Accessibility Statement

Scalance Global wants everyone who visits scalanceglobal.com to be able to read our content, use our calculators and contact us, including people who use assistive technology or who have a disability. We work to make the Website easier to use for all visitors and we treat accessibility problems as defects to be fixed.

This statement describes where we are today. It is not a certification, and it does not promise that every page meets every requirement at every moment.

We aim for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, which are the widely used international guidelines for accessible web content. This is our target: the Website may not yet meet it everywhere, and the known gaps are listed in Section 4.

Among the things we do on the Website:

• Pages use a clear structure: one main heading per page, headings in order, and labelled page regions
• The page language is set, so screen readers choose the right voice and pronunciation
• Menus, accordions, dropdowns and dialogs can be used with a keyboard, and keyboard focus is shown
• Images that carry meaning have text descriptions, and purely decorative images are hidden from screen readers
• Layouts adapt from phones to wide screens, and text can be enlarged with your browser’s zoom
• Motion follows your device settings: if you have asked for reduced motion, entrance animations are off and the homepage banner does not rotate by itself
• Decorative animation is also left out on phone-sized screens, where it adds little and slows pages down
• Calculator fields have visible labels, and results appear on the same page as the figures you enter

We know about the following and are working on them:

• Rotating homepage banner. On the homepage the banner advances automatically and does not yet have a pause control. Visitors who set their device to reduce motion do not see it rotate.
• No skip link. There is not yet a “skip to main content” link at the top of each page, so keyboard users move through the menu first.
• Third-party content. Embedded content from other providers, such as the map on our contact details, is outside our control and may not be fully accessible.
• Articles. The descriptions on images inside blog articles depend on what each author adds, and some older articles may be missing them.

We review pages with automated accessibility testing, including Lighthouse audits, as part of our regular site checks. Automated tools find only some problems, which is why we also rely on reports from the people who use the Website.

The Website is designed to work with current versions of the major desktop and mobile browsers and with the screen readers and other assistive tools commonly used with them. Older software, or unusual combinations, may not work as well.

If something on the Website is hard to use, or you need information in another form, please tell us. It helps if you include the page address, what you were trying to do, and the browser or assistive technology you use. We will look into it, and if you cannot use part of the Website we will work with you to give you the information or service another way.

You can also use our contact page.

We will update this statement as we fix the items above and as the Website changes, and we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page when we do. See also our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.