Accessibility statement

Last updated: 22 August 2026  ·  Applies to: counter-word.com

Conformance status

This site aims to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Based on our own testing we believe it conforms, with the limitations listed further down.

This is a self-assessment. It has not been audited by an independent third party, and we would rather say so plainly than imply a certification we do not hold.

What has been done

• Keyboard. Everything is reachable and operable by keyboard alone. A skip link is the first focusable element on every page, focus is always visible, and no component traps focus.
• Contrast. Every text and background pairing was measured rather than judged by eye. The lowest ratio anywhere on the site is 4.91:1, against the 4.5:1 the standard requires for body text.
• Colour independence. Nothing relies on colour alone. Where a character limit is exceeded, the meter changes colour and the wording changes from characters remaining to characters over.
• Structure. One h1 per page, headings in order with no skipped levels, and proper landmark elements so a screen reader can move between regions.
• Form labelling. Every text area and control has an associated label, and the live results sit in a region a screen reader can find and re-read on demand.
• Motion. Animation is limited to a brief transition on changing digits, and is switched off entirely for anyone whose system requests reduced motion.
• Zoom and reflow. The layout reflows to a single column and stays usable at 400 per cent zoom and on narrow screens, without horizontal scrolling.
• Text. Body text is set at a comfortable size with generous line height, and can be resized by the browser without the layout breaking.

Known limitations

We would rather list these than let you discover them.

• Live counting is not announced on every keystroke. Counts update as you type, but a value that re-announced on every character would make a screen reader unusable. Tab to the results region to have the current figures read out.
• A few reference tables scroll sideways on very narrow screens. The information is complete and reachable, but it requires horizontal movement within the table.
• The embeddable widget is keyboard accessible and properly labelled in itself, but how it behaves in context depends on the page someone else has placed it on, which we do not control.

How this was tested

Automated measurement of every colour pairing on the site; automated checks for heading order, landmark structure, form labelling, empty links and buttons across all pages at three viewport widths; and manual keyboard traversal including the skip link. Testing used current Chromium-based browsers.

What has not been done: testing with screen reader software such as NVDA, JAWS or VoiceOver, or with voice control and switch access. The markup is built to standards that those tools rely on, but standards conformance and real-world usability are not the same thing, and we have not verified the second.

Telling us about a problem

If something here is not accessible to you, please write to contact@counter-word.com. Tell us the page and what happened, and include your browser and any assistive technology if you can. We aim to reply within five working days and to fix confirmed problems in the next update.

If our response does not resolve it, you can escalate to the body that enforces accessibility law where you live: in the UK the Equality and Human Rights Commission, in the EU the national enforcement body designated under the European Accessibility Act, and in the United States the Department of Justice under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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