USA Sky PDF

Accessibility Statement

Last updated: 29 May 2026

USA Sky PDF aims to be usable by everyone, including people who rely on keyboard navigation, screen readers, or high- contrast settings. We are not fully there yet — this page describes what works today and what we are still improving.

Target standard

Our target is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. This covers things like sufficient colour contrast, keyboard navigability, descriptive labels for interactive controls, and text that can be resized without breaking the layout.

What works today

  • Keyboard navigation — the homepage, the public navigation, tool cards, the drop zone, the search box, and all eight legal pages can be operated entirely from the keyboard.
  • Screen-reader support on static surfaces — homepage, How-To guides, footer links, and legal pages use semantic HTML (<main>, <nav>, <article>, headings in proper order, descriptive link text).
  • Colour contrast — body text is checked against the WCAG AA threshold (4.5:1 minimum, 3:1 for large text and UI components).
  • Resizable text — all public pages stay usable when zoomed to 200%.
  • Focus indicators — interactive elements show a visible focus ring; we do not hide outlines.
  • Alt text — tool icons and informative images have descriptive alternative text. Decorative SVGs use aria-hidden="true".
  • Reduced motion — we do not use parallax, autoplay video, or other heavy motion effects; the small hover lifts on tool cards are short and never strobing.

Known gaps (being worked on)

We are honest about the parts that are not yet at AA:

  • The PDF editor canvas — the main editing surface at /edit is currently mouse- and touch-first. Most editing actions (placing a text layer, drawing a shape, dragging a signature) are difficult to perform with a keyboard alone. This is a known gap shared by every in-browser PDF editor on the market. We are designing keyboard-first alternatives but they are not shipped yet.
  • Some modal dialogs — a few of the editor’s modal dialogs (font replacement, undo-changes panel) do not trap focus correctly when opened. Tabbing past the last element escapes the dialog.
  • Progress announcements — long-running tasks (OCR, large conversions) update visually but do not yet emit aria-live announcements that screen readers can pick up.
  • Mobile — viewports under 480 px see a “use a desktop browser” intercept. We have not yet built a fully accessible mobile editor.

How we test

We use a mix of automated tooling (axe-core on the homepage and legal pages during the build) and manual testing with VoiceOver (macOS Safari) and NVDA (Windows Firefox/Chrome). Automated tools catch maybe 30% of real issues — the remainder require manual review, which is slower and ongoing.

Frameworks we acknowledge

  • United States: ADA Title III (effective immediately for places of public accommodation) and Section 508 (federal procurement standard).
  • European Union: European Accessibility Act (EAA), which became enforceable on 28 June 2025 for products and services placed on the EU market.
  • United Kingdom: Equality Act 2010.
  • Canada: Accessible Canada Act (ACA).
  • Australia: Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

This page is the “accessibility statement” those frameworks expect. If we fall short of the obligations they impose in your country, please email us — we want to know.

Report an issue or request an alternative

If a feature is unusable for you, or if you need information we present visually in a different format (large print, plain-text email, audio), email support@usapdfsky.com with the subject line “Accessibility request”. We aim to respond within 5 business days. We do not require you to disclose a diagnosis or medical information — describe the barrier and what would help.

Roadmap

Accessibility improvements are tracked on our internal roadmap. Priority over the next two release cycles:

  1. Keyboard-driven placement and editing of text layers in the canvas.
  2. aria-live announcements for OCR and conversion progress.
  3. Focus-trap fixes for the remaining modal dialogs.
  4. A keyboard-accessible variant of the page-organiser drag-and-drop.

Thank you for reading. We would rather you tell us what is broken than work around it silently.