Accessibility
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The standard
Scene aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, level AA, on every page.
How every release is checked
- Before a release reaches the site, an automated check (axe) reads one page of every kind, at a phone's width and a desktop's, in light and dark, and stops the release on any serious problem.
- Every page of the Atlas is then read in a browser at a phone's width: one main heading, headings in order, text for every image, a name for every chart and map or a table beside it that says the same, and no sideways scrolling.
- Lighthouse also measures the main pages, and their accessibility score must be 90 or more. It catches a step back; it does not on its own show the standard is met, which the checks above and checks by hand do.
What you can expect
- Every page works with a keyboard, and shows where the focus is.
- Every control is at least 24 by 24 pixels, as WCAG 2.2 asks, and most are 44.
- Text and controls have the contrast WCAG asks for, in light and dark.
- Colour is never the only way something is said.
- A chart repeats the figures in the table beside it, and a map comes with the list of its places.
Known limits
- A map's shapes are a picture: the places in it are in the list beside it.
- A share card is a picture of a page's figures: the page says the same in words.
Tell us
If something on Scene does not work for you, write to hello@scene.ph with the page's address. We check every report.