Rangely supervisor says town website is nearly compliant with state accessibility rules

Jan 29, 2025

Supervisor Jeanie told the council she has spent roughly a year bringing the town website into compliance with state accessibility requirements, reporting the site is about 99% compliant and that the town will use state tools and CommonLook to fix remaining issues.

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Supervisor Jeanie told the council during the Jan. 28 meeting that she has spent about a year working with the state's site-improvement resources to make the town website accessible to users with screen readers and other assistive technology. She said the town runs PDFs through CommonLook and is adding alt text and header structure so a screen reader can present content correctly, and reported the site is nearing full compliance: "I think it was 99.7 or 9%, meeting their goals," she said.

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