Accessibility features for IBM Cloud

Accessibility features

IBM Cloud® includes the following major accessibility features:

• Keyboard-only operation
• Operations that use a screen reader

IBM Cloud uses the W3C Standard, WAI-ARIA 1.2, to ensure compliance to ensure compliance to US Section 508, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, and EN 301 549. To take advantage of accessibility features, use the latest release of your screen reader in combination with the latest Chrome web browser that is supported by this product.

Interface information

Review the following information about the IBM Cloud user interface:

• If you are using a screen reader with the IBM Cloud web user interface or product documentation, use the latest version of Chrome with the latest release of the screen reader.
• If you are using keyboard operation only, ensure that your MacOS setting is enabled for Keyboard navigation: Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls.
• The IBM Cloud user interfaces do not have content that flashes 2 - 55 times per second.
• The IBM Cloud web user interfaces rely on cascading style sheets to render content properly and to provide a usable experience. The application provides an equivalent way for low-vision users to use a user’s system display settings, including high-contrast mode. You can control font size by using the device or web browser settings.
• The IBM Cloud web user interface includes WAI-ARIA navigational landmarks that you can use to quickly navigate to functional areas in the application.

Related accessibility information

The IBM Cloud platform accessibility compliance status is specifically for the IBM Cloud platform and platform documentation. There are subsections of the user interface that are owned by third-party products or services that host content within the platform, for which the IBM Cloud compliance record does not maintain or own the accessibility compliance status. If you are accessing any user interface or documentation for a service, you must request the compliance statements for that service. For example, if you are using an interface for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, you must request product accessibility information for that interface or documentation.

IBM and accessibility

For more information about the commitment that IBM has to accessibility, see IBM Accessibility.