The SimplifyAccess widget is the visitor-facing part of the SimplifyAccess platform.
It appears on a connected website as an accessibility button. Visitors can open it to adjust the page presentation, select a prepared accessibility profile, activate additional tools, and access content prepared through the platform.
The website owner decides which functions are available for each controller.
Accessibility settings
Accessibility settings allow visitors to adjust the current website presentation or activate a specific form of assistance.
The currently available settings are:
- Audio
- Font Size
- Line Height
- Remove Images
- Highlight Links
- Big Cursor
- Letter Spacing
- Contrast
- Color invert
- Saturation
- Disable Animations
- Dyslexia Typo
- Read Aloud
- Text Simplification
Most settings are part of the widget’s core functionality. More advanced settings, including Smart Contrast and simplified-language access, depend on an additional capability being enabled.
Visitors can combine several settings. Their choices affect their own browsing experience rather than permanently changing the website for everyone.
Accessibility profiles
Profiles activate a prepared combination of settings at once.
The available profiles are:
- Epileptic
- Visual Impaired
- Easy Language
- Concentration
- Smart Screen
- Color Deficiency
Profiles provide a starting point for visitors who may benefit from several related adjustments. They are not diagnoses, and no profile can represent the preferences of every person with a particular disability or access need.
Visitors can continue adjusting individual settings after selecting a profile.
Accessibility tools
Tools provide a more focused way to explore, read, or understand a page.
The available tools are:
- Magnifying Glass
- Page Structure
- Simplified Page
- Dictionary
Unlike a basic setting, a tool usually opens or activates a distinct function. The Dictionary can also be configured for an available language.
Additional capabilities
The platform currently groups a further set of functions under Accessibility Plugins:
- Audio — beta
- User Guide — beta
- Language Selection
- Easy Language
- Code Fix
- Keyboard
- Read Aloud
- Smart Contrast
- Video Transcription — beta
“Plugin” is a technical term used by the current interface. From the customer’s perspective, these are additional widget capabilities.
Some add controls or content to the visible widget. Others operate in the background and may not create a separate item in the visitor interface.
What the website owner controls
For each controller, the website owner can decide:
- Which settings are shown
- Which profiles are offered
- Which tools are available
- Which additional capabilities are loaded
- How the widget looks and where it appears
- Which languages or feature options are used
- Which prepared content visitors can access
Controllers are configured separately. Two websites managed through the same account can therefore offer different widget experiences.
The widget is part of a wider platform
The widget supports visitors directly, but it is only one component of SimplifyAccess.
The wider platform also helps organizations:
- Discover website pages
- Run accessibility audits
- Review barriers and affected elements
- Prioritize remediation
- Prepare simplified and plain-language content
- Manage transcriptions
- Monitor progress
- Create reports and accessibility statements
The widget connects selected tools and prepared content with the people visiting the website.
What the widget does not replace
The widget does not automatically make every website accessible and does not guarantee WCAG or legal compliance.
It should be used alongside:
- Accessible design and development
- Semantic HTML
- Keyboard and screen-reader testing
- Manual accessibility reviews
- Remediation of identified barriers
- Accessible editorial and media workflows
The widget gives visitors useful choices while the website team continues improving the underlying website.