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Your LimeSurvey version: 6.3.9 and 7.05.5+
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==================Hello LimeSurvey community,I am pleased to announce the release of
AllySurvey V2.85, a new version of our accessible theme developed at the
University of Lille – Digital Department / DAWAM.AllySurvey aims to provide a more accessible, inclusive and comfortable survey experience for respondents, while remaining easy to deploy and customize for LimeSurvey administrators and survey designers.Main featuresAllySurvey V2.85 includes:
- compatibility with LimeSurvey 6.3+ and LimeSurvey 7;
- a fully standalone theme, without requiring a parent theme;
- improved keyboard navigation and visible focus management;
- better support for screen readers and assistive technologies;
- clearer error messages and accessibility announcements;
- improved behaviour at 200% zoom and in responsive/reflow mode;
- better handling of mandatory questions, conditional questions, matrices and complex question types;
- an accessibility toolbar with options for:
- text size;
- contrast;
- text spacing;
- greyscale display;
- dyslexia-friendly reading;
- resetting accessibility preferences;
- integration of accessible fonts such as Luciole and OpenDyslexic;
- several customizable and persistent colour palettes;
- optional accessibility diagnostic and developer tools, disabled by default.
The theme has been designed according to good practices from
RGAA 4.1 and
WCAG 2.1 A/AA. However, using an accessible theme does not automatically make every survey fully compliant. Final accessibility also depends on the survey content, question types, wording, media and configuration. A manual accessibility review therefore remains necessary.Recommended testsBefore deploying the theme in production, we recommend testing it with:
- keyboard-only navigation;
- a screen reader;
- mobile devices;
- 200% zoom;
- high-contrast settings;
- matrix and ranking questions;
- conditional and mandatory questions.
Demo and screenshotview demo :
rlecerf.limesurvey.net/652281
Feedback, bug reports and contributions from the LimeSurvey community are very welcome.Best regards,
Raphaël Lecerf
University of Lille
Digital Department – DAWAM
LimeSurvey administrator and digital accessibility specialist
