About this site
Accessibility
The Town of Herkimer, NY accessibility statement, and how this test site was built.
Test site note This test site was built to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. It uses no accessibility overlay widget: accessibility is in the page code itself. The statement below is the Town's published text from its current website, reproduced here for review.
Accessibility Assistance.
If you have difficulty using or accessing any element of this website, please feel free to email us and we will work with you to provide the information, item or transaction you seek through a communication method or that is accessible for you consistent with applicable law (for example, through telephone support).
Goal of Being Better For All.
Town of Herkimer, NY desires to provide a positive customer experience to all our customers, and we aim to promote accessibility and inclusion. Our goal is to permit our customers to successfully gather information and transact business through our website. Whether you are using assistive technologies like a screen reader, a magnifier, voice recognition software or captions for videos, our goal is to make your use of Town of Herkimer, NY's website a successful and enjoyable experience.
Ongoing Effort.
Although we are proud of the efforts that we have completed and that are in-progress, we at Town of Herkimer, NY view accessibility as an ongoing effort.
Feedback.
Please contact us if you have any feedback or suggestions as to how we could improve the accessibility of this website.
This test site
How this preview was built
- A skip link, one main heading per page, and labeled header, navigation, main and footer landmarks.
- Menus, filters, buttons and links are built to work from the keyboard, with a visible focus outline.
- Text and interface colors are set to meet WCAG 2.1 AA contrast on both light and dark backgrounds.
- Animations are switched off for visitors who set their device to reduce motion, and pages are built to read in full with JavaScript turned off.
- Scanned PDFs posted by the Town are being given readable web versions that work with screen readers and phone screens, with the original PDF beside each one.
- Layouts reflow down to a 360px wide phone screen without sideways scrolling.