Subject: Connect with your customers. All of them!
From: Kuba from LiveChat <[email-masked]>
To: Ashish <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:09 +0000
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Chat Widget is now compliant with the WCAG 2.1 AA standard. Screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and color contrast adjustments will make your business more inclusive.

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Hi Ashish,
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Before we move on to the nitty-gritty of this month’s newsletter, let me tell you that it’s almost entirely focused on one critical topic — accessibility (https://www.livechat.com/success/chat-widget-accessibility/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=hero-text&utm_term=text-link&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID) . Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and W3C director, said, "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

The changes we've made to our Chat Widget to make it compliant with accessibility requirements (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-testing-chat-widget-accessibility/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=hero-text&utm_term=text-link&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID) have been requested for a long time. This means there are now significantly more people able to chat with you on your website. On top of that, becoming more accessible will help you make the world a better place.

Now, let’s get down to business!
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** An introduction to accessibility (https://www.livechat.com/success/chat-widget-accessibility/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=introduction-to-accessibility&utm_term=headline&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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LiveChat’s vision is clearly defined. We want to enable "customer communication without barriers." We knew that we couldn't just talk the talk — we also needed to walk the walk. And what better way to do that than by making our tool more accessible?

Accessibility means that you design and develop a website so that its content is available to anyone, including people with disabilities. When you comply with accessibility standards, you make it convenient for people with disabilities to perceive, understand, navigate, interact, and contribute to the Web.

We made our Chat Widget more accessible by adding support for assistive technologies like screen readers. Now, they can read messages in the chat out loud. We also adjusted color contrast and keyboard navigation. All these changes help our customers with different types of disabilities interact and make LiveChat more inclusive.
Tell me more (https://www.livechat.com/success/chat-widget-accessibility/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=introduction-to-accessibility&utm_term=button&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)

** Keep your Chat Widget colors accessible and on-brand at the same time (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-chat-widget-accessibility-visual-impairments/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=chat-widget-colors&utm_term=headline&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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The right color contrast is crucial for color-blind people. They usually need specific color combinations and larger text sizes in order to fully access the content. If you want your website to be accessible, using a blue font on a black background isn't the best idea.

Problems with color contrast don’t always result from the software itself. Sometimes, these problems are due to people customizing the color settings in an app. People choose the colors they like, but their preferences often don’t match the recommended contrast ratio. We made our colors compliant with the WCAG principles. You can now set your brand color as the primary one, and we will adjust the rest of the colors used in Chat Widget so that they meet the required contrast ratios.
Learn more (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-chat-widget-accessibility-visual-impairments/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=chat-widget-colors&utm_term=button&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)

** Make it possible for your customers to control the Chat Widget using just their keyboards (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-accessibility-keyboard-navigation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=keyboard-navigation&utm_term=headline&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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Keyboard navigation means being able to access all parts of your website with just a keyboard. Typically, keyboard navigation requires using the tab key combined with the shift key and arrow keys to move from one element of your website to another. After our latest improvements to Chat Widget, your customer support agents can now use LiveChat to chat with your customers and access all the available Chat Widget functions using a keyboard only.

To make keyboard navigation fully functional, you have to take a few considerations into account: make elements accessible by keyboard, set up focus states, and add focus traps. We covered those three elements and more in detail in an article dedicated entirely to keyboard navigation.
Keep reading (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-accessibility-keyboard-navigation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=keyboard-navigation&utm_term=button&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)

** How to hear what you can’t see with a screen reader (https://developers.livechat.com/updates/livechat-accessibility-screen-readers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly-2021-06-all&utm_content=screen-reader&utm_term=headline&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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Screen readers are used mainly by visually impaired people. A screen reader is a software application that processes written content on computers and web browsers and transforms it into a voice description.

Depending on the extent of visual disability, people can choose from different types of screen readers. Apart from a typical screen reader, they can also use a braille display or text-to-speech technology.

In some cases, screen readers won't be able to read every type of content. Those cases include chat bubbles that display information that somebody is typing. While it's obvious to people without visual disabilities, visually impaired people who use screen readers that don’t meet the accessibility standards will have difficulty accessing similar content.
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** Join our webinar about accessibility (https://www.linkedin.com/events/6815254693808283648/?mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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With many technicalities underneath the surface, I get that the subject of accessibility might be a tad difficult to grasp at first. If you feel like you could use some more explanation, we've got you covered.

On July 20, 12 PM EDT, Marcos and Konrad will walk you through all aspects of accessibility, tell you why it’s important and how an accessible chat widget can benefit your customers. Join our event on LinkedIn and prepare a list of questions for our guys.
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Brandon L.D. Klayman didn't know that his digital marketing agency would soon be helping hundreds of customers from all over the world when he created Conscious Commerce Corporation (https://www.cc94.com/?utm_source=livechat&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=successstory&mc_cid=2df592e9d9&mc_eid=UNIQID) . Since 2004, the company has been helping its customers build branding strategies, do marketing campaigns, and optimize their website conversions.

Learn how LiveChat helped our partner, Conscious Commerce, land their biggest deal to date worth $50,000, and how that translates into a 379% revenue boost on their customers' side.
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