Accessibility is part of how we build The Name Foundry, not an afterthought. We aim to meet the WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.
What we do
- Keyboard friendly. Menus, generators and controls work without a mouse.
- Readable contrast. Text and controls are designed to meet contrast targets against our dark theme.
- Respects reduced motion. If your device requests reduced motion, we turn off non-essential animations.
- Semantic, labelled markup. Headings, landmarks and ARIA labels help screen readers navigate.
- No time pressure. Nothing expires or moves while you read.
The standard we aim for
Our target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA, the benchmark most widely used for public websites. That covers four broad principles: that content is perceivable (you can take it in, whatever your senses), operable (you can use it, however you navigate), understandable (it behaves predictably) and robust (it works with a range of browsers and assistive tools). We build against those principles rather than treating accessibility as a checklist bolted on at the end.
How we build and check
Every page is plain, semantic HTML first, so a screen reader or a keyboard has a sensible structure to work with before any styling or scripting is applied. The generators are ordinary buttons, links and form controls, labelled and reachable by keyboard, rather than custom widgets that fight assistive technology. We check new pages with keyboard-only navigation, test colour contrast against our dark theme, and honour your operating system's reduced-motion setting. Saved names and preferences are simple, predictable controls with clear labels, and nothing on the site moves, refreshes or expires while you are reading it.
Known limitations
We’re a young, growing site, so some areas may not be perfect yet, and as we add new generators there is always more to check. Accessibility is an ongoing commitment rather than a finished state. If something is hard to use with assistive technology, we treat it as a bug to fix, not a nice-to-have.
Tell us
Email hello@thenamefoundry.com or use the contact page with the page and the problem, and we’ll do our best to put it right.