What is Elsa accessibility support?

Accessibility at Elsevier:

Elsevier consistently and proactively endeavors to make our products fully accessible to all users, regardless of physical abilities. You can read more about our company-wide approach to accessibility in Elsevier’s Accessibility Policy. 

We are committed to ensuring that our products comply with accessibility regulations worldwide. To find out about the improvements we are making, please refer to our statements on the European Accessibility Act and Americans with Disabilities Act Title II update.

Accessibility at Elsa:

Elsa aspires to meet all accessibility guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 A and AA and the U.S. Section 508 Standards of the Federal Rehabilitation Act, ADA Title II, as well as similar standards enacted by countries around the globe such as the European Accessibility Act. Customers may download the VPAT Accessibility Conformance Report to see compliance with specific guidelines. If you like to see other VPATs see Elsevier's Accessibility Conformance Reports page.

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Web Accessibility and Usability Features

Elsa offers features that benefit everyone, including project management tools and a writing interface for books and digital content. Elsa features a simple, flexible, and consistent user interface design. We provide content and reporting in a number of different formats, including HTML, PDF, and Microsoft Excel.

Screen-Reader Friendly

• Our accessibility approach follows WCAG 2.1 AA standards and emphasizes keyboard navigation, semantic HTML, and appropriate ARIA usage to support screen readers and other assistive technologies.
• Pages are well structured with headings, landmarks, and lists, which allow users of assistive technology to easily jump around pages and understand content.
• Math content is available in MathML, which can be spoken by text-to-speech engines or converted to Braille and pasted into math equation editors or Microsoft Office documents.
• Pages employ ARIA (Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications) to enhance navigation, orientation, and labeling for users of screen readers and other assistive technology.
• User interface images have alternative text descriptions to convey the meaning of an image to screen readers.

Keyboard Friendly

• Pages include a visible 'Skip Navigation' link to skip repetitive elements.
• Controls and features are operable using a keyboard and do not require a mouse.
• Pages provide logical tab order.
• When opening dialog windows and panes, the system places the cursor in logical places.
• Icon controls provide a visible tooltip for tasks like save, email, and print.

Flexible Display

• Magnification: Users can also enlarge pages and text with either browser controls or screen magnification software.
• Reflow: Content can be viewed in HTML. Chapter content can also be viewed in PDF. The PDF does not reflow, but the HTML version does. Content can be zoomed up to 400% with reflow and without causing horizontal scrolling.
• Pages use separate cascading style sheets (CSS), allowing users to more easily customize the display and contrast.
• Pages are usable when style sheets are disabled

Clear Navigation

• Links are well labeled and include necessary information about the link.
• Global navigation links are consistent across pages and enable users to quickly and easily understand the layout of the site.
• Pages have unique and descriptive page titles, which help with orientation, tabbed browsing, and bookmarking.

Accessibility Support

• To report an accessibility issue with Elsa, please reach out to [email protected]
• For accessibility-related inquiries reach out to [email protected].