Smith Design Engineering Ltd aims to make this website usable by as many people as possible, and to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 at level AA.
How this site is built
Each of the following describes how the site is actually built, not an intention.
- Content works without JavaScript. Every page is rendered as HTML on the server. Scroll animations are a progressive enhancement layered on top; with scripting disabled or blocked, nothing is hidden and no content is lost.
- Reduced motion is honoured. Where your device or browser is set to reduce motion, the reveal animations and the drawing animation on the technical banners do not run.
- Light and dark themes. The site follows your system preference and can be switched manually. Both are designed to hold text contrast rather than one being an inversion of the other.
- Keyboard navigation. Interactive elements are reachable by keyboard and carry a visible focus indicator. A skip link is the first focusable element on every page and jumps past the navigation to the main content.
- Landmarks and headings. Pages use header, navigation, main and footer landmarks, and a single level-one heading followed by a nested heading structure.
- Images carry alternative text. The content management system makes alternative text a required field rather than an optional one, so an image cannot be published without it. The generated technical drawings are exposed as images with a text description of what they show.
- Forms are labelled. Every control in the fee estimator has an associated label, related controls are grouped in a fieldset with a legend, and the result region announces itself when it updates.
- Text sizing. Text is set in relative units and reflows when enlarged rather than being clipped.
- Language. The page language is declared as British English.
What has been tested, and what has not
This statement is based on a review of the site's code and rendered markup carried out by the team that built it, checking the points listed above.
It is not based on an independent audit, and the site has not yet been tested with a screen reader, with speech recognition software, or by disabled users. Those tests are the ones that find the problems a code review does not, and until they have been carried out this statement describes how the site was built rather than certifying how it performs.
Known limitations
- No assistive technology testing has taken place. Until it has, we cannot claim conformance with WCAG 2.2 AA — only that the site was built to meet it.
- Colour contrast has been designed for but not measured across every combination in both themes with a contrast tool.
- The fee estimator is the most complex interactive element on the site and the part most likely to reveal problems under test.
- Technical drawings are decorative. The generated wireframe banners carry a text description of the scene, but they are illustrative and no information appears only in them.
Reporting a problem
If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site, please tell us using the details on the contact page. Describe what happened, the page it happened on and, if you can, the browser or assistive technology you were using. We will reply and tell you what we intend to do about it.