Accessibility
Accessibility here isn’t an accommodation — it’s hospitality. This site aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA — the international standard for accessible websites — and then go further, because a site for capable adults should be comfortable for all of them.
Built into the site
- Text size, your way. Open Reading comfort at the top of the page and use the A / A+ / A++ buttons — or simply set large text on your own phone or computer. This site follows that setting too. Your choice is remembered on your device.
- Listen to this page. Press Listen to this page under Reading comfort and the page reads itself aloud. Pause, Start over and Stop whenever you like, choose a speed and a voice, and the paragraph being read lights up so you never lose your place.
- Colors that suit your eyes. Choose Light, Dark or Extra contrast from the Colors menu at the top — or leave it on Automatic, and the site follows your device’s own setting. It’s also built to work with Windows high-contrast themes.
- Easy on the eyes: large type in Atkinson Hyperlegible (a typeface designed by the Braille Institute for people with low vision), strong color contrast, big buttons, and a bold outline that shows exactly where you are when you move around with the keyboard.
- Words you can read, too. My videos have captions built right into the picture, so they’re always on. And whenever my little cartoon speaks a note, the same words are written right beside it.
- Print-friendly: guides and articles are designed to print cleanly, even in black and white. Paper never needs charging.
- No surprises: no autoplaying sound, no flashing, and no carousels that move on their own.
- No accessibility “overlay” plug-ins. Those one-click widgets often get in the way of the tools people already rely on. Accessibility here is built in, not bolted on.
How I check
On October 23, 2026, all 74 pages of this site were tested with an automated accessibility checker (axe), with an automated keyboard test that presses the Tab key through every link and button, at phone width with the largest text (the same as 400% zoom), and in light, dark, “Automatic on a dark device,” and extra-contrast colors. I also measured the text that sits over pictures and color washes, which the checker can’t judge, from the actual pixels. The test found real problems (hard-to-read text on some pages in dark mode, a few spots in extra contrast, and one line that ran off a phone screen at the largest text size). They’re fixed, and the pages were checked again. Automated tests only catch part of what matters, so next come a walk-through with screen readers (VoiceOver and NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA)) and a small panel of real readers over sixty — because the best test of a page is a person.
Last full automated check: October 23, 2026.
Known rough spots
I’d rather tell you than have you discover it:
- On my videos, the captions are built into the picture, so you can’t make them bigger or turn them off.
- My longer videos (the welcome, my story and the lessons) don’t yet have a written transcript on the page.
- Signing up for my newsletter takes you to my email service’s own page (Mailchimp), which sometimes asks you to prove you’re not a robot. That part isn’t mine to change.
- A couple of older pages don’t have the Reading comfort buttons yet.
- “Listen to this page” uses the voices built into your own device, so how it sounds depends on your phone or computer.
- Some older printable documents haven’t yet been checked for screen readers. If one gives you trouble, tell me and I’ll send you the same guide as plain text.
Found something difficult?
Tell me. Accessibility problems go to the top of my to-do list. Write to me right here on the site or email hello@digitalconfidenceforseniors.com, and describe what happened and what device you were using. I read every message myself. You’ll be improving this place for everyone who comes after you.