Accessibility Statement

Collr is for everybody in the scene, and that includes people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, a magnifier, or who find dense text hard going. We build Collr to be usable by all of them, test it against the standard below, and fix what falls short.

We aim to conform to WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the current version of the standard behind the European accessibility standard EN 301 549. Collr is partially conformant: Collr’s own pages, themes and tools meet it as far as our testing shows, with the exceptions listed below, most of which concern what members upload or choose for their own pages.

Every criterion, how we tested it and the result are set out in our accessibility conformance report (VPAT 2.5, EU edition), which you can also download.

The accessibility icon in the header of every page, and at the foot of every profile, opens options you can switch on: higher contrast, larger or largest text, wider spacing, a reading font (Atkinson Hyperlegible or OpenDyslexic), links always underlined, and reduced motion. They are remembered on your device, and on your account if you are signed in. Collr also follows your device’s reduced-motion and light or dark settings.

• Structure — headings, landmarks and lists in the code, and a skip link at the top of every page that jumps past the header and the dashboard’s menu.
• Keyboard — everything works without a mouse, with a clear outline on whatever has focus; dialogs close with Escape.
• Names and labels — every button, link and form field has a name a screen reader can announce, and forms say what went wrong in words.
• Contrast — Collr’s text, form fields, badges and stock profile themes are checked to meet WCAG’s contrast ratios, in dark and light modes.
• Small screens and zoom — pages work on a 320px-wide screen and at 400% zoom without scrolling sideways.
• Testing — automated checks of every page, and code review, whenever the site changes.

These are the places Collr does not yet fully meet the standard:

• Colours members choose for their own profiles may be hard to read. The design editor warns them and suggests a readable alternative, but the choice is theirs.
• Photos and event posters are uploaded without a description. A photo’s caption is used when there is one, and an event’s details are always in text on its page.
• Screen-reader testing by a person has not been done yet. Collr is built and checked to work with screen readers; testing with VoiceOver, NVDA and TalkBack will follow, and this statement and the report will be updated.
• Embedded content such as a member’s YouTube video comes from its provider and follows their accessibility.

If something on Collr is hard for you to use, please tell us through the contact form. We reply within seven days, and we would rather hear about a barrier than have you work around it.