Kiva Co., Ltd. Launched web accessibility service “Uniweb”

Kiva Co., Ltd.
Launch of web accessibility service “Uniweb”
Realizing equal provision of websites and services to everyone ……
Kiva Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Kota Nojiri, hereinafter referred to as Kiva) has launched Uniweb, a service that complies with all web accessibility standards, in order to provide equal websites to everyone. https://hellouniweb.com

■Background to the start of provision
With the spread of the Internet, websites have become an important source of information for elderly people and people with disabilities as well as healthy people. Problems arise in which persons with disabilities or persons with disabilities are unable to obtain information from websites, etc., or are unable to complete procedures online, resulting in great disadvantages in their social life, and in the event of a disaster, necessary information is not delivered. If the situation arises, you may face a life-threatening situation. By ensuring web accessibility, more than 4.28 million people (*1) in Japan alone, including people with disabilities, the elderly, and people with color vision, can obtain information and use digital services via the web. You will be able to do it.
With the spread of digital technology and the provision of services through websites becoming more common year by year, it has become more necessary than ever to build websites that are more considerate of web accessibility. Furthermore, from April 2024, even private companies will be required to provide reasonable accommodation to people with disabilities upon request. Everyone, including people in the world, is looking for an environment where they can smoothly use the information and services provided on the web.
However, “accessibility” and “web accessibility” are terms that are not yet fully established in Japanese. Many people are unfamiliar with it, and they don’t know what the term means, how to improve it, or what effects it has. Perhaps because of this, even if someone who doesn’t know the terminology is asked to “improve web accessibility,” they may not even have a clue as to what to do. The guideline documents themselves regarding web accessibility are very specialized, so it is difficult to understand them correctly, and it takes time to be able to make appropriate judgments.
At Kiva, we sympathize with the Digital Agency’s goal of “realizing a people-friendly digital society in which no one is left behind” (*2), and we have developed “Uniweb” so that anyone can easily introduce web accessibility.・We have decided to provide this. We believe that supporting web accessibility will improve usability and lead to increased user satisfaction, and we aim to achieve even more essential ease of use.
*1 From the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s “FY2016 Survey on Difficulties in Living” results summary
*2 Digital Agency Web Accessibility Introduction Guidebook
https://www.digital.go.jp/resources/introduction-to-web-accessibility-guidebook ■What is web accessibility?
“People with limited physical and mental functions, such as the elderly and people with disabilities, can access and use information provided on the Web regardless of their age or physical conditions.” This is not just a special treatment for people with disabilities; anyone can be in the same situation as a person with a disability. Temporary injury or illness (such as being unable to use your arm due to a cast due to a traffic accident, or being unable to see due to an eye patch due to an eye disease)
Changes due to aging
Deterioration of vision due to aging (presbyopia, changes in the crystalline lens (appearing yellowish, dark, blurry), etc.)
Eye diseases common in middle-aged and elderly people (cataracts, glaucoma, etc.)
*Approximately half of people in their late 70s have cataracts with yellowing. Hearing loss due to aging
Foreign travelers (Can foreigners who do not understand Japanese be able to obtain evacuation information in the event of an earthquake while traveling?)
Reference: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Accessibility of homepages required of public institutions
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000543284.pdf
■Introduction decision site
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While communicating with many e-commerce businesses and end users through “proteger,” a warranty service that allows you to buy with confidence, we have discovered that it is difficult for people with visual impairments and the elderly to obtain information from websites. . We decided to develop and release “Uniweb” in order to provide equal websites and services to all people with disabilities. We will continue to work hard to develop and operate products to create a society where many people can correctly understand the information provided on the web.
■About Uniweb
Uniweb provides web accessibility capabilities “on day one” by simply adding a single line of code to all web services.
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