Last updated: 2026-10-21.
The Outage Brief is a small, independent site, and we want everyone to be able to use it — including readers who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, or other assistive technology.
Our commitment
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, the standard used under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Accessibility is part of how this site is built and maintained, not an add-on.
What we do
- Real text, not pictures of text. Our guides, product data, and sizing tables are published as structured text that assistive technology can read and navigate.
- Descriptive headings and landmarks. Pages use a single top-level heading, ordered subheadings, and standard header, navigation, main, and footer regions, with a “skip to content” link for keyboard and screen-reader users.
- Alt text. Every image on the site carries alternative text (or is marked decorative where it adds no information).
- Readable contrast. Our color palette is checked against WCAG contrast ratios; body text and links exceed the AA minimum of 4.5:1.
- Data tables with headers. Product specifications are published in tables with proper header cells so screen readers can associate values with their labels.
- No barriers by design. No autoplaying media, no timed content, and no forms on this site other than links out to our newsletter signup.
Known limitations
Some content is provided by third parties and sits outside our control — for example, the newsletter signup page (hosted by beehiiv) and the retailer and manufacturer sites our product links lead to. Those services maintain their own accessibility. Product specifications originate with manufacturers; where a manufacturer’s material is inaccessible, we work to present the key facts in our own accessible format on this site.
Tell us about a barrier
If you run into anything on theoutagebrief.com that is hard to use with assistive technology — or hard to use at all — please tell us so we can fix it. Reply to any newsletter issue, or message us through our Facebook or Instagram pages (@theoutagebrief). Describe the page and the problem you hit, and we’ll respond promptly and prioritize a fix.
Review
We re-check accessibility when the site’s design or structure changes, and we treat reported barriers as defects, not feedback.
