Is Discourse AA compliant?

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The discussion revolves around whether Discourse is compliant with the AA level of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). Nina_11 initiated the conversation, and Heather_Dudley shared some accessibility issues on her forum, including problems with VoiceOver and screen reader technology, as well as complaints from neurodivergent users about infinite scrolling. awesomerobot stated that while Discourse is close to being compliant, it is not yet fully compliant, but may be within the next year.

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Hi - I see there’s a lot of work that Discourse has put in for accessibility. Does anyone know if Discourse is AA compliant?

2

I’ve had a few complaints about accessibility on my forum. On mine, sometimes our vision-impaired users complain their VoiceOver and screen reader technology doesn’t cooperate well.

Some examples:

Another:

We’ve also had some complaints from our neurodivergent users about infinite scrolling.

3

Ah thanks! So I do mean AA compliant but not Alcoholics Anonymous compliant!

I’m talking about AA compliant that is a part of the WCAG 2.0 guidelines: WCAG 2 Overview | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C

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I’d say we’re pretty close, but we’re not completely compliant at this time. It’s definitely possible that we’ll be compliant within the next year.