Online broker eToro has made efforts to make its website and applications more accessible. The website of the company has been enhanced, so that it is now more accessible for visually-impaired people.
Visitors can configure the content on eToro’s website to make it more readable by tapping the accessible widget on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. There are many features available to tailor the text and images to one’s particular needs.
The widget lets you set the following profiles to help you customise eToro’s site:
- Seizure Safe Profile: eliminates flashes and reduces colour
- Vision Impaired Profile: enhances eToro websites’s visuals
- Cognitive Disability Profile: assists with reading and focusing
- ADHD Friendly Profile: provides more focus and fewer distractions
- Blind Users (Screen reader): lets you read eToro’s website with a screen reader
- Keyboard Navigation (Motor): provides access to the website with the keyboard
The eToro Investment Platform
Once you login, you can use your device settings to help make the experience more accessible. This varies depending on whether you are using the eToro mobile app or a web browser as well as which device you use.
Mobile App Settings
eToro offers a few features that may improve your experience when using the app:
- Face ID for logging in securely and easily
- One-click investing for simpler order execution
- Selecting your default screen after login for easier access
These are all available in the settings screen inside the eToro app.
eToro is currently fighting a disability discrimination lawsuit in the United States. The plaintiff alleges he is a visually-impaired and legally blind person who has visited the website of eToro on an unspecified number of occasions (most recently in March 2021) and to have “encountered multiple access barriers that denied Plaintiff full and equal access to the facilities, goods and services offered to the public and made available to the public; and that denied Plaintiff the full enjoyment of the facilities, goods and services of the Website.”
The plaintiff claims that eToro discriminated against him on the basis of his disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to make its Internet website accessible to blind persons.
With the latest enhancements, eToro aims to show that it cares about accessibility.