Built to WCAG 2.2 AA, and tested against it.

What this site does

• Every text and background pair is checked against the WCAG contrast ratios, on every surface the colour actually lands on and not just the page background. The violet is used as text only on the two lightest surfaces, where it passes. The light violet is never used as text on a light ground.
• Every page has one main heading and an unbroken heading order, with named landmarks and a skip link to the content.
• Every diagram is an inline vector drawing with a written description for screen readers, not a photograph with a caption. The moving parts of the site, the strips of systems, the orbit of systems on the Agent Models page and the fourteen-step ladder, are plain text and CSS: a screen reader gets the words, and all of it stops under the reduced motion setting on your device.
• Everything works with the keyboard, including the department switchboard on Agent Models and the contact form, with a visible focus mark at every stop.
• Everything works with JavaScript switched off. Nothing is hidden behind it.
• Text can be resized to 200 per cent and the pages reflow to a 320 pixel wide screen without sideways scrolling, apart from wide diagrams and the price table, which scroll inside their own box.
• Motion is the radar mark in the logo, the moving strips of systems, the orbit, a one-time dim on the ladder and short fades on first view. All of it stops under the reduced motion setting on your device. The short film at the top of The Wire has its own play and pause controls, is replaced by a still under reduced motion, and is not loaded at all on a phone.
• The cookie banner sits at the foot of the screen, does not block the page or take your focus, works from the keyboard with Accept and Reject given the same weight, and does not return once you have chosen.
• Tested on 15 September 2026, The Wire’s pages on the same day, in Chrome at 320, 360, 390, 768, 1024, 1280 and 1440 pixels, with JavaScript on and off, with reduced motion on, and in print, using axe-core, Lighthouse, a keyboard walk of every page tested and a measured contrast check of every text colour against the surface it actually sits on. The pages tested were the home page, Pricing, Contact, About, Agent Models, Terms, Privacy, Cookies, this statement, the brand page, the six automation pages for the shared inbox, lead routing, invoice chasing, customer enquiries, quotes and proposals and month-end reporting, and on The Wire the index, an essay, two briefings and two weekly sheets. The cookie banner was walked by keyboard at 360 and 1280 pixels, and the film at the top of The Wire was checked for its controls and for the still that replaces it.

What we know is not perfect

Wide diagrams scroll sideways on small phones rather than redrawing, so some labels are small at the narrowest sizes. The written description of each diagram is available to screen readers; two of the four carry a caption as well.

A message that contains the text of a script tag is refused by our email provider. The form tells you what to take out, and you can email us instead.

This site has not yet been tested with a screen reader. It has been built for one, and checked by keyboard, by automated checker and by inspection of the markup a screen reader reads.

The switch drawn on the Brake card in the oversight section is decoration. Its knob is low contrast against its track, which is why the card carries a heavier border and the word Brake, and why screen readers are not told about the switch at all.

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