“Hecht Efraim Group” is committed to providing the general public browsing the site with accessible content, and therefore we are working to update and implement the accessibility rules, in accordance with the principles of the accessibility standard as much as possible.

Hecht & Efraim has placed the issue of accessibility for people with disabilities as a central and leading goal in its activities.

About a quarter of the population in Israel encounters difficulties accessing the Internet: the visually impaired, the hearing impaired, people with motor disabilities, the elderly, and more.

In order to provide the best, most professional and accessible service to everyone, we have made the necessary adjustments to our website, and have implemented the accessibility rules as much as possible in accordance with the principles of the Accessibility Standard in Israel, Equal Rights Regulations for People with Disabilities (Accessibility Adjustments to Service), 2013 (Section C: Internet Services),

The site is adapted to the accessibility requirements of Standard 5568 at level AA according to the WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

The accessibility of the site is optimized for the leading browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Explorer 9 and above.

We have invested a significant amount of resources to ensure that its website is easier to use and more accessible to people with disabilities, with a strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.

We provide you with an advanced accessibility component from Accessnet. Website accessibility, Powered by a dedicated accessibility server. התוכנה Allows the website to improve its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).

You can activate Accessnet’s accessibility menu by clicking on the accessibility menu icon that appears in the corner of the page. The accessibility menu and the technology used on the site allow for many options such as:

Adapting the site to screen reader users, the ability to navigate using a keyboard, increasing fonts, stopping flickering, contrast, highlighting links, changing the font, and many other options, Accessibility plugin Supports screen reader software: JAWS, NVDA and more.

We continue to make efforts to improve the accessibility of the site as part of our commitment to making it accessible to the entire population, including people with disabilities and special needs. It should be noted that despite our efforts to make all pages on the site accessible, you may encounter parts that are not yet accessible.

Details about accessibility adjustments:

Accessible entrance.

Accessible parking.

Accessible toilets in the building.

Accessible service.

Accessible service station.

Accessibility adjustments in telephone service: router accessibility, providing alternatives to telephone service via email or fax.

For detailed information about accessibility arrangements, you can contact the Accessibility Coordinator:

Hub name: Georgina Halassou

email: Office@e-hecht.org.il

phone: 04-8206311

In the links you will find the details of the conditions to which the site complies in Hebrew and English. In addition, the site was built according to the W3C standard for CSS and HTML. The statement is valid as of 13.12.21

How to browse the site easily?

• You can navigate forward on the site using the TAB key. To navigate backward, press the SHIFT + TAB key combination.
• Before the main navigation menu of the site, there is a hidden button that appears when it receives the keyboard focus. Clicking on it will open a kind of pop-up window. Inside the window, the site’s menu will appear. It can be closed by pressing the “ESC” button on the keyboard or by using the close button at the end. You can also navigate within it using the small halves of the keyboard (up and down).
• In the main menu, you can navigate using TAB and SHIFT + TAB.
• In the accessibility menu, there are buttons to change the font size, buttons to change the colors of the site for easier viewing, increasing the site’s display by 200%, highlighting links, disabling site accessibility, and additional settings.
• To make it easier to enter information into forms on the site, there is a dedicated tool on the site that enlarges the text as you type into the form fields. The tool opens and closes automatically when you are inside one of the form fields, and does not interfere with filling out the form at all.
• The accessibility menu can be closed and opened using 10F.

Navigation between regions

The site is divided into areas such as a central content area or a side menu area. At the beginning of each area there is a level 5 heading, which indicates the name of the area you have reached. Some of the headings are also links that you can use to skip over that area, thus helping you get to the desired content more quickly. For example, there is an option to skip over the main menu.

Using the keyboard for the date:

• Keyboard shift left – will move the focus to the previous day. The selection will move to the last day of the previous month, if the current day is the first of the month.
• Keyboard shift right – will move the focus to the next day. The selection will move to the first day of the next month, if the current day is the last day of the month.
• Keyboard shift up – will move the focus to the same day in the previous week. Continuing to type in the same direction will move the selection to the same day in the previous month.
• Keyboard shift down – will move the focus to that day next week. Continuing to type in the same direction will move the selection to that day next month.
• Using the keyboard for the date:
• PgDn – Moves the focus to the same day in the next month. If the date does not exist, the selection will be moved to the last day of that month.
• ctrl+ PgUp – Moves focus to the same day in the previous year. If the date does not exist, the selection will move to the last day of that month.
• ctrl+ PgUp – Moves focus to the same day next year. If the date does not exist, the selection will be moved to the last day of that month.
• Home – will move the selection to the first day of that month.
• End – Moves the selection to the last day of that month.
• Tab/shift+ Tab – If the date is in modl mode, navigation in the date will be by selecting the Close/Previous/Next buttons. Otherwise, access the text boxes related to the date selection.
• Enter/Space – Opens the text box to enter a desired date.

ARIA rules

If you use screen reading software and other assistive technologies, please know that this site has implemented ARIA rules that help interpret the site’s content more accurately and better for those technologies. So that the technology you are using can accurately understand and convey to you the meaning of the elements on the page.

Website accessibility issues

No problems are currently known.

Exclusions

No problems are currently known.

Did you encounter a problem? Tell us!

We strive to maintain and maintain the site at the best level. If you find and/or encounter difficulties in browsing the site and in particular with accessibility issues, do not hesitate to report it using the contact form. So that we can address the problem in the best way possible, please include as many complete details as possible:

• Description of the problem.
• Browser type and version.
• operating system.
• The type of assistive technology (if you used it).
• What page were you browsing?
• What action did you try to perform?

We will address the problem and get back to you as soon as possible with details on how to address it.