Accessibility

We want this site to be usable by everyone who comes to it, including people using screen readers, keyboards, magnification, or reduced-motion settings. This page says what we have done, what we test, and what we know is imperfect.

1. The standard we work to

We target WCAG 2.2 Level AA. That is the standard we build and test against; it is a target we work to, not a certification we hold, and this page is a statement of effort rather than a claim of full conformance.

2. What is built in

• Contrast. Text is checked against the background actually behind it, including over video and photography at the worst frame of an animation, and is required to reach at least 4.5:1.
• Reduced motion. The site is heavily animated. If your system is set to reduce motion, the animation is switched off: scroll-driven sequences resolve to their finished state, video is replaced by a still frame, and nothing moves on its own.
• Keyboard. Every link, field and button is reachable and operable by keyboard, in a logical order, with a visible focus ring that is not removed.
• Structure. Pages use real headings in order, real landmarks, real lists and real form labels, so that assistive technology can navigate them.
• Forms. Every field has a visible, associated label. Required fields are marked in text, not by colour alone. Errors are announced through a live region.
• Images. Photographs carry descriptive alternative text. Decorative graphics are hidden from assistive technology rather than described pointlessly.
• Colour. No information is carried by colour alone.
• Zoom and reflow. Layouts use relative units and reflow to small screens and to 200% zoom without loss of content.

3. How it is tested

Each page is checked at desktop and at a 390×844 mobile viewport, and again with reduced motion enabled. Contrast is measured programmatically against the real rendered background rather than estimated, at multiple points through every animation. Keyboard order and focus visibility are checked by hand.

4. Known limitations

• The site's character is scroll-driven motion. With reduced motion enabled the content is complete and readable, but the experience is deliberately plainer.
• Some illustrative graphics, such as the globe and the orbital diagram, convey their meaning visually. Their essential information is available in the surrounding text, but the graphics themselves are not narrated.
• The contact form falls back to opening your email client, which depends on your device being configured for that. The address is published on every page as an alternative.

5. Compatibility

The site is built for current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on desktop and mobile, with the assistive technology built into those platforms. Older browsers will render the content, with less of the motion.

6. Tell us what is not working

If something here blocks you, we want to know, and we will fix it rather than explain it. Write to contact@globalconsultai.com with the page, what you were trying to do, and the browser and assistive technology you were using. We aim to acknowledge within 2 business days and to give you a timeline for a fix.

If you need information from this site in another format, ask and we will provide it.

7. Accessibility in what we build

The same standard applies to interfaces we design and build for clients. Where a client's product has an accessibility obligation, it is treated as an acceptance criterion, not as a later phase.