Accessibility Statement

Summary

Scholarly Software, Inc. is committed to making its Scholarly Platform accessible to all users, including those with disabilities, by aligning with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. While the platform is largely conformant, the team is actively working to improve color contrast ratios to fully meet Level AA standards. Accessibility is embedded in the company’s policies, staff training, and quality assurance processes, and Scholarly welcomes feedback from users to further enhance accessibility. Formal self-evaluations are conducted, and detailed accessibility statements and evaluation reports are publicly available for transparency. Scholarly emphasizes timely responses to accessibility feedback and invites users to reach out with any concerns.

Questions and Answers

• What is Scholarly Software’s current accessibility conformance status?

  • Scholarly Platform is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, with ongoing improvements to color contrast to achieve full compliance (source).

• How does Scholarly Software ensure accessibility?

  • Accessibility is integrated into internal policies, staff receive continual training, and formal quality assurance methods are employed.

• What should users do if they encounter accessibility barriers?

  • Users are encouraged to email accessibility@scholarlysoftware.com; Scholarly aims to respond within 2 business days.

• Is there public documentation of Scholarly’s accessibility efforts?

  • Yes, both an accessibility statement and a detailed evaluation report (VPAT) are available online: Accessibility Statement, VPAT Evaluation.

• Which technologies support Scholarly Platform’s accessibility?

  • The platform relies on HTML, WAI-ARIA, CSS, and JavaScript to ensure compatibility with modern browsers and assistive technologies.

“Our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance. We have achieved this across all controls except for Color Contrast criteria (1.4.1 Use of Color). We are currently working on improving our average contrast ratio from 3:1 to 4.5:1 as required by WCAG 2.1 Level AA.”

For more information or to provide feedback, visit Scholarly’s Accessibility Page or email accessibility@scholarlysoftware.com.

Measures to support accessibility

Scholarly Software Inc takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Scholarly Platform:

• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
• Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Scholarly Platform is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional accessibility considerations

Our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance. We have achieved this across all controls except for Color Contrast criteria (1.4.1 Use of Color). We are currently working on improving our average contrast ratio from 3:1 to 4.5:1 as required by WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Scholarly Platform. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Scholarly Platform:

• E-mail: accessibility@scholarlysoftware.com
• Visitor Address: 600 1st Ave, Suite 404, Seattle, WA 98104
• Postal Address: 600 1st Ave, Suite 404, Seattle, WA 98104

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Scholarly Platform is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

• all modern web browsers, with assistive technologies such as Apple VoiceOver, etc.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Scholarly Platform relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment approach

Scholarly Software Inc assessed the accessibility of Scholarly Platform by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for Scholarly Platform is available at: Accessibility.

Formal complaints

Any complaints should be emailed to accessibility@scholarlysoftware.com.

Date

This statement was created on 4 June 2025 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.