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Accessibility for Boards

Software Built for Everyone in the Room, and Beyond It

Built-in controls that help every board member participate—on any device, in multiple languages.

Boardable removes barriers for every board member who participates inside the platform, and for every community member who accesses your public meeting documents. Built-in accessibility controls, accessible PDF exports, and an ADA-compliant public site work together so your organization can meet its obligations without adding tools or workarounds.

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Feature Highlights

Two Layers of Accessibility, Working Together

Most board software thinks about accessibility only for the people already logged in. Boardable goes further. Inside the platform, every board member can personalize how they read, navigate, and participate. Outside the platform, the people your organization serves can access your public meeting documents with the same dignity and ease.

  • Make Content Easier to Read

    Adjust contrast (light, dark, inverted, or desaturated), increase line height and text size, or switch to a dyslexia-friendly font to improve clarity across agendas, board packets, and minutes.

  • Listen with Screen Reader

    Enable on-screen text to be read aloud at normal, faster, or slower speeds, supporting blind or low-vision participants without requiring external software.

  • Choose an Accessibility Profile

    Turn on a preset built for common needs, including dyslexia, color vision, cognitive and learning differences, seizure and epileptic sensitivity, motor, and low vision. Fine-tune individual settings from there.

  • Focus & Navigation Tools

    Reduce motion by pausing animations, use a reading mask or reading guide to follow lines, highlight links for quick scanning, and increase cursor size for precise selection. Settings can be combined and saved to your user profile.

  • Language Options

    Support international board members with English, Spanish, and French language modes so your team stays aligned across regions.

  • Accessible PDFs for Public-Facing Meeting Docs

    When you publish meeting information to your public site, Boardable automatically generates accessible PDF versions of your documents, structured and tagged for screen readers, with proper heading hierarchy, reading order, and table navigation. Downloads pass PDF/UA validation.

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Personalize How You Read, Focus, and Navigate

Because Accessibility settings live inside Boardable, you can tailor the interface to your needs and get back to the work that matters. Options can be combined and saved to your profile. 

Tools to Help You Focus

Reduce motion by pausing animations, follow content with a reading mask or reading guide, and turn on high-contrast tooltips to concentrate on decisions rather than the interface.

Navigate with Confidence

Highlight links for quick scanning and increase cursor size for more precise selection. These settings support keyboard and pointer navigation alike.

Language Options for Global Organizations

Keep international members fully informed and engaged with language modes in English, Spanish, and French.

  • I really like the accessibility features Boardable offers. It delivered more than expected with WCHE AA compliance, screen reader support, and clear navigation, which don’t rely solely on color coding. This means two of our board members with visual impairments can use the platform independently without needing workarounds or extra assistance.

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Designed for Nonprofit Governance

Boardable’s accessibility lives alongside secure roles, permissions, and audit-friendly reporting—helping you meet internal expectations for inclusive governance without adding tools or complexity.

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Accessibility Beyond the Boardroom

For the communities your organization serves, not just the members around the table.

School boards, community colleges, public institutions, and government entities are required to make their meeting materials accessible to the public, not just to the people attending the meeting. When a community member with a visual impairment tries to read your agenda or minutes, the experience your software delivers is a reflection of your organization.

Boardable’s Public Sites feature gives you an ADA-compliant public hub where agendas, minutes, and policies are published and easily accessible. Documents are available as accessible PDF downloads, validated against PDF/UA standards and tested with leading screen readers including JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. Table structure, heading hierarchy, reading order, and alt text are all addressed, so constituents using assistive technology can navigate your documents meaningfully.

This matters beyond compliance. It signals to your community that their access to your governance is a priority, not an afterthought.

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FAQs

Boardable Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions

What accessibility settings are available inside Boardable?

Boardable includes contrast options (light, dark, inverted, desaturated), adjustable text size and line height, a dyslexia-friendly font, link highlighting, cursor size, tooltips, pause animations, a reading mask and reading guide, screen reader support, language options, and accessibility profile presets.

Can I combine settings or save preferences?

Yes. Choose a preset profile for common needs (dyslexia, color vision, cognitive and learning differences, seizure sensitivity, motor, or low vision) and adjust individual settings from there. All preferences are saved to your user account.

Do settings carry over when I log out?

Yes. Your accessibility preferences are saved to your user account and applied automatically when you log back in.

What makes your public-facing documents accessible?

When you publish documents through Boardable’s Public Sites feature, accessible PDF versions are automatically generated. These PDFs are structured with proper tagging, heading hierarchy, reading order, and table navigation, and are validated against PDF/UA standards. We recommend downloading the accessible version for the best experience with assistive technology, as embedded browser PDF viewers have known limitations with screen readers.desr

Does Boardable have a VPAT or conformance documentation?

Yes. Boardable has a Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) based on VPAT 2.5Rev, covering both the web application and public site interfaces. For questions or accommodation requests, contact support@boardable.com.We typically respond within 3 to 5 business days.

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Your mission is built on inclusion. Your board software should be too. See how Boardable makes participation possible for every member and every community you serve.

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