accessibility
Built to be read — by everyone, on anything.
Every word on herzingirb.com is ordinary HTML text that reads without scripts, in one heading order per page, with controls you can reach from the keyboard and tap with a thumb, text and inputs at 16 pixels or larger, and drawings that are described in words. This page says what the site does, what it does not yet do well, and how to tell us when something is in the way.
Last updated 23 August 2026.
What the site does
- Readable without scripts. All content is static HTML. The interactive parts — the folder pass, the chat, the seasonal note — are added on top of readable markup and the pages are complete without them.
- One heading order per page. Each page has exactly one main heading and a descending order beneath it, so screen-reader users can move by heading.
- Keyboard. Every link, button, form field, tab and expandable question can be reached and operated with the keyboard, with a visible focus ring. The seasonal note traps focus while open and closes on Escape; so does the chat panel.
- Touch. Controls are at least 44 pixels tall; the masthead menu, the folder tabs, the footer links and the chat controls all meet that.
- Text size. Body text and every input are 16 pixels or larger, so phones do not zoom on focus; the page reflows to 375 pixels wide with no sideways scrolling of the body, and wide drawings scroll inside their own frame.
- Colour and contrast. The navy-and-green palette on the mist ground was chosen with contrast checked for body text and controls; meaning is never carried by colour alone — a filled tab is also labelled, a checked pocket is also counted in words.
- Drawings. The diagrams on the homepage carry full text descriptions; the illustrated portraits are labelled by name; decorative shapes are hidden from assistive technology.
- Motion. Smooth scrolling is only enabled when your system does not ask for reduced motion; nothing on the site animates on its own.
- Live regions. Form results, the folder-pass reading and the chat log announce their updates politely rather than interrupting.
What we know is imperfect
- The live chat depends on a network service; if it is unavailable, the chat says so in its own window and points you to the email and form, which always work.
- The illustrated portraits are drawings and are described only by name and role.
- Fonts load from Google Fonts; before they arrive the page shows system fonts, which may shift the layout slightly.
We work toward the widely used web accessibility guidelines and test against them as the site changes, but we do not claim formal conformance to any standard on this page — when something is in your way, we want to hear about it rather than point at a badge.
Tell us
If anything on the site is hard to read, reach or operate, write to hello@herzingirb.com with the page and what happened, or use the contact form. Fixes to the site are made as they are found, and if you need something on the site in another form in the meantime — the reading of the folder pass as plain text, for example — say so and we send it.