Accessibility

What we aim for

This site is built for children, including children who read slowly, use a screen reader, or navigate with a keyboard rather than a mouse. We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 at level AA.

What is in place

• Every page works with the keyboard alone, and the focused element is always visible.
• Text colours are checked against the background they actually sit on, not against white.
• Nothing important is said by colour alone — a status always carries its word as well as its colour.
• Text can be enlarged in the browser without the page breaking, and no page scrolls sideways on a phone.
• Animation is switched off for anyone whose device asks for reduced motion.
• Every picture that carries meaning has a text description; decorative ones are hidden from screen readers.
• The catalogue works with JavaScript switched off — searching and filtering happen on the server.

What we know is not perfect

• Book cover pictures are described by the book's title, which is useful but is not a description of the picture itself.
• The AI Librarian's answers are written by a language model and are not checked for reading level beyond the instruction it is given.
• This site has not been tested by a professional accessibility auditor, or with a wide range of assistive technology.

Tell us

If any part of this site is hard to use, we want to know — it is the only way we find out. Write to jardin.owners@gmail.com, or speak to a librarian in the Yoga Room, Mana Jardin Apartment.