03Legal
Accessibility statement.
Plain-English draft — reviewed by a Florida attorney: not yet.
Last updated
In short
I want everyone to be able to use this site, whatever device, browser or assistive technology they rely on. The target is WCAG 2.1 level AA. A few known gaps are listed below with their fixes. If anything gets in your way, tell me — I'll reply within two business days and fix it free of charge.
The standard
The target for this site — and for the client portal — is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA. Every page is checked against it before each release.
What’s in place
Each of these was checked against the built site on the date of the last review below:
- Keyboard. The interactive parts all work with a keyboard: the menu (it closes with Escape), the services carousel (arrow keys), the pricing switch, the FAQ, the work filters, the ROI calculator, the contact options and the copy buttons. Every stop shows a visible focus ring.
- Skip link. The first Tab on every page offers “Skip to content”, straight past the navigation.
- Reduced motion. If your device asks for reduced motion, the opening animation is replaced by a still logo, entrance effects and scroll-linked motion are switched off, and nothing moves on its own.
- Moving content you control. The services carousel only advances on its own when motion is allowed; it pauses while the pointer or keyboard focus is on it and stops for good once you use it. There is no video and no sound anywhere on the site.
- Contrast. Text meets the AA contrast ratios (4.5 : 1, or 3 : 1 for large text) in both the light and the dark theme, measured on every page in both themes — apart from the one limitation listed below.
- Structure. One main heading per page, headings in order, landmark regions (navigation, main content, footer), the page language set to English, and an accessible name on every link and button.
- Images. Meaningful images have text alternatives; decorative illustrations and the small interface previews are hidden from screen readers so they don’t add noise.
- Touch and small screens. Links and buttons outside running text are at least 24 × 24 pixels, and the menu links and the footer’s link lists are at least 44 pixels tall on touch screens. Every page works from 320 pixels wide without sideways scrolling.
- Forms. The ROI calculator’s fields have visible, programmatic labels.
Known limitations
From the latest automated audit (axe-core, every page × light and dark × motion on and reduced × phone and desktop widths):
- Home, the services carousel at desktop widths: the small labels on the cards beside the active one are dimmed below the 4.5 : 1 contrast ratio. A fix that stops dimming the text is being made.
- Home, the services carousel: the carousel and the section around it share one accessible name, so a screen reader announces two regions with the same label. Being fixed with the item above.
- Home, the preview in the hero: on larger screens, the decorative preview of three sample apps changes every few seconds; it pauses while the mouse is over it and is off with reduced motion, but there is no keyboard pause button yet. One is planned.
A manual pass with screen readers (NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on iOS) is planned for each major release; results will be listed here.
Tell me about a problem
If something on the site is hard or impossible for you to use, please tell me — what page, what you were trying to do, and the device or assistive technology you use, if you’re comfortable sharing it.
- Email: access@goedelworks.com
- Phone: (904) 566-1949
I’ll reply within two business days. Fixing an accessibility problem on this site is always free, and in the meantime I’ll get you the information or service you were after another way — by email, phone or in person.
Last review
Last audit: October 18, 2026 — automated (axe-core in the release checks) plus a keyboard walk-through. This statement is reviewed whenever the site changes significantly.