Accessibility

We want this site to work for everyone, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, a zoomed-in screen, or a setting that turns off animation.

What we aim for

The site is built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, level AA. We don’t use “accessibility overlay” widgets; we’d rather build the pages properly.

What we’ve done

• Every page works with a keyboard. A “Skip to the content” link comes first, and you can always see where you are.
• Text and colors meet the contrast guidelines in both the dark and the light theme. Every pair of text and background colors is checked by a script whenever a color changes.
• Pages are built with plain, labeled structure: headings in order, labeled menus, and form fields with their labels, hints and error messages tied to them.
• Animation respects your system’s “reduce motion” setting. With it on, nothing moves. The moving picture at the top of the home page also has a “Pause animation” button.
• Zooming up to 400% and larger text keep everything readable, without scrolling sideways.
• The pages and both forms work without JavaScript, except the “Show phone number” button, which needs it to put our number together. Email always works.
• Automated checks (axe) run on every page, in both themes, before changes go live.

What isn’t perfect yet

• The pictures of the chain and of the three computers are decoration: what they show is also said in the text.
• The remote help page and the page our business cards open are in English only.

Tell us if something doesn’t work

If any part of the site is hard to use, please tell us: email info@octachainlabs.com or call us. We’ll get you the information another way, and we’ll fix the page.