Accessibility statement

The standard we aim for

MedGrasp aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. It has not been audited by an outside body, so we do not claim that it conforms; we say what we do and what we check.

What is built in

• Keyboard. Every page works without a mouse. The first Tab stop is a link that skips to the main content. Focus is always visible. The menu on phones, the dialogs and the search suggestions can all be used from the keyboard, and return focus to where you were when they close. Search can be started by pressing /.
• Reading. A comfortable line length, a typeface (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) designed for legibility, headings in order with one main heading per page, and text that reflows rather than scrolls sideways on a phone.
• Colour. Light, dark and automatic themes. The contrast of every pair of text and background colours, and of interface elements, in both themes is checked automatically against the WCAG ratios (4.5 to 1 for text, 3 to 1 for interface parts). Colour is never the only way something is shown: notes, warnings and statuses also carry a word and an icon.
• Motion. Nothing in the text moves while you read. Animations are short and are reduced or removed if your device asks for less motion.
• Figures and tables. Every figure has a text alternative, and a diagram, flowchart or graph has a longer description under it. Tables have headings, and a wide table scrolls inside its own frame, which you can reach and scroll with the keyboard.
• Printing. Pages have a print layout without menus, in black on white.
• Privacy choices. The privacy banner and settings window can be used by keyboard and screen reader. Reject and accept are equally easy.

How it is checked

• An automated accessibility test (axe) runs on every page of the site, in light and in dark, whenever the site is changed.
• The colour contrast check runs on every change.
• Pages are tested at phone width for sideways scrolling and are looked at on a phone-sized and a desktop-sized screen.

What is not yet known

• Automated tests find only part of the problems. MedGrasp has not yet been tested by people who use screen readers, magnifiers, switch devices or voice control, and has not had an outside accessibility audit.
• Greek letters are shown in your device’s own typeface, because the site’s typefaces do not include them.

Tell us about a problem

If you cannot use part of MedGrasp, or something is hard to read, we want to know which page and what happened, and which browser and assistive technology you use. There is no way to send a message from this site yet; the contact page says where that stands. When there is, a person will read each report, and problems will be fixed as soon as we reasonably can.

This statement

It was written from the site’s own tests and design rules, not from an outside review. The date at the top shows when it was last checked against the site.