Accessibility Statement

Effective: May 10, 2026  ·  Version 1.0

Loft Tools is committed to making the Service usable by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities. We treat accessibility as a baseline requirement of every tool we ship, not as a separate workstream.

1. The standard we target

We target conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, published by the W3C. We also follow the spirit of Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act, the EU Web Accessibility Directive, and the EU European Accessibility Act (EAA, in force June 2025), recognising that as a sole-proprietor microenterprise we may not be a covered entity under every regime.

WCAG 2.1 AA covers, in plain terms:

• Text and images that screen readers can read.
• Sufficient colour contrast.
• Keyboard-only navigation through every interactive element.
• Logical heading and focus order.
• Captions/transcripts for audio and video where applicable.
• A site that works at multiple zoom levels and on small screens.

2. What we’ve done

• Semantic HTML. We use <button>, <a>, <select>, <input>, <nav>, <main>, <header>, <footer>, and other semantic elements rather than div-based interactions. Screen readers and keyboard users get the standard expected behaviour.
• Keyboard navigation. Every interactive element on every tool is reachable and operable via keyboard. Tab order follows the visual layout. Focus rings are visible (and use a token from the design system, not the browser default that you might have hidden in a stylesheet).
• Colour contrast. All text and interactive elements meet WCAG AA contrast (4.5:1 for body text, 3:1 for large text and non-text indicators) against our dark backgrounds.
• Responsive design. Every tool works at three breakpoints (480 / 768 / 1024+) and supports browser zoom up to 200% without loss of functionality.
• Reduced-motion support. Animations honour prefers-reduced-motion.
• Form labels and errors. Every form input has a visible label and a programmatic association. Error messages are announced to assistive technology and visually linked to the field.
• Skip-to-content. A skip link is the first focusable element on every page.

3. Where we have known gaps

We are honest about our gaps. As of this Statement:

• Some category-page card grids have not been re-tested against the latest VoiceOver/NVDA builds since the design refresh.
• Some calculator outputs that update live are not yet announced via aria-live regions on every tool — we are auditing this as a sweep across all calculator templates.
• A handful of tools that handle complex visual layout (image cropping, PDF page reordering) have keyboard equivalents but the experience is materially better with a mouse or touch.
• Translations beyond English are not yet available; we plan to add localised content as the tool catalogue stabilises.

We track accessibility issues in our public roadmap. If you find an issue not listed there, please tell us (section 5) and we will prioritise it.

4. Assistive technologies we test with

We routinely test with:

• VoiceOver on macOS (Safari) and iOS (Safari).
• NVDA on Windows (Firefox, Chrome).
• JAWS on Windows (Chrome) — periodic checks rather than every release.
• Keyboard-only navigation in all major browsers.
• High-contrast mode in macOS and Windows.
• Browser zoom up to 200%.

If your assistive technology stack is different and the Service does not work for you, please report it.

5. Help and feedback

If you encounter a barrier on Loft Tools, please tell us. We respond personally to every accessibility report.

• Email: [email protected] ([email protected] also reaches us).
• What helps us fix it fast: the URL of the page, the assistive technology and browser you’re using, what you were trying to do, and what happened (or didn’t). Screenshots or screen-recordings are great but not required.
• Response time: we aim to acknowledge within 5 business days and to ship a fix or a workaround for confirmed barriers as quickly as we reasonably can — many small issues ship within days, larger ones within a release cycle.

If you would prefer not to use the Service while waiting for a fix, we can also help you find an alternative tool or do the conversion / calculation manually.

6. Formal complaints

If you believe Loft Tools is not meeting the legal accessibility requirements that apply to it in your jurisdiction, you can:

• U.S. (ADA Title III, Section 508 procurement contexts): file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (ada.gov) or the relevant agency.
• EU (EAA, Web Accessibility Directive): the supervising authority in your member state.
• UK: the Equality and Human Rights Commission (equalityhumanrights.com).
• Canada: the Canadian Human Rights Commission (chrc-ccdp.gc.ca) and, in Quebec, the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (ophq.gouv.qc.ca).

We’d appreciate a chance to fix it first — but you do not have to contact us before going to a regulator.

7. Changes to this Statement

We will update this page when our conformance level changes, when we close a known gap, or when our testing scope expands. Material changes will be highlighted at the top of this page for at least 30 days.