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Accessibility Statement
Our Commitment
Measures We Are Taking
We have adopted the following principles to maintain our commitment to website accessibility:
- Integrating Accessibility: We include accessibility as a key requirement in our design, development, and content creation processes.
- Regular Testing: We engage accessibility consultants to review our site by employing a combination of automated testing tools and manual audits to identify and address potential accessibility barriers. We partner with people with disabilities to give feedback on our efforts so that we can address issues quickly.
- Always learning: Our team is in contact with professional accessibility providers to better understand and implement accessibility best practices.
Making our website accessible to all
Our website is designed to assist people of all abilities, with special profiles designed to improve access for people experiencing blindness (including color blindness and other vision difficulties), motor skills challenges, epilepsy, ADHD, learning difficulties, age-related challenges or dyslexia. You can also customise the features of the website to suit your specific needs and preferences, by making adjustments to navigation, colour, content formatting and cursor useability.
Equal Web powers our accessibility interface, and we test it regularly to ensure that it always meets our expectations for accessibility, as well as those of the Government.
Using the Accessibility Tool
Our Accessibility Link can be found on every page, just scroll down to the footer. Or click the Accessible Browsing Button below:
- Select the accessibility link in the footer of every page, or in the link above.
- Review the menu of accessibility profiles and individual adjustments.
- Choose a profile (for example, "Visually Impaired Profile") or turn on specific features that work best for you.
Accessibility Profiles and Customisation
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Content & Language Adjustments
- Screen Reader Adjustment: Helps improve compatibility with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and other assistive technologies.
- Keyboard Navigation: Supports full navigation using only the keyboard (for example, Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, and arrow keys).
- Readable Fonts: Changes fonts across the site to more readable, high-legibility styles.
- Read Page / Text-to-Speech: Reads page content aloud to assist users who benefit from auditory support.
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Visual & Display Adjustments
- Bigger Text / Smaller Text: Quickly increases or decreases the font size on our website.
- High Contrast: Adjust colour schemes such as light text on dark backgrounds or vice versa.
- Dark Mode / Light Mode: Switch between darker and lighter themes for more comfortable viewing.
- Color Blind Friendly: Adjusts the site's colors to improve access for users experiencing color vision challenges.
- Bright Background / Dark Background: Changes the background to a solid, high-contrast color to reduce visual stimulus and clutter.
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Orientation & Navigation Adjustments
- Highlight Links & Titles: Emphasizes clickable elements and headings for easier scanning and navigation.
- Mute Sounds: Silences all sounds originating from the website.
- Hide Images: Removes images to create a text-focused experience that may also increase loading speed.
- Stop Animations: Pauses all moving, blinking, and flashing content which could be distracting or uncomfortable for some users.
- Reading Guide: A helpful horizontal reading line that follows your cursor.
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Cognitive & Focus Adjustments
- Cursor Enhancements: Enlarges or highlights the cursor to make it easier to locate and track on the screen.
- Tooltips and Explanatory Text: Displays additional explanations and hints for interactive elements.
Compatibility & Standards
The EqualWeb accessibility tool is consistently updated and supports:
- Major Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and their mobile equivalents.
- Assistive Technologies: JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, and other screen readers.
- Navigation Methods: Full keyboard navigation, switch controls, and voice commands.
Our website is continuously scanned and remediated by EqualWeb's AI, and we perform rigorous manual assessments to ensure we meet and maintain WCAG 2.1 AA compliance standards, in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). On a regular basis, we receive compliance certificates from our consultants to confirm that our efforts are effective.
We view accessibility as an ongoing journey and are dedicated to making the necessary improvements to achieve and maintain full conformance.
Encountered a barrier? Please let us know!
If you are having difficulty accessing any content, features, or functionality, we want to know so we can fix the problem as soon as possible. If you are having trouble, it is likely that others may be experiencing the same issue, so your feedback is extremely valuable. We would greatly appreciate you contacting us using the form or our contact details below.
What happens next?
We will respond within 72 hours and provide any assistance or alternative formats you may need.
The accessibility of our website is very important to us, and we don't want to exclude anyone from browsing or buying Archies Flip-flops or Slides! If you raise an issue with us, we will address it quickly, and let you know so you can get back to shopping.
Thank you for helping us make the online experience of Archies Footwear better for everyone.
Third-Party Content
While we strive to ensure accessibility across our entire website, please note that our site may occasionally link to or feature content from third-party sites (e.g., social media platforms, payment gateways). We cannot guarantee the accessibility of this external content, but we encourage you to contact us if you encounter difficulties, and we will do our best to assist you.
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.