Accessibility statement
We want everyone to be able to use this website, whatever device, browser, assistive technology or preferences they bring.
Our commitment
This website is designed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. Accessibility is part of how we build and edit the site, not an add-on.
What we have done
- Structure and navigation. Every page has a skip link, landmarks (header, navigation, main, footer, search), a single top-level heading and a logical heading order. The current page is marked in the navigation and breadcrumbs.
- Keyboard and touch. Everything can be used with a keyboard, including the menu, search, filters, citation tools and embedded content. Focus is always visible, and touch targets are comfortably large.
- Color and contrast. Text and controls are designed to meet AA contrast in both the light and the dark theme. The theme follows your device setting and you can change it with the theme button.
- Images and media. Content images have text alternatives. Decorative images are hidden from assistive technology. Embedded videos and 3D viewers have titles and load only when you ask, with a plain link as an alternative.
- Language. Text in languages other than English, such as French, Italian, German or Greek, is marked with the correct language so that screen readers pronounce it properly.
- Flexible layout. Pages reflow from wide monitors to narrow phone screens, work at 400% zoom (a 320-pixel-wide screen) without sideways scrolling, and honor the reduced-motion and forced-colors settings of your system.
- Privacy. The site sets no cookies and includes no analytics or advertising. The only thing it stores in your browser is your theme choice. Third-party content loads only after you choose to load it.
How we test
Every page is checked with the automated axe-core engine in the light theme at desktop width and in the dark theme at phone width. Automated tests also exercise the main tasks with a keyboard (skip link, menu, theme button, filters, search, citation tools and click-to-load embeds), check layout at 320 pixels wide, and check that pages work with JavaScript turned off. These checks find many, but not all, barriers, so manual testing with assistive technology is still welcome. A formal audit by an independent accessibility specialist has not been carried out yet.
Known limitations
- Interactive 3D tools. The Shape-from-Shading tool, the 3D viewers, and the pages in the legacy archive are graphical applications that may not be fully usable with a keyboard or a screen reader. Where possible we describe the results in text and images on the project pages.
- External websites. Publisher sites, Academia.edu, YouTube and other services we link to have their own accessibility, which we do not control.
- Archived material. The social media posts page reproduces public posts by other people. Their text is unchanged, and we added descriptions to the attached images.
- Older publications. Documents hosted by publishers or repositories, especially older ones, may not be fully accessible.
Feedback and support
If you find a barrier on this site, or need information in another format, please tell us. Describe the page and the problem and, if you can, the browser and assistive technology you use.
- Open an issue on GitHub.
- Write to: Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project, University of Florida, P.O. Box 115810, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
This statement was last reviewed on September 20, 2026.