Sympa - accessibility review and css updates to improve accessibility

[tmclaren]

With the rollout of Sympa 6.2 on the University of Illinois campus, we were required to do an accessibility review to determine how the Sympa UI supports individuals with disabilities. This activity resulted in:

1. internal group review and report
2. campus working group review and report
3. we initiated some changes to address issues in style.css.

Expected Behavior

Individuals with disabilities should be able to navigate the UI with alternative means, e.g. screen readers, etc.

Current Behavior

A number of issues where identified where accessibility can be improved.

Possible Solution

Please review the attached documents for the accessibility reviews and css changes sans the U of I's color scheme. However, please notice the comments about color contrasts for any color palette that work best for visually impaired users.

Context

This affects all users with disabilities when navigating the web UI.

[tmclaren]

University of Illinois - Technology Services Group Review

Sympa 6.2.68 - TechServices Accessibility Report for Sympa-with comments.docx

[tmclaren]

University of Illinois - Campus Accessibility Group Review Sympa 6.2.68 - Campus accessibility report.docx

[tmclaren]

University of Illinois - Technology Services Group mitigations - see style.css.txt for specific changes. Sympa 6.2.68 - Sympa Accessibility Mitigations.docx

[tmclaren]

Updated style.css file style.css.txt

[ikedas]

Hi @tmclaren , Thank you and folks of Illinois for recommendations based on detailed survey!

I haven't finished reading all the reviews yet, but for now, about the style sheet suggestions:

• The stylesheet you based on looks older than 6.2.68: Fixes including #1308, by which web fonts are no longer used in the body text, seem not reflected. Can you update the suggested stylesheet?

• Could you please submit your suggestion on stylesheet as a pull request for fixes to the repository?