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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Accessibility

Concept: Accessibility

Workday Accessibility optimizes tasks for users on assistive technology, referencing standards set by:
  • The W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2.
  • Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
  • ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) EN 301 549.
Workday accessibility features enable you and your users on assistive technology to:
  • Use compatible assistive technology like a screen reader for text-to-speech output.
  • Use keyboard support to navigate through Workday without a mouse.
  • View Workday with high color and contrast, improving legibility for all users.
Accessibility in Workday is available to all users upon signing in to Workday and requires no additional configuration in Edit Tenant Setup tasks.
To support screen reader users, disable the quick tips that display when users:
  • Initially sign in to Workday.
  • View calibration nBox reports.
To disable quick tips, access the
Edit Tenant Setup - System
 task, and select these check boxes:
  • Disable Calibration Quicktips
    .
  • Disable Welcome Quicktips
    .
You can familiarize yourself with accessibility in the Workday user interface, by accessing the
Accessibility Interaction Overview
 task. To view this task:
  • Search for
    Accessibility Interaction Overview
    .
  • Use the tab key to keyboard navigate to the
    Accessibility Interaction Overview
    . This section comes after the
    Skip to Main
     link on every page in Workday.

Additional Accessibility Implementation and Configuration Recommendations

  • To enable blue buttons in any tenant, access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - System
     task and select
    Enable Blue Primary Buttons
    . Then, sign out and sign back in to Workday to apply the color change.
  • Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Recruiting
     task and enable the Enable New Search for Jobs UI check box. Your environment must have the Calypso service enabled.

Mobile

Workday mobile apps support the built-in text-to-speech software of your device for a limited number of self-service tasks on:
  • Android
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Statement of Accessibility

The
Accessibility in Workday Applications
 documents are available in the Workday Customer Center Content Library. These documents use the industry-standard ITI VPAT format. The list of available documents is located at Accessibility Documentation.
To obtain a copy of the document, have a Named Support Contact from your organization, access the Workday Customer Center. Then, click the Content tab to access the file.