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Accessibility statement
CraftPersia.com aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. This page sets out what already works, where we know we fall short, and how we check.
What works today
Keyboard and skip link
Every page opens with a “Skip to content” link. Menus, filters, galleries and the search box can be reached and operated with the keyboard, and the menu closes with Escape.
Text alternatives
Every archive photograph carries a description. Captions say what the photograph shows and what it does not prove, and credits name the source.
Headings and landmarks
Each page has one main heading, a logical heading order, and labelled header, navigation, main and footer regions so screen-reader users can move by landmark.
Readable text
Long-form reading text is set at 15–17 px with generous line spacing; captions and labels are smaller but meet the AA contrast minimum. Pages reflow at 320 px wide (the width of 400% zoom on a desktop screen) without sideways scrolling; wide tables scroll inside their own box and can be scrolled from the keyboard.
Persian names
Persian words shown alongside English names are marked with their language so screen readers can pronounce them, or skip them.
Charts and tables
Charts are labelled with their values in text, and comparison tables use real table headers rather than images of tables.
Known limitations
- Some museum and commercial photographs are low contrast or small in their original form; we show them at the best size the source allows and describe them in the caption.
- Generated magazine articles in 22 languages are written automatically. Their headings and image descriptions follow the same rules, but they have not each been checked by a person.
- Links to museums, marketplaces and other outside sites pass through a short “You are leaving CraftPersia” page. The destination site's own accessibility is outside our control.
- The photo-contribution page for signed-in editors uses standard form controls but has had less testing with assistive technology than the public pages.
How we check
In November 2026 we ran the axe-core scanner (WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules) over 24 page types at 320 px and 1280 px widths, and fixed what it found: grey text below the contrast minimum, language links too small to tap, wide tables that could not be scrolled from the keyboard, a mis-structured glossary list and a header that crowded on small phones. The skip link, menu (including Escape) and Learn filters were also checked by keyboard alone. Automated checks catch only part of the problems and we have not yet tested with screen-reader users, so this is not a claim of full conformance.
Reporting a barrier
A dedicated address for accessibility reports has not been published yet — that is itself a known gap. Once it is, reports will be handled like any other correction under our editorial standards: we will note which page was affected and what changed. Statement prepared November 2026.