Superseded. This is the second report dated October 11, 2026, as issued. The current report is the October 17, 2026 re-evaluation, made after three service pages, among them the site's first form, were added and the page headings were rebuilt. Since issue, this page has moved to its own address and gained a distinct title and this notice. The evaluation is unchanged.
Product and vendor information
Changes since the prior report
This report is a re-evaluation. The prior report is dated October 11, 2026, published at https://brianbeals.com/conformance-report-2026-10-11.html. Every page and document below was evaluated again against the site as it stood on October 11, 2026.
What changed on the site
- 33 pages were evaluated in the prior report and 34 in this one.
- Pages added since the prior report: /conformance-report-2026-10-11.html.
- 6 of the 6 published documents were revised after the prior scan and were validated again: Accessibility practice, ADA Title II; Accessibility practice, federal Section 508; Federal, SDVOSB; Florida state and local, VBE; Accessibility practice, Section 504 healthcare; Accessibility practice, Maryland CATS+.
- The SBA service-disabled veteran-owned certification mark was added to the footer of every page, beside the certification and registration details as text and a link to the capability statements, and to the firm block on /accessibility with links to SBA's VetCert search and SAM. 1.1.1 was re-read for the image and its alt text, 1.4.5 for the text inside it, and 2.4.4 for the three new links. The scripted VoiceOver capture of the home page and /accessibility agreed, and Brian Beals heard the alt text by ear in the footer. No verdict changed.
- The six capability statements carry the same mark in their headers, and the Florida Veteran Business Enterprise line now reads as recognized under F.S. 295.187 in state agency procurement rather than claiming county, municipal and university preference. All six were re-rendered and pass PDF/UA-1.
- The first October 11 report moved to /conformance-report-2026-10-11.html so this report's citation resolves, and is listed in both site maps; the evaluated set is 34 pages.
What changed in the verdicts
- No criterion changed its conformance level.
What the screen reader pass added
No new hand pass. The pass by Brian Beals on October 8, 2026 across 12 page(s), cited in the prior report, is carried forward; any re-listening or scripted runs since are in the method line. The criteria it decides:
- 1.3.1 Info and Relationships: Supports, as in the prior report.
- 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks: Supports, as in the prior report.
- 2.4.6 Headings and Labels: Supports, as in the prior report.
- 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Supports, as in the prior report.
- 4.1.3 Status Messages: previously decided by the scan and the keyboard checklist; the scripted captures in both readers and Brian Beals by ear in NVDA heard it and confirm the prior Supports.
Applicable standards
WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA, all 50 criteria. Section 508 incorporates WCAG 2.0 Level AA, a strict subset, so conformance below satisfies it. ADA Title II adopts WCAG 2.1 Level AA directly. Level AAA was not evaluated.
Evaluation methods used
- Automated rule checking with axe-core 4.10.2, plus checks it does not carry: contrast under both color schemes, reflow measured by geometry at a real 320 pixel viewport, and focus visibility under a real keyboard press.
- 6 document(s) validated against ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1) with veraPDF, the reference validator, and all 6 pass. Only validator rules that map to a WCAG success criterion are reported here; PDF/UA is a wider standard than the one this report applies. On October 11, 2026, Brian Beals read the ADA Title II capability statement end to end with NVDA 2026.2 in Acrobat Reader on Windows 11; headings announced as headings, reading order followed the page, the company data table read with its headers, and the footer came last. The other five come from the same renderer; three share its template, and the two general capability statements use the same layout without data tables. Later on October 11 all six were re-rendered with the SBA certification mark in the header and a revised Florida VBE line; each passes veraPDF, and each file's structure tree carries the mark as a single figure with its alt text.
- 23 criteria that cannot be settled by the automated rules were answered by scripted keyboard pass and page inspection, reviewed and signed by Brian Beals 2026-10-10. Recorded in verify-2026-10-11b.yml, retained with the scan findings so this report can be reproduced.
- Screen readers used, by hand and by scripted capture: VoiceOver on macOS 27.0 and NVDA 2026.2 on Windows 11. Screen reader testing with VoiceOver on macOS 27.0 in Safari 27.0.1, by Brian Beals on October 8, 2026, across 12 page(s). Each page was checked for reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, and how the brand mark is announced. This was a full pass: every check in the protocol was run on every one of those pages, none skipped or sampled. This pass decided 1.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.6, 4.1.2; the scripted captures in both readers and Brian Beals by ear in NVDA decided 4.1.3; results by page are tabled below. The skip link was also exercised by keystroke (Tab, Return, Tab) on all 12 pages with VoiceOver running in Safari, on October 8, 2026, by script (vo_capture.py, sending the keystrokes through System Events). On every page Tab announced the skip link, Return announced main, and the next Tab moved forward from the start of main rather than back into the navigation. Recorded in vo-capture-2026-10-08.yml. The full capture was repeated on the same 12 pages against the live site, reading every page from the top and pressing Tab, Return and Tab at the skip link, on October 10, 2026, by script (vo_capture.py and vo_analyze.py, keystrokes through System Events). All 84 checks agreed with the October 8 hand pass, 60 Pass and 24 not applicable, with nothing flagged. On the reorganized home page and /accessibility it also agreed with Brian Beals's by-ear re-listen the same day. Recorded in vo-capture-2026-10-10.yml. /tools/voice-critique joined the sample as its thirteenth page, the one template with a button and a status message, and was captured the same way, pressing Copy prompt, on October 10, 2026, by script (vo_capture.py and vo_analyze.py). Every check passed or did not apply. VoiceOver announced "Copy prompt button", and on each press, a second press inside two seconds included, announced "Prompt copied to the clipboard" from a status region while focus stayed on the button, which then read "Copied button". Recorded in vo-capture-2026-10-10.yml. /writing, after its topic filter was added, and /writing/eight-of-twenty-six, the first essay with the practice byline and a topic caption, were captured the same way, pressing each filter button, on October 11, 2026, by script (vo_capture.py and vo_analyze.py, keystrokes through System Events). Every check passed or did not apply. On /writing VoiceOver announced each filter as a toggle button, the active one "selected", and on each press announced the count shown from a status region, "Showing 1 essay, Accessibility." among them, with focus left on the button. Recorded in vo-capture-2026-10-11.yml. The home page and /accessibility, after the SBA certification mark was added to the footer and to the firm block, were captured the same way, on October 11, 2026, by script (vo_capture.py and vo_analyze.py, keystrokes through System Events). Every check passed or did not apply. In the footer, inside the content information landmark, VoiceOver announced the mark as "SBA certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business image", then the certification and registration lines, then "Capability statements" as a link; on /accessibility the firm block read the same way, with "VetCert search" and "SAM" as links. Brian Beals then listened by ear to the footer on one page and heard the mark announced with the same alt text, word for word. Recorded in vo-capture-2026-10-11b.yml. NVDA 2026.2 on Windows 11 in Microsoft Edge 155.0.4283.45 and Google Chrome 155.0.8059.40, by Brian Beals on October 10, 2026. Brian Beals listened by ear in Edge to the same 12 pages, each read from the top with NVDA's say all, ten of them to the end and two in part (/accessibility/healthcare and /conformance-report.html), and recorded 60 Pass and 24 not applicable, the same results as the VoiceOver hand pass. Say all presses no keys, so the skip link and NVDA's heading, link, form field and landmark lists were exercised by the scripted capture, not by hand. On October 11 he listened by ear in Edge to /tools/voice-critique, pressed Copy prompt more than once, and heard the button announced and "Prompt copied to the clipboard" on every press. The same 12 pages, and /tools/voice-critique, were captured by script in both browsers (nvda_capture.py and nvda_analyze.py, keys sent through NVDA's own gesture framework), reading line by line from the top, pressing Tab, Return and Tab at the skip link, and walking NVDA's heading, link, form field, landmark and button navigation. In each browser all 84 checks on the 12 pages agreed with the October 8 VoiceOver hand pass, with nothing flagged, and NVDA and VoiceOver disagreed on no check across all 13. On /tools/voice-critique, NVDA announced "Prompt copied to the clipboard" on each press of Copy prompt in both browsers, a second press inside two seconds included. Those captures predate the topic filter on /writing; it and /writing/eight-of-twenty-six were heard in VoiceOver. Recorded in nvda-log-2026-10-10-edge.txt, nvda-log-2026-10-10-chrome.txt and NVDA-Pass_2026-10-10.xlsx.
Screen reader testing
| Page | What was tested | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| / | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply on October 8. Re-heard by Brian Beals on October 10 after the page was reorganized, heading outline included, with no problem found; the scripted capture the same day agrees. |
| /about | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /accessibility | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply on October 8. Re-heard by Brian Beals on October 10 after the Services and Common questions sections were added, heading outline included, with no problem found; the scripted capture the same day agrees. |
| /accessibility/healthcare | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /contact | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /documents | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /writing | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply on October 8. On October 11 the page gained a topic filter, four toggle buttons with a status message. Brian Beals re-heard it by ear with VoiceOver; each button announced as a toggle button with its state, and each press announced the count shown. The scripted capture the same day agrees. |
| /writing/who-could-afford-to-find-out | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. The mark check crossed the header lockup, where no mark is announced. The essay byline's mark further down was exposed as an image named "Brian Beals" at the time of the pass and was hidden after it; that change is verified in the accessibility tree, not by ear. |
| /writing/eight-of-twenty-six | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Added October 11, the first essay with the practice byline and a topic caption. Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /sitemap-page | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. |
| /conformance-report.html | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. Tested as published on the morning of October 8, 2026, which was the August 30 report. This re-evaluation is generated from the same template with three additions: the changes section, the screen reader table, and a site map link in the footer. |
| /capability-statement-accessibility.html | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. A standalone document: banner, main and contentinfo landmarks, no navigation landmark. |
| /capability-statement-state-local.html | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced | Pass | Every check passed or did not apply. A standalone document: banner, main and contentinfo landmarks, no navigation landmark. |
| /tools/voice-critique | reading from the top, the skip link, landmark navigation, heading navigation, the links list, how the brand mark is announced, the button and its status message | Pass | Added October 10, the one template with a button and a status message. Captured by script with VoiceOver in Safari and NVDA in Edge and Chrome; every check passed or did not apply in all three. On Copy prompt each reader announced "Prompt copied to the clipboard" from a status region on every press, a second press included, while focus stayed on the button. On October 11 Brian Beals listened by ear in NVDA with Edge and heard Copy prompt announced and the message on every press. |
Scope. The sample is the public site; /login, the sign-in page, and /tools/account-intel, which requires sign-in, are outside the evaluation. Screen reader testing covered 14 pages, one per template, so every page on the site shares a template with a tested page. Two readers on two operating systems, by hand and by scripted capture: VoiceOver on macOS 27.0 in Safari 27.0.1, NVDA 2026.2 on Windows 11 in Edge 155 and Chrome 155. The two readers agreed on every check both heard. JAWS and mobile screen readers were not used. The site has no mobile app; VoiceOver on iOS and macOS read the same WebKit accessibility tree, and TalkBack and NVDA read the same one Chrome builds.
WCAG 2.1 Level A
| Criterion | Lvl | Conformance | Remarks and explanations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content | A | Supports | Every content image carries descriptive alt text: the principal's photograph on the about page, and five wildlife and travel photographs on /elsewhere. On the home page the same photograph is decorative and hidden, because the bio beside it opens with his name and VoiceOver read the name twice in the October 10 capture. The BB brand mark is hidden from assistive technology wherever it appears, because it sits beside text that already names the company. The essay byline was the exception: its mark was exposed as an image named "Brian Beals" directly before a byline beginning with the same name, so the name was announced twice. Hidden on October 8, 2026 and re-checked in the accessibility tree. The SBA service-disabled veteran-owned certification mark, added October 11 to every page footer and to the firm block on /accessibility, carries meaning on its own and is exposed as an image with the alt text "SBA certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business"; VoiceOver announced it that way on the home page and /accessibility in the October 11 capture. https://brianbeals.com: image?url=%2Fbrian-beals.jpg&w=256&q=75 marked decorative https://brianbeals.com/accessibility: svg%3E marked decorative https://brianbeals.com/accessibility/healthcare: svg%3E marked decorative |
| 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative | A | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships | A | Supports | Landmarks on every page, one h1 per page, and no heading level skips across all 29 pages. Lists, definition lists, tables, the quotation on /accessibility/healthcare and the preformatted blocks on /writing/sixty-cents-a-year and /tools/voice-critique all use the matching element. No bold or oversized text stands in for a heading and no typed bullet stands in for a list, including in the three essays published since the prior report. One capability statement had a span inside a definition list; fixed October 8, 2026 and rescanned. All six published documents are tagged, declare a language, carry a usable title, and label their figures. Screen reader: Landmarks and headings walked with the rotor on all 12 pages: each landmark announced once, exactly one level 1 heading per page, no skipped levels. On October 10 the scripted capture heard the same on all 12 pages, including the reorganized home page and /accessibility, and on /tools/voice-critique. Landmarks present, one h1 per page, no heading level skips. All 6 document(s) evaluated are tagged, declare a language, carry a usable title, and label their figures. All 6 were also validated against ISO 14289-1 with veraPDF and raised nothing that maps to a success criterion. |
| 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence | A | Supports | Settled by listening. On October 8, 2026 Brian Beals read the newest essay, /writing/who-could-afford-to-find-out, and /capability-statement-accessibility-healthcare.html straight through with VoiceOver on macOS 27 in Safari; the spoken order carries the same meaning as the visual layout, including the statement's main column then sidebar. The August 29, 2026 pass read the prior page set the same way. The remaining pages were re-checked on October 8 by comparing source order with visual order: no CSS reordering anywhere, and the keyboard pass moved strictly down every page. The listen also found that a sentence period inside bold text made VoiceOver spell the following word; that is not a sequence failure, and the pattern was removed from the site the same day. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | No instruction depends on shape, size, position, or sound. Every positional word on the 29 pages either describes prose rather than instructing, or points to content that follows in reading order, as in "copy the prompt below" on /tools/voice-critique, where the prompt is the next item and the button is named Copy prompt. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 1.4.1 Use of Color | A | Supports | Color is never the sole carrier of meaning. Links inside running text are underlined. The links on /writing are whole cards (title, date, summary) in a list rather than links inside a sentence, so there is no surrounding text that color would have to distinguish them from. No status or category is shown by color without a text label. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 1.4.2 Audio Control | A | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 2.1.1 Keyboard | A | Supports | Every interactive element is a native link or button, and each was reached by Tab on all 29 pages. The one button, Copy prompt on /tools/voice-critique, is native, and the scrollable prompt beside it takes focus so it can be scrolled from the keyboard. No click handlers sit on non-interactive elements. All interactive elements are native and focusable. |
| 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap | A | Supports | On each of the 29 pages, Tab was pressed from the top through every focusable element until focus left the page, then Shift+Tab walked back the same way. Focus never stuck. No page carries a modal, an iframe, or a third-party embed. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts | A | Not Applicable | No single-character key shortcuts. The site's source registers no keyboard handler of its own on any page. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable | A | Not Applicable | No time limits. No session timeout, auto-advancing content, meta refresh, or media anywhere. The Copy prompt button's label reverts two seconds after a copy, which confirms an action and does not limit the user. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Not Applicable | No animated, moving, or auto-updating content. |
| 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Supports | No animation anywhere, so nothing can flash. |
| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks | A | Supports | Screen reader: On all 12 pages the skip link was the first Tab stop, Return moved to the main landmark, and the next Tab landed inside main rather than back in the header. The October 10 scripted capture repeated it by keystroke on all 12 pages with the same result, and on /tools/voice-critique. Skip link present, first in tab order, target exists and is focusable. |
| 2.4.2 Page Titled | A | Supports | All 34 pages carry a unique, non-empty title. All 6 document(s) evaluated are tagged, declare a language, carry a usable title, and label their figures. All 6 were also validated against ISO 14289-1 with veraPDF and raised nothing that maps to a success criterion. |
| 2.4.3 Focus Order | A | Supports | No positive tabindex anywhere. On all 29 pages the keyboard pass moved forward through source order and down the page, never jumping back up. No positive tabindex anywhere; DOM order governs. |
| 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | Every repeated link name resolves to one destination, so each has a single unambiguous purpose. Consistent naming across routes is required by 3.2.4. https://brianbeals.com: 'Capability statements' repeats, all to https://brianbeals.com/documents https://brianbeals.com/sitemap-page: 'About' repeats, all to https://brianbeals.com/about |
| 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures | A | Not Applicable | No path-based or multipoint gesture detected: no touch or motion handlers, draggable elements, slider roles, or map containers. |
| 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation | A | Supports | All pointer interaction is standard activation on native links and one native button. The site's source registers no mouse-down, pointer-down, or touch handler. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.5.3 Label in Name | A | Supports | Every aria-label contains its element's visible text, so speech input users can target controls by what they see. |
| 2.5.4 Motion Actuation | A | Not Applicable | No device motion handler detected: no touch or motion handlers, draggable elements, slider roles, or map containers. |
| 3.1.1 Language of Page | A | Supports | lang set on all 34 pages. All 6 document(s) evaluated are tagged, declare a language, carry a usable title, and label their figures. All 6 were also validated against ISO 14289-1 with veraPDF and raised nothing that maps to a success criterion. |
| 3.2.1 On Focus | A | Supports | Confirmed during the keyboard pass on all 29 pages: the address never changed and no content appeared while focus moved. Nothing navigates, opens, or submits on focus. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.2.2 On Input | A | Not Applicable | No form controls exist on any of the 29 pages, so no change of context on input is possible. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.3.1 Error Identification | A | Not Applicable | No form controls and therefore no error states on any of the 29 pages. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions | A | Supports | Every form control carries a label or an explicit accessible name. |
| 4.1.1 Parsing | A | Supports | No duplicate id values. Obsolete and removed in WCAG 2.2. Reported for 2.1 completeness only. |
| 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value | A | Supports | Screen reader: Every link in the rotor's link list announced a name and the link role on all 12 pages. On October 8 no page in the sample had a form control or a control with state, so name, role, and value were heard for links only. The October 10 scripted capture heard every link on all 12 pages announced with a name, and nothing announced itself as a control with state. On /tools/voice-critique, added the same day, VoiceOver and NVDA announced the one button by name and role, "Copy prompt button". On October 11 the topic filter on /writing added four toggle buttons; VoiceOver announced each by name, role, and pressed state ("All selected toggle button"), by ear and by scripted capture. Every control has a non-empty accessible name in the browser accessibility tree. Custom widget state needs AT confirmation. Scan reads the real accessibility tree. Custom widgets still need AT confirmation of state changes. |
WCAG 2.1 Level AA
| Criterion | Lvl | Conformance | Remarks and explanations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) | AA | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Not Applicable | No audio or video elements across 34 pages. |
| 1.3.4 Orientation | AA | Supports | No CSS locks or rotates content by orientation. |
| 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose | AA | Not Applicable | No form controls exist on any of the 29 pages, so there is no input purpose to identify. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Supports | Zero failures across 34 pages in both color schemes. |
| 1.4.4 Resize Text | AA | Supports | No viewport restriction on zoom, and no fixed-height text containers (confirmed by the 1.4.12 spacing override producing no clipping). |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text | AA | Supports | The images in the evaluated set are photographs (the principal on two pages, five wildlife and travel photographs on /elsewhere), the BB brand mark, and the SBA certification mark in the footer and the capability statements. The two marks are logotypes and exempt; the SBA mark is used as SBA supplies it, and its words are also given as text beside it. No other text is presented as an image anywhere in the evaluated set. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 1.4.10 Reflow | AA | Supports | No horizontal scrolling at a 320px viewport on any of 34 pages. |
| 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast | AA | Supports | Control borders and the focus indicator clear 3:1 in both color schemes, measured by the scan. No icon or state indicator carries meaning on its own. Control borders and focus indicator all clear 3:1. |
| 1.4.12 Text Spacing | AA | Supports | No clipping or scrolling with the 1.4.12 override values applied. |
| 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus | AA | Not Applicable | No content appears on hover or focus. Every link and button on the 29 pages was hovered and focused in turn and nothing new appeared. There are no title tooltips, popovers, or dialogs. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways | AA | Supports | A human-readable site map at /sitemap-page is linked from every one of the 34 pages evaluated, giving a second route to any page alongside the global navigation. |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels | AA | Supports | Headings were read as an outline on all 29 pages, and each names the section beneath it: essay headings are full phrases, capability statement headings name their block (Company Snapshot, NAICS, Services). The VoiceOver pass heard the heading lists out of context on 12 pages. No page has a form field, so there are no field labels to judge. Re-read with VoiceOver by Brian Beals on October 10, 2026 after the home page and /accessibility were reorganized; each new heading names its section. Screen reader: Heading lists heard out of context through the rotor on all 12 pages; each heading made sense read alone. No page in the sample has a form field. On October 10 Brian Beals re-heard the new heading outlines of the home page and /accessibility; each heading names its section. The scripted capture recorded the heading lists but does not judge their meaning. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible | AA | Supports | Visible focus indicator confirmed under a real keyboard press. |
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts | AA | Supports | No passage declares a language other than the page language. A passage in another language with no lang attribute cannot be detected by scanning; none was observed in review. |
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation | AA | Supports | The 22 site pages share one header with the same six navigation links in the same order, from one layout component. The six capability statements and this report are standalone documents with no navigation menu; each ends with a footer linking the site map. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification | AA | Supports | Components with the same function carry the same name throughout: the skip link reads "Skip to main content" on all 29 pages, the site map link reads "Site map" on every page that carries one, and the six navigation links are named identically on all 22 site pages. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion | AA | Not Applicable | No form controls and therefore no errors to suggest corrections for. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Not Applicable | The site takes no legal, financial, or data-modifying commitment. Nothing is submitted, purchased, or deleted. Not determinable by scanning. |
| 4.1.3 Status Messages | AA | Supports | Screen reader: On /tools/voice-critique, Copy prompt was pressed by the scripted capture in VoiceOver with Safari and in NVDA with Edge and Chrome. Each announced "Prompt copied to the clipboard" from a polite status region on every press, a second press inside two seconds included, with focus left on the button. On October 11 Brian Beals pressed Copy prompt by hand in NVDA with Edge and heard the message on every press. On /writing, each press of a topic filter announced the count shown from a status region with focus left on the button, heard by Brian Beals with VoiceOver on October 11 and by scripted capture the same day. 4 live region(s). All exist before their content, stay visible, and keep node identity when text changes. Announcement itself requires a screen reader. Scan verifies the DOM conditions that make an announcement possible. Hearing it requires a screen reader; the ACR states which was done. |
This is a self-assessment unless stated otherwise. It was not produced by an independent third-party auditor. A contracting officer requiring independent verification should request a third-party audit.