Working draft, v0.1. An honest statement of where the site is on accessibility and where it’s still moving. If something on this site keeps you out, please tell me; the email below is the fastest way to reach me.
The target.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. That is the bar this site is built against and the bar it will be re-audited against on every significant content change.
What works today.
- Skip-to-content link as the first focusable element on every page.
- One
<h1>per page;<h2>–<h4>in logical order. - Visible focus rings on every interactive element. Keyboard-only navigation works end-to-end: nav, drawer, modal, form, footer links.
- Alt text on every image that carries meaning. Decorative images carry empty
alt=""so screen readers skip them. - Color contrast meets AA against the Cream and Bay Teal backgrounds in the brand system.
- The submit-a-contract modal traps focus, closes on Escape, and returns focus to the trigger when it closes.
- The mobile drawer traps focus, closes on Escape and on outside tap, and locks page scroll while open.
- All animations honor
prefers-reduced-motion: reduce. The hero marquee, the closing-day landing animation, and the drawer slide-in all drop to static or fade-only states. - Form fields have
<label>elements wired byfor, required fields are marked witharia-required, and the submit button stays disabled until validation passes.
Known gaps, being fixed.
- Some testimonial avatars on the home page are sourced from Google and Zillow public reviews; alt text on those will be refined to include the role explicitly (“Eileen Bedinghaus, real estate agent”) rather than name-only.
- A formal screen-reader pass on NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver is on the launch checklist and has not yet been completed.
- The Florida statute citation pattern (subtle Bay-Teal-on-Cream tint) clears AA against the body text, but I’m testing higher-contrast underlines on the next pass.
Report a barrier.
If something on this site doesn’t work for you, please tell me what it was and how you were trying to use the site. I’ll respond within two business days.
- Email: julestransactions@gmail.com
- Phone or text: 407-432-2961
Testing cadence.
The site is re-audited against WCAG 2.1 AA on every significant content change, at minimum twice a year on the same cadence as the Florida TC Standard rebase.