Accessibility on this website
We would rather you could actually use this site than be told it passes something. Here is what's built in, where we know it falls short, and how to tell us when it's not working for you.
Last reviewed 20 August 2026. When we change how the site works, this page changes with it.
- What we aim at
- WCAG 2.2, level AAThe Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, the standard Australian government guidance points to.
- What we hold
- No audit, no certificationNobody independent has assessed this site. We're not going to claim a tick we haven't earned.
- If something is wrong
- 0427 581 864Or orders@bigfellasbowstrings.com, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
The site follows the settings you already have
There's no separate accessibility widget on this site. The settings on your phone, tablet or computer reach every page directly, so you set them once and they carry everywhere, not only here.
- Larger text
Use your browser's zoom (the aA menu in Safari on iPhone, Ctrl/Cmd and + on a computer) or the text-size setting in Chrome on Android. Headings, body copy, buttons and the order form all grow with it.
- Higher contrast
Windows' high-contrast display mode overrides this site's colours with your own, automatically. Text and links here are already built for strong contrast against their backgrounds.
- Less motion
Turn on "Reduce motion" and the movement on this site stops, including the string preview re-laying itself when you change a colour.
Two ways to pick every colour
The string builder on the order page is where an order is actually made, so it's the part we were most careful with. Every colour group is built twice over: a row of swatches you can tap, and a plain dropdown underneath holding the same choices.
The swatches
Round spool tops, one per colour, in the same order the form asks for them. Each one is a real button: tab to it, press Enter or the space bar, and it reports whether it's the one you have chosen. The name sits beside the colour, always.
Or pick from the list
Under every swatch row sits an ordinary dropdown. Those dropdowns are the form: they're what the order is built from and what gets submitted. With JavaScript off they list every colour we make across both bow types, so check the name against the chart for your bow; if a colour doesn't apply, the order comes straight back with a plain-words message rather than going through wrong.
Colour is never the only signal
Nothing on this site asks you to tell two colours apart to get it right. Every option is a written name, next to the dot, in the dropdown, and again in the order summary. A two colour name like Royal Blue & White is one choice in its own right, not two picks.
- Black
- Fluro Orange
- Royal Blue & White
Screen colours are a guide; the printed chart is the reference. Every name on those charts is written out as text beside the chart photo on the colours page.
The picture isn't the record
The drawn string that re-lays itself as you choose is decoration, and it's marked so a screen reader passes straight over it rather than reading out a row of empty shapes. The record is written underneath it, in words, under Check your order: the set, every colour, the bow, the total. That's what's saved, and the set, colours and total are emailed to you, before anything is paid for.
The five colour groups, in the order the form asks for them:
- String colour 1
- String colour 2, or one colour is fine
- Speed nocks, or none
- End serving
- Centre serving
What's built into every page
These are on before you touch anything, and they're the same on a phone, a tablet and a desktop.
- Reduced motion is honoured automatically. If your phone or computer is set to reduce motion, this site stops moving on its own.
- Skip to content. The first thing the keyboard reaches on every page is a link that jumps you past the menu.
- A visible focus outline. A thick orange ring shows where the keyboard is, on links, buttons, swatches and form fields alike.
- The menu opens from the keyboard. It's a real button that says whether it's open, not something that only answers a tap.
- Every photograph is described. Photos that carry meaning have a written description of what's in the frame; the shapes we draw for decoration are marked so they're skipped.
- Headings in order, one main area per page. So a screen reader can jump around the page instead of wading through it.
- Text sizes are relative. Your browser's own zoom and text size settings work everywhere on the site, without the layout falling apart.
- Form fields have visible labels. Required fields say the word required, rather than relying on a red star, and errors come back as words.
- Ordinary controls, not clever ones. Radios, dropdowns, text boxes and buttons your device already knows how to read out and fill in.
- Nothing takes off on its own. No video, no audio, no carousel, nothing on a timer. Sections rise gently into view as you scroll, the drawn string re-lays itself when you change a colour, and our mascot looses an arrow once on the order confirmation. All of it stops dead the moment reduced motion is on, and the mascot becomes a still picture.
Where we know it falls short
Same rule as the rest of the site: no claims we can't back. These are the gaps we already know about.
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Nobody independent has checked it
We build to WCAG 2.2 level AA and we test our own work, but we hold no audit and no certification, so treat this page as what we have done, not as a tick from someone else.
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The colour charts are photographs
They're photographs of Tim's printed colour charts, and no screen reader can read words out of a photo. That's why every colour you can order is also written out as text beside the chart photo on the colours page. If a name on a chart isn't in a list, ring us or mention it in the order form's message.
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The string preview shows, it doesn't tell
If you can't see the drawn string, you're not missing any information, but you do need the written spec instead of the picture. It sits directly under it, and it's the version that gets saved and sent to Tim.
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We haven't tried every combination
There are more screen readers, browsers and devices than a two person workshop can get through, and pages and photos keep getting added. If yours is having trouble, telling us is the quickest way it gets fixed.
Tell us if something isn't working
If any part of this site is hard to use, we want to hear about it. It's a small business, so it comes straight to Tim or Jordan and gets looked at rather than logged.
Ring during business hours, send an email, or use the form. Whichever suits you.
What to tell us
None of this is required. A line saying the order page won't work on my phone is enough to get started.
- The page you were on, or its address.
- The phone or computer, and which browser.
- Whether you were using a screen reader, magnifier or voice control, and which one.
- What you were trying to do.
- What happened instead.
If it's an order you're stuck on, say so and ring as well. We would rather sort the order out with you first and fix the website after.