{"id":29003,"date":"2021-08-25T09:44:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T07:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/?p=29003"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:43:38","slug":"mobile-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/en\/blog\/mobile-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"8 reasons to pay more attention to mobile accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Table of contents<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#1\">1. What does accessibility mean?\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#2\">2. Reason to pay more attention to mobile accessibility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#3\">3. Ways to improve accessibility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#4\">4. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"1\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What does mobile accessibility mean?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to modern business, optimising your mobile website is key. More and more people are choosing to navigate the web via their smartphones instead of traditional desktops and PCs. However, there is more to mobile optimisation than simply making certain elements responsive. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business owners often assume that everyone can read their website text or hear the audio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for people with disabilities, this is not the case. Without certain accommodations, they often face the frustration of not being able to access certain content. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile accessibility is all about enabling users to customise with elements like larger text, different colours, and voice dictation. This means that users with disabilities don&#8217;t miss out on important services and information. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also helps you grow your customer base. Let&#8217;s look at 8 important reasons to pay more attention to mobile accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"2\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Reason to pay more attention to mobile accessibility<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s important to understand the true value of making your website more accessible to mobile users of all kinds. So let&#8217;s look at 8 reasons businesses should prioritise accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.1 Reaching a Larger Customer Pool<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are over<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inclusion-europe.eu\/european-commission-presents-strategy-for-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2021-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 87 million people with some sort of disability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the EU alone.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That means, if you don&#8217;t have accessibility options on mobile, you are missing out on nearly 20% of the entire EU market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What could your business look like if you had that many more potential customers by making a few simple changes? You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/en\/blog\/web-accessibility-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expand your website&#8217;s reach significantly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is an important aspect of widening your funnel at the awareness stage.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More visitors to your website means that your overall conversion rates will increase. For instance, if you receive 1,000 visitors per day and convert 10% of those to customers, that means you have 100 new customers a day. If you increase that by 20%, that means 20 additional sales every day. So the last thing you want to do is leave any potential customers out of your funnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.2 Compliance with the EAA\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, the European Commission passed a directive on the EAA (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf-feph.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/final_edf_transposition_toolkit_accessibility_act.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Accessibility Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that aims to improve and align accessibility best practices across its member states.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EAA protects those with disabilities. It is intended to allow them to access the same services and benefits as non-disabled people. By 2022, member states are expected to make legislative accommodations, and apply EEA measures in full by 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organisations that violate the EAA can be held liable and possibly fined, and one of the proposed consequences for non-compliance is the removal of a product from the market. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last thing you want to do is be in a legal battle with the government, or in a position to suffer heavy financial burdens. Furthermore, there are talks to expand the EAA to include mobile platforms and industries such as commerce, education, entertainment, and recreation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This change would mean that many current businesses would have to comply with the EAA. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They would have to make accommodations extending to the digital sphere, as well, such as voice-based navigation or screen readers for websites and apps. In fact, in-app design, many assistive technologies, such as video captions or visual notifications that accompany sound effects, are already accepted as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decode.agency\/user-friendly-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best practices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in providing a user-friendly experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that apart from the legal benefits, implementing them will also allow your business to provide the best experience to more potential customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.3 Compliance with Google webmaster best practices<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google is the largest search engine in the world, so if you want to maximise your online traffic, you need to be in Google&#8217;s good graces. If your website does not show up on Google, then you could be missing out on vast amounts of potential traffic. What&#8217;s more, you would no longer receive the free (organic) traffic via SEO.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, you will be forced to pay for all of your search engine traffic, which could eat into your marketing budget and severely affect your profits. Google Webmaster best practices now<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/accessibility\/for-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include accessibility<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By making it a priority, you ensure that you maintain the potential for free traffic from Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.4 Improving general UX and UI for other users<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The modern web is all about putting your customer first. Far too many businesses focus only on their own products, rather than what the user is thinking. By putting yourself in the shoes of your users, you will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/en\/blog\/important-ux-kpis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">improve your UX and UI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great UX and UI is something that makes your user&#8217;s life easier. It helps them get what they want faster, without hassle, if at all possible. When people don&#8217;t have to think hard about using your services or buying from you, your conversions will increase. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility is a fast track to improving your UI and UX. However, once you have implemented changes to make your mobile site more accessible, you should also test it. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/en\/blog\/nine-golden-rules-solid-user-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User testing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows real people to give you feedback, so it is relevant for your market. You can identify where you need to improve, as well as what is working effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-post\" style=\"background: #f6f6f6;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-side\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Carefree test user recruiting<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We help product, design, UX and marketing teams get real and actionable user feedback. At the heart of our service is a pool of almost 1 Million test users.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"read-more-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-side\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"teaser-1-image\" class=\"teaser-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.5 Better user retention<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is crucial to keep your customer retention levels high. After all, it is much more expensive to attract new customers through marketing and sales campaigns than to simply keep them.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an example, if you pay $50 to acquire a customer, then there is a big difference between them buying your product or service one time or doing so for years. It might mean a difference in customer lifetime value of thousands of Euros for your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that is why you need to increase customer retention by reducing churn. For instance, in SaaS, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitwell.com\/recur\/all\/average-churn-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the average churn rate is about 5%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While that number might not seem high, just remember that every time someone stops doing business with you, you lose all the future potential revenue, even though you still had to pay to acquire the customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So imagine that you have a recurring business model. If a person with a disability buys one month of your service, they need to be able to access it correctly. If they can&#8217;t, then they will have a very low lifetime value. You will have essentially wasted your marketing investments. In addition to retention, accessibility is also important for building goodwill for your brand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.6 Improved customer relations and credibility<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People buy from businesses that they know, like, and trust. That means that the relationships you build with your audience will either have positive or negative long-term consequences.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine the credibility you will have when someone with disabilities is able to perfectly navigate your mobile website without hassle. You will attract more potential clients and generate more referrals. If someone who has difficulty reading can easily use your business, they will tell their friends. Some of those friends may have the same disabilities, which means you get free word-of-mouth marketing and referrals. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So don&#8217;t just make your mobile site more accessible because it increases your brand equity. Do it because it&#8217;s the right thing to do when growing your company in an ethical way.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.7 Better employee engagement and productivity<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your employees are the lifeblood of your business. Ensuring that they remain productive will help you grow your business faster. However, they might not be able to constantly make adjustments to your mobile presence without getting overwhelmed. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should create a framework for how you are going to approach your mobile accessibility.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means designing your app with accessibility in mind from the very beginning. That way, only minor changes will need to be made over time. In the end, your employees can focus more on engagement and productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-post\" style=\"background: #868B9E;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-side\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Toolbox with templates for measuring UX KPIs<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The free toolbox reliably supports UX researchers with user experience evaluations. It allows a valid, trustworthy and objective measurement of user perception. The three relevant KPIs\u2014Single Ease Question (SEQ), Net Promoter Score (NPS) and System Usability Scale (SUS)\u2014help you to better assess risks and derive improvements based on them.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"read-more-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.testingtime.com\/ux-toolbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-side\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"teaser-2-image\" class=\"teaser-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.8 Less strain on customer service<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your customer service team already has enough on their plate, and seeing as they are crucial to creating great customer outcomes, you need to help them every chance you get.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your customer support agents already have emails and messages full of customer questions, complaints, and requests. By making your website more accessible, you will limit the number of people with disabilities reaching out to your support team.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to solve a customer&#8217;s problem is to prevent it in the first place. That way, your service agents can focus on improvising solutions to other problems that come up.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"3\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Ways to improve mobile accessibility<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we have covered what mobile accessibility is, we have also provided 8 key reasons that it is so important to your brand. However, you may be wondering how to actually implement those changes to make your mobile presence more user-friendly and accessible.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s explore specific features and actions you can implement to do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.1 Provide text alternatives for non-text elements<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_29008\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29008\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pancake-code.png\" alt=\"Text Alternatives for Non-Text Elements\" width=\"502\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pancake-code.png 502w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pancake-code-328x180.png 328w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pancake-code-237x130.png 237w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pancake-code-480x263.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/learn\/seo\/alt-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moz<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not assume that everyone browsing your mobile app or website can see the colours in images or listen to audio content.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Older people, or those with hearing loss, will need help understanding the content. For this reason, you should provide text alternatives for any non-text elements. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes transcriptions of video and audio, as well as &#8220;alt&#8221; descriptions for static images.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another upside of doing this is that it makes it easier for Google to crawl and index your site, improving your SEO in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.2 Provide a text map<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not everyone has the attention span or visual ability to navigate your site via images. That means relying solely on images would be limiting your potential audience.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, provide a text-only map. This is a hierarchy of navigation that clearly shows users how to navigate your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29011\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29011\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coding.png\" alt=\"Code Snippet\" width=\"746\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coding.png 746w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coding-328x111.png 328w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coding-262x89.png 262w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coding-480x163.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/tutorials\/images\/imagemap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W3<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A site map also creates a better way for web crawlers to rank your site. Instead of leaving it up to guesswork, you can tell your users and search engines exactly what the topic of the page is.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.3 Use clear and simple language<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eaea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/piaac-analysis_wakeup-call-for-europe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIAAC research from 2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows that, on average, 20% of the EU adult population have low literacy and numeracy skills.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you probably have very smart and educated people working to create your mobile content, it\u2019s best to keep the content at or around 7th grade reading level. For SEO, you want to keep the reading level as low as possible. Respect the fact that many of your potential customers will need your content to be worded clearly and simply.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, you also want to do this for accessibility reasons. Avoid large words or rare phrases when possible, and explain what your product does step-by-step.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.4 Enable Pinch-to-Zoom<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When coding mobile websites or mobile applications, be sure to avoid disabling pinch-to-zoom. Sure, you may want to have greater control over how clean and professional your design looks. However, pinch-to-zoom is a very useful tool for adding accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29014\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29014\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption.png\" alt=\"Pinch-to-Zoom\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption.png 800w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption-328x172.png 328w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption-248x130.png 248w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zoomoption-480x252.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/43928977\/instagram-style-pan-zoom-with-react-native\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stack Overflow<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People with visual disabilities will be able to zoom in to see your content better. It just takes adding one line of code to your development process\u2014and the benefits cannot be overstated.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.4 Support dynamic type<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another important factor for visual accessibility on mobile applications is &#8220;dynamic type.&#8221; With it, users can decide which font size they want to see. This can be done on native apps by allowing the API to update text preferences. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of disabling this option.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As in the previous example, it is more important to provide access to additional users than trying to control every aspect of how your mobile app or website appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.5 Make your colours accessible<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure your colours have enough contrast between the text and background to be easily readable.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29017\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29017\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Colors-effectivity.png\" alt=\"Make your colours accessible\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Colors-effectivity.png 300w, https:\/\/www.testingtime.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Colors-effectivity-165x130.png 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ucla.edu\/accessibility-starter-guide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UCLA<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, there are certain <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG\/#contrast-minimum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">requirements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you need to meet in order to classify as mobile-ready. These requirements include minimum ratios of contrast between normal-sized and large text.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also need to allow coloured elements to be expressed via other means, such as underlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"4\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring that your business website is mobile-friendly is a crucial step in modernising your brand. However, far too many marketers overlook the element of mobile accessibility. This is a mistake because it can lead to less happy customers and revenue. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, you should focus on enhancing the accessibility of your mobile site. This is useful for those with disabilities, and it helps you grow your customer base. 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