Accessibility
Usable by as many people as possible.
Storied Rugs is committed to making storiedrugs.com usable by as many people as possible, including visitors who browse with screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification, or other assistive technology.
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, partially met
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities.
We describe our conformance as partial. Parts of this site have been built and tested against Level AA; other parts have not yet been fully assessed, and some content is supplied by third-party services we do not control. We are working through the site progressively rather than claiming a finish line we have not reached.
Six things that are in place today
- Text and background colors are chosen for contrast against our dark and light backgrounds.
- Navigation, filters and forms can be operated with a keyboard alone, with a visible focus indicator on every interactive element.
- Rug photography carries descriptive alternative text, so the pattern, palette and condition of a piece are conveyed to screen reader users rather than just its title.
- Headings are structured in order, so assistive technology can navigate a page by its outline.
- Motion and transitions are reduced automatically for visitors whose device requests it.
- Form fields carry visible, programmatically associated labels.
Where we fall short today
We would rather list these than let you discover them.
- Some third-party content, including embedded reviews, payment interfaces and analytics widgets, is rendered by outside providers whose accessibility we can influence but not guarantee.
- Older journal posts may contain images without complete alternative text. We are working backwards through the archive.
- Some detailed rug specification tables may be difficult to follow on very small screens with magnification enabled.
If the site is a barrier, skip the site
We will walk you through any rug directly.
Every rug we sell is one of a kind, and no page can fully substitute for a conversation. Measurements, condition, how the color reads in daylight, anything you need. We can complete a purchase for you by email, step by step, with a person answering as you go. You will not get a worse price or a smaller selection by buying this way.
Talk to a personFeedback is the fastest way this page gets shorter
If you hit a barrier on storiedrugs.com, please tell us what page you were on, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology you were using if you'd like to share it. We aim to respond within two business days, and to tell you honestly whether a fix is quick, slow, or outside our control.