Accessibility Statement

This is an accessibility statement from Scholarly Software Inc.

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: https://scholarlysoftware.com/accessibility.

Evaluation report

An evaluation statement for Scholarly Platform is available at: https://app.scholarlysoftware.com/scholarly-vpat.pdf.

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.