies, such as screen readers, to ensure that our website is usable by people with disabilities.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Aurora Creative Studio website. If you encounter any accessibility barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:
- Email: accessibility@auroracreativestudio.com
- Phone: (415) 555-0111
- Address: 123 Innovation Drive, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107
We will do our best to respond to your feedback promptly and address any accessibility issues.
Formal Complaints
If you are not satisfied with our response to your accessibility feedback, you may file a formal complaint with our accessibility officer, Eleanor Vance, at accessibility@auroracreativestudio.com. We will investigate all formal complaints and take appropriate action to address any accessibility violations.
Third-Party Content
Our website may contain content provided by third parties. While we strive to ensure that all content on our website is accessible, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third-party content. We encourage third-party content providers to adhere to accessibility guidelines.
Accessibility Compliance Schedule
Aurora Creative Studio is committed to ongoing accessibility improvements. Our accessibility compliance schedule includes:
| Task | Timeline | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Regularly audit website for WCAG compliance. | Ongoing (Monthly) | In Progress |
| Address identified accessibility issues. | Within 2 weeks of audit | In Progress |
| Provide accessibility training to all web developers and content creators. | Quarterly | Scheduled |
| Update accessibility statement to reflect ongoing improvements. | Annually | Completed |
Distribution of this accessibility statement
This accessibility statement is distributed widely to ensure transparency and awareness of our commitment to accessibility. The statement is available on our website's footer, linked from all main pages, and included in our internal documentation for web development and content creation teams.
Browser Compatibility
Our website is designed to be compatible with the following web browsers:
- Google Chrome (latest version)
- Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
- Apple Safari (latest version)
- Microsoft Edge (latest version)
We strive to ensure that our website is accessible across a wide range of devices and browsers.
Assistive Technologies
Our website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:
- JAWS (latest version)
- NVDA (latest version)
- VoiceOver (latest version)
Legal Compliance
Aurora Creative Studio is committed to complying with all applicable accessibility laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Changes to This Statement
Aurora Creative Studio may update this accessibility statement from time to time. We will post any changes on this page, so please check back periodically.
This statement was last updated on October 26, 2023.