Accessibility
Web Accessibility Statement for English Factory
This is an accessibility statement from English Factory. English Factory wants everyone who visits our website to feel welcome and find the experience of shopping online on shopenglishfactory.com rewarding. In order to make our website accessible to individuals who rely on assistive technologies or alternative input devices, English Factory is in the process of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 A & AA conformance ("Guidelines") on our website. English Factory is committed to identifying and meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in an effective and appropriate manner through compliance with the Guidelines.
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. English Factory is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. We are actively reviewing and improving the site to enhance accessibility.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of English Factory. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on English Factory:
- Email: info@englishfactory.com
We try to respond to feedback within 1 to 2 Business Days.
Measures to support accessibility
English Factory takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of English Factory:
- Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
- Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
- Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.
- Automated and manual usability testing.
- Include accessibility throughout our design, development, and iterative process.
Technical specifications
Accessibility of English Factory relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
- HTML
- WAI-ARIA
- CSS
- JavaScript
- SVG
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.
Limitations and alternatives
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of English Factory , there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.
Known limitations for English Factory:
- Reviews from users: Uploaded images may not have text alternatives. We cannot ensure the quality of contributions.
- Product ratings: Product ratings may have insufficient alternative text. We use a third party app for our review system and cannot ensure their quality of accessibility.
Assessment approach
English Factory assessed the accessibility of shopenglishfactory.com by the following approaches:
- Self-evaluation
- A formal quality assurance process throughout the design and development process.
- Evaluate the web site using a combination of Google Lighthouse and WAVE technologies for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
- Regularly re-evaluate and re-validate through automated and manual usability testing on an on-going basis.
Date
This statement was created on March 16, 2022 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.