Last updated: August 20, 2026
Many people arrive at this site while unwell, exhausted, or dealing with a disability — sometimes the disability the article itself is about. Accessibility is not a formality here. It is a basic condition of the site being useful at all.
Our commitment
We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, and to make the site usable with assistive technology including screen readers, screen magnification, voice control, and keyboard-only navigation.
Measures we take
- Semantic structure. Articles use a single page heading followed by properly nested subheadings, so screen-reader users can navigate by heading rather than reading linearly.
- Text alternatives. Images carry descriptive alternative text. We do not put essential information in images alone.
- Readable language. We write at roughly an eighth- to ninth-grade reading level, define every acronym on first use, and avoid jargon where a plain word will do.
- Meaningful links. Link text describes its destination rather than saying “click here”.
- Real tables. Comparison tables use proper table markup with header cells, not layout tricks.
- Keyboard access. Content and navigation are reachable without a mouse.
- Contrast and resizing. We aim for sufficient colour contrast and for text that reflows when enlarged up to 200% without loss of content.
- Responsive layout. Pages adapt to phones, tablets, and desktops, and to the reader’s own zoom or font settings.
- No disruptive patterns. No auto-playing audio or video, no flashing content, no interstitial pop-ups blocking an article, and no countdown timers.
Known limitations
We want to be honest rather than to claim perfection:
- Third-party advertising. Advertisements are served by external systems whose markup and behaviour we do not control, and individual ads may not meet the same standards as the rest of the page. We can adjust placement and report problem ads, but we cannot rewrite an advertiser’s creative.
- Linked government sites. We link extensively to official sources. Their accessibility is outside our control.
- Wide tables. Some comparison tables carry a lot of data and may require horizontal scrolling on very small screens. Tell us if a particular table is unusable and we will restructure it.
Tell us about a problem
If any part of this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, please email support@guide.upcomingscreen.com. Helpful details: the page address, what you were trying to do, what happened, and the browser and assistive technology you were using. Reports of this kind are treated as a priority, and we will work with you to get the information to you in a usable form in the meantime.
If you need an article in a different format, ask and we will do our best to provide one.
Ongoing work
Accessibility is not a one-time task. We review it as the site changes, and reader reports are the most valuable input we get.