UtilForge.org is a digital inclusion organisation offering free cybersecurity and online safety tools and guides. Disabled people experience more fraud in every country that measures it, so accessibility sits at the centre of how each check is built, tested and explained.
What each check is built to do
- Plain language. Every result says what was found and what to do next, in short sentences.
- Larger text. The A+ Larger text button at the top of UtilForge guide pages enlarges the whole page.
- Keyboard use. The checks are built to be used with the Tab and Enter keys, without a mouse or touch screen.
- Results that are read aloud. Message checks such as Is This a Scam Text announce their result to screen readers as soon as it appears.
- No time limits, no accounts and no puzzles. Nothing asks you to prove you are human, sign in or finish within a set time.
- Works offline. Once a page has loaded, the check keeps working with the internet off, so a weak or costly connection does not stop it.
- Large-print handouts. Each creator lab includes a large-print handout to print or share, and the free book How to Become Safer Online is in large print.
- Captions. Every demo clip for creators comes with a timed caption file.
How the checks were tested on 26 October 2026
- Automated testing against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, level AA, using the axe-core 4.10.2 testing engine, on the homepage, the creators page and all 52 tool pages. Eleven file tools had an unlabelled file button and a control placed inside another control, and the image converter had a hidden file button that failed the contrast test. All were fixed the same day, and every page was tested again.
- One known exception by design: the Contrast Checker opens with grey text (#777777) on white, which falls just short of the 4.5 to 1 minimum, to show what a failing pair looks like. Its own controls and text pass.
- Keyboard-only testing of Is This a Scam Text and Delivery Text Check: each was reached, filled in and run with the Tab and Enter keys, and each announced its warning through a live region that screen readers read out.
What comes next
- Testing with people who use screen readers, magnifiers, switch access and voice control, with disability organisations, and publishing what they find.
- Easy-read versions of the most-used checks and guides, written with people with learning disabilities.
- Captions and transcripts on every UtilForge video.
Tell UtilForge about a barrier
If any page, check or document is hard to use with the way you use a phone or computer, write to support@utilforge.org with the page address and what happened. Every report is read, and fixes are listed on this page.