We want the Smarter Sites website to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who rely on assistive technology or who prefer reduced motion.
What we have done
The site has been built with accessibility in mind:
- Keyboard use: interactive elements are reachable and operable with a keyboard, and show a visible focus outline.
- Structure: pages use proper headings and landmarks, so screen readers can navigate them in a logical order.
- Reduced motion: if your device is set to reduce motion, the decorative animations, such as scroll reveals and the hero motion, are switched off automatically.
- Contrast and text: text is set at readable sizes with sensible colour contrast, and the layout adapts down to small phone screens.
- Forms: every field has a label, and status messages are announced to assistive technology.
Known limitations
We are not currently aware of significant accessibility barriers on the site. If you find one, please tell us and we will fix it.
Standard we aim for
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA as far as reasonably practicable. Accessibility is something we keep improving rather than treat as finished.
If something does not work for you
If you have trouble using any part of this site, please tell us and we will do our best to help and to fix it. Email contact@smartersites.co.uk and describe the problem and the page it happened on.