Built to be used
by everyone.
We build systems for universities, where accessibility is not optional. It would be a poor advertisement to publish a site that did not hold to the same standard. This page says what we aimed for, what we measured, and what we know still falls short.
Conformance target
This site is designed and tested to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. We say “designed and tested to meet” rather than claiming full conformance, because conformance is a claim about every element on every page in every assistive technology, and we have not been independently audited. Where we know of a gap, it is named below rather than left out.
What we tested, and how
- Automated auditing. Every page is checked with Lighthouse and axe on each release. The accessibility category scores 100 with no failing audits, on both a mobile and a desktop profile.
- Keyboard only. Every control — navigation, the logo controls, the guided conversation, the contact actions — was operated with the keyboard alone, including Tab order, Enter and Space activation, Escape to dismiss, and the return of focus afterwards.
- Structure. Heading levels are checked on every build so they never skip a level, every image carries a text alternative, and every ARIA reference is checked to point at an element that exists. A build that breaks one of these does not ship.
- Contrast. Body text meets or exceeds a 4.5:1 ratio against its own background and large text 3:1. No text is rendered at partial opacity.
Specific things we have done
- Motion can be stopped. The home page logo rotates by default. A pause control sits beside it and stops all motion on the page, not just the logo. If your system is set to reduce motion, the animation does not start at all, and that setting cannot be overridden by a link.
- Nothing moves for more than five seconds without a control. This is WCAG 2.2.2, and the pause control is how the site meets it.
- The guided conversation is a true dialog. While it is open, the rest of the page is made inert so screen reader and keyboard users cannot wander into content behind it. Each question is announced with its options, Escape closes it, and focus returns to the control that opened it.
- A skip link is the first thing in the tab order on every page.
- Focus is always visible, and never removed for aesthetic reasons.
- The site works without JavaScript. The conversation degrades to an ordinary link to the contact section, and the logo to a still image.
- It prints properly. A dedicated print stylesheet gives readable black-on-white output with collapsed sections opened, so the site can be read on paper.
- No text is an image, so everything reflows and resizes with your browser’s own zoom and font settings.
Known limitations
- The 3D logo is decorative. It carries no information and is hidden from assistive technology on purpose. Nothing is lost by not seeing it, and a still image is served on devices where the 3D version would be slow.
- We have not been independently audited. Our testing is automated tooling plus manual keyboard testing by the person who built the site. That is not the same as a third-party audit with real assistive-technology users, and we do not claim it is.
- We have not tested every screen reader. If a particular combination of browser and assistive technology behaves badly, we want to know — we cannot fix what we have not seen.
Tell us if something blocks you
If any part of this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, write to info@jurassicenglish.com. Tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and the browser and assistive technology you were using if you know them. We treat this as a defect report, not feedback: we will reply, and if we can fix it we will.
If you need anything on this site in another format, ask and we will provide it.