Accessibility

Built in

• Readable type. Body text is 17 to 18 pixels or larger, set in two faces with real fallbacks so that the page reads before the fonts arrive; line length is held to roughly seventy characters; headings follow a single outline with one first-level heading per page.
• Contrast. Text on the paper grounds and on the dark footer is set to meet at least a 4.5 to 1 contrast ratio; the pale tinted bands keep their text dark for the same reason.
• Keyboard. Every control — the menu, the forms, the short-reply disclosures, the chat, the seasonal offer, the own-workplace reading on the homepage — can be reached and operated from the keyboard. The offer and the chat trap focus while open and return it when closed; Escape closes both.
• Touch. Links in the menus and footers, the buttons, and the form controls are at least 44 pixels tall; form fields are 16 pixels or larger so that phones do not zoom on focus.
• Drawings. The exhibits are inline SVG with text alternatives that say what the drawing argues, and the wide ones scroll inside their own frame rather than the page.
• Motion and structure. Smooth scrolling is switched off when your system asks for reduced motion; nothing auto-plays; landmarks, labels and live regions are in place for screen readers; status messages from the forms are announced.
• Without scripts. Every word of content is in the HTML. The forms, the menu and the disclosures work with scripts off; the chat, the offer and the reading on the homepage are enhancements on top of readable text.

Not yet

• The live chat depends on scripts and on the desk's intake system; with scripts off it is not available, and the email address and contact form are the alternatives.
• The own-workplace reading on the homepage renders its questions with script; the same questions are answered in prose in the short replies and on the how-it-works page.
• The drawings' text alternatives describe the argument, not every label; anyone who wants the full content of an exhibit in text can have it by email.

Ask for another form

If any page, drawing, or document the desk prepares for you is hard to use — or you would simply rather have it as plain text, a large-print PDF, or read aloud on a call the desk arranges by email — write to hello@waldenirb.com and say what would help. We answer in writing and do what you asked. Reports of anything on the site that does not work with your tools are read the same day they arrive and fixed as quickly as the desk can manage.