Transparency as a foundation
One of our core commitments is giving publishers clear, honest visibility into where we stand on accessibility. To that end, we've launched a dedicated Accessibility Resources page within our client portal, bringing together our Silverchair Platform Accessibility Roadmap, our Web Accessibility User Guide, and a growing library of blogs and reference materials to support our publisher community. It's designed to be a living resource that evolves alongside our work and the industry standards shaping it.The Accessibility Roadmap at the center of that page captures work currently underway, projects planned for the upcoming months, and items on our longer-term investment horizon. Where relevant, work is mapped to WCAG 2.2 success criteria so publishers can connect our platform improvements to their own compliance obligations. The roadmap is directly informed by VPATs completed on publisher sites, meaning that the audit work we do in partnership with clients has a direct line into how we sequence and prioritize platform development.
Investing in better processes
Improving the platform is one dimension of our accessibility work. Equally important is improving how we work, and we've made meaningful changes on that front this year.Much of that progress has been driven by a cross-functional accessibility working group that has been instrumental in identifying process gaps, aligning teams around shared standards, and raising organizational awareness of accessibility as a discipline. The impact of that group is visible across our development workflow: accessibility checks are now a required step for every ticket that moves through our product pipeline, our SQA team has significantly expanded its accessibility testing practices, and we've established a dedicated budget line for accessibility enhancements in every program increment. Collectively, these changes mean that accessibility isn’t addressed reactively, but is instead built into how we plan, build, and ship.
Recent & upcoming improvements
Over the past several months, we've shipped improvements across several dimensions of the platform accessibility experience spanning keyboard navigation, page structure, color contrast, third-party integrations, and content accessibility. Work has addressed the needs of users who rely on screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, and assistive technologies across a range of platform pages and interaction types.Looking ahead, our active roadmap includes continued investment in navigation and landmark structure, form control accessibility, and content presentation improvements, among other areas. We're also working through dependencies that will enable additional improvements further out on the horizon.
A partnership approach
For many publishers, the EAA and Title II deadlines have elevated accessibility into a board-level conversation, one that intersects with procurement decisions, legal review, and audit documentation. We see our role as more than a platform provider in this context — we aim to be a genuine partner in navigating these important standards, offering transparency about our own roadmap, insights into the accessibility landscape, and proactive communication about what's coming.Subscribe to our monthly email newsletter to receive the latest product updates and company insights around accessibility and more.