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Update: 14/12/2021 Synel will continue to operate within the guidelines and advice from the government. Many of our team members are working from home and available to remotely support our customers, and we can still visit sites to perform essential duties that cannot be conducted remotely and work with our customers to make sure that…
In a world where employees are increasingly being spread across a mix of office, home or remote locations and with many working flexitime shifts, more and more businesses are recognising the need to upgrade from a traditional workforce management system which has limited functionality, to a sophisticated future-proof solution which help them operate more efficiently….
Cloud-based Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) solutions are proving to be even more robust than conventional on-premises server systems, as well as offering cost savings and enhanced functionality. Managing your system from anywhere and at any time, reduced hardware costs, scalability and easy to implement upgrades, are just some of the reasons why you…
Download the Synel hybrid working white paper and learn how you can adapt to a new way of managing your team. Read how easy to implement ‘hybrid’ workforce management solutions can help reduce your administration costs, whilst seamlessly meeting your requirement to manage a mix of those who work remotely or from your company’s offices.
The rules under which pubs, cafés and restaurants in England are now allowed to be reopened have the potential to frustrate customers and increase the operating costs of businesses striving to recover from the financial impact of a series of lockdowns. Unlike the rules which were introduced at the end of the previous lockdown that…
With the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s recent announcement during the UK budget, there has perhaps never been a better time to invest in a workforce management solution which will help your business operate more efficiently and increase productivity, as well as reduce HR management administration costs. In his 2021 Budget speech, Rishi Sunak introduced the…
Following the recent announcement from Allegion (UK) Limited, Allegion will be ceasing production of their Schlage HandPunch biometric readers. The decision has come following a change in recent market trends where hand based biometric readers are becoming obsolete technology, especially with more and more businesses employing more modern biometric solutions which benefit from fingerprint and…
Featuring Facial Recognition reader compatibility and advanced ANPR module Workforce management specialist, Synel UK, has introduced the latest version of Synergy Access, a Cloud-based access control solution which provides a scalable and cost-effective way to manage who is allowed access to restricted areas. Available as a stand-alone solution or as part of a wider suite…
Synel UK has once again been awarded accreditation from SafeContractor for its ongoing commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety. SafeContractor is a leading third-party accreditation scheme that assesses and recognises the very high standards in health and safety management among UK contractors and service providers. Under the SafeContractor scheme, Synel UK was required…
TimeLog Web – Synel’s market leading Workforce Management Software Platform has now been updated to the latest 3.660 version, which has a whole host of new features and updates from the previous software version, including major updates to the reporting and expenses management functions. In this latest update, users of TimeLog Web can also see…
The year 2020 is projected to be a good year for the SaaS (Software as a Service) market. SaaS investors also believe that there’s massive untapped potential, with this part of the software market projected to double by size in the next decade. Reports also predict that the SaaS market size is likely to reach…
Businesses of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to security risks and understand the importance of having a system that tracks who enters while also preventing those who shouldn’t have any access at all. When access control is coupled with time and attendance in an organisation, access permissions can be controlled by employee grade level…
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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email technical.support@syneluk.com
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to technical.support@syneluk.com