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Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition Accessibility Audit

Web Accessibility Remediation for Get Yok'd Sports Nutrition website to make it conforms with the WCAG technical standards and comply with the ADA.

  • https://www.getyokd.com/
  • Shopify, Accessibility Audit, Accessibility Remediation, Accessibility Statement
  • Color Contrast Analyzer, Deque AXE, WebAIM WAVE
  • Sarb Derzakarian
  • January 24, 2018
  • Health Services, Nutrition, Sports

This Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition accessibility audit and WCAG 2.1 AA remediation covered the online store of a United States sports-nutrition retailer selling supplements, proteins and fitness products.

A supplements store asks shoppers to read ingredient and dosage detail, choose flavours and sizes, and check out — all through interactive controls. For a shopper using a screen reader or a keyboard, the accessibility of that label detail, those options and the checkout decides whether they can buy safely.

StandardWCAG 2.1 AA
PlatformShopify
TestingManual + Automated
RegionUnited States

Why accessibility is critical for an online store

E-commerce is one of the most active areas of United States web-accessibility law. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III, an online store is treated as a place of public accommodation, and courts and settlements have repeatedly pointed to WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the working standard for an accessible shop. For a supplements store label detail is safety-relevant: ingredients and dosage shown only in images, flavour or size options a screen reader cannot read, or a product option a screen reader cannot read, or a checkout that traps keyboard focus, quietly turns a willing customer away.

Scope and standard

Our Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition accessibility audit assessed the store against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, mapped to ADA Title III, across the journeys that matter: product pages, ingredient and dosage detail, flavour and size options, the cart and checkout, and search and filtering.

How we ran the Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition accessibility audit

  • Screen-reader testing with JAWS and NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, and TalkBack on Android
  • Automated audits with Deque axe, Google Lighthouse and WAVE
  • Keyboard-only operation of every step, with attention to focus order and a clearly visible focus indicator
  • Colour-contrast analysis, plus 400% zoom and reflow testing for low-vision users

What accessibility means on each part of the site

Because Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition sells through product options and a checkout, our Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition accessibility audit focused on the controls a shopper relies on:

  • Flavour and size options need names and states a screen reader can read, so a shopper knows exactly what is selected.
  • Ingredient, dosage and allergen detail must be real text rather than an image, so customers can buy safely.
  • Product images need meaningful alternative text, since packaging and label cues are otherwise lost without sight.
  • The cart and checkout need labelled fields, announced errors and a focus order that never traps the keyboard, because this is where the order is completed.
  • Search, filtering and navigation need operable controls, visible focus, sufficient colour contrast and clean reflow at high zoom.

Outcome

This Get Yok’d Sports Nutrition accessibility audit, combining manual and automated testing with remediation, brought the site into line with WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA Title III expectations, so people using a screen reader or a keyboard can use it without barriers. Every fix was verified with assistive technology rather than assumed from an automated pass.

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