Teachers are not a uniform group of people, and neither are the devices and assistive technologies they work with. This page says plainly what works today, what does not yet, and how to tell us when we have got in your way.
An honest statement, not a badge
My Teachers Toolbox has not yet had an independent accessibility audit, so we do not claim conformance to WCAG 2.1 AA. We would rather tell you that than display a badge we have not earned. Below is what we have actually built and what we know is still missing.
What Is in Place Today
These are things we have deliberately built and can point to:
- Semantic structure. Pages use real landmarks — header, navigation, main, footer — and headings in a meaningful order, so screen readers and reader modes can navigate the page structure.
- Labelled controls. Buttons, menus and icon-only controls carry accessible names rather than relying on a visual symbol alone.
- Visible keyboard focus. Interactive elements show a clear focus ring when reached by keyboard, so you can see where you are without a mouse.
- Expandable controls announce their state. Menus and accordions report whether they are open or closed.
- Decorative elements are hidden from assistive tech. Background glows, ornamental icons and similar are marked so they are not read aloud as meaningless noise.
- Text you can resize. Layouts use relative units and reflow rather than breaking when you zoom.
- Some reduced-motion support. Where you have asked your operating system to reduce motion, our scrolling ticker stops animating and the demo respects the setting.
Gaps We Know About
Listing these is the point of the page. If one of them is the thing standing between you and using the product, we want to hear it — it moves up the queue.
- Reduced motion is not honoured everywhere. Several marketing pages use entrance and scroll animations that currently play regardless of your system setting. This is the gap we consider most pressing.
- Colour contrast has not been systematically verified. We have not measured every text and background combination against the 4.5:1 standard. Some lighter secondary text very likely falls short.
- No end-to-end screen reader testing. We have built with assistive technology in mind, but we have not sat down and worked through every flow in the product with NVDA, JAWS or VoiceOver. Until we have, we cannot promise those flows are clean.
- No independent audit. Everything above is our own assessment of our own work, which is exactly the kind of assessment worth being sceptical of.
Report a Barrier
If something here stopped you — a control you could not reach with a keyboard, text you could not read, a screen reader announcing nonsense — please email support@myteacherstoolbox.com with “Accessibility” in the subject.
Anything you can tell us helps, but the most useful details are:
- What page or tool you were using
- What you were trying to do
- Your browser, and any assistive technology you use
We aim to reply within two business days, and we will tell you honestly whether a fix is quick or whether it is going to take a while.
If You Need Something Now
If a barrier is blocking work you need to do today, say so in the email. We are a very small team, which is slow for some things and fast for others — we can often get the material you need to you directly while the underlying fix is still in progress.
How This Page Changes
When we close one of the gaps above, we move it from that list to the list of what is in place, and update the date at the top. If this page ever claims conformance, it will be because an independent audit said so and we will name the auditor.