OTO ANTHRO HOME EAR CARE DEPARTMENT
CATALOG No. 1 · FIRST EDITION
DEPT. E — EVERY READER
the catalog should be readable by everybody who wants to read it
FORM E–1
A NOTE ON ACCESS
Everybody Gets to Read It.
This catalog is set in an old typeface and printed in old colors, but it is meant to work on modern equipment — including the equipment people use when their eyes, ears or hands need the help. Below is a plain account of what the Department has done, what it has not done yet, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
WHAT IS IN PLACE
Standing provisions.
I · READABLE TYPE
Body text runs at 15–17px with generous line spacing, and dark ink on cream rather than grey on white. Text scales when you enlarge the page in your browser; nothing is baked into a picture that you would need to squint at.
II · KEYBOARD AND SCREEN READERS
Every page is ordinary web text, not an image of a page. Links and buttons are real links and buttons, reachable in order with the Tab key, and they show a visible outline when the keyboard reaches them. Enter or the space bar works them; the Escape key shuts any panel that has opened over the page. Photographs carry written descriptions.
III · THE TELEPHONE-SIZED EDITION
A separate layout is drawn for narrow screens, with full-width tap targets rather than shrunk-down desktop controls. Most of our readers arrive on a phone and the catalog is built for that first.
IV · PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS
Directions for every preparation are printed in words on the product page as well as on the package, so nobody has to read a folded insert through a magnifying glass.
V · CONTRAST AND MOTION
Ink and paper are checked against the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast standard at both the desk size and the telephone size. The sections that fade in as you scroll hold still instead if your machine is set to reduce motion.
WHAT IS NOT DONE YET
Honest gaps.
The Department would rather admit these than claim a clean sheet. The catalog has not been tested end to end with every screen reader and magnifier on the market — the checking so far has been our own. A handful of archive photographs carry short descriptions where they deserve longer ones. Purely decorative rules and ornaments are marked to be passed over rather than described, which is the correct practice but does mean a screen reader tells you nothing about them. And the moving pictures are hosted on YouTube, whose captions are not ours to guarantee. These are on the bench, not forgotten.
FORM E–2 · REPORT A BARRIER
Something in your way?
Write to Dept. C and say which page and what happened — a sentence is plenty. Or write straight to support@otoanthro.com. Access complaints go to the front of the queue, and if you cannot use the letter box itself, that is the most useful thing you could possibly tell us. This note was last reviewed in September 2026.
WRITE TO DEPT. C →
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DEPT. E — EVERY READER
readable by everybody
A NOTE ON ACCESS
Everybody Gets to Read It.
Old typeface, old colors, modern equipment — including the equipment people use when their eyes, ears or hands need the help. Here is what is in place, what is not, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
WHAT IS IN PLACE
Standing provisions.
I · READABLE TYPE
Dark ink on cream, generous spacing, and text that scales when you enlarge the page. Nothing you need is baked into a picture.
II · KEYBOARD AND SCREEN READERS
Real text, real links, real buttons — reachable in order with the Tab key, outlined when the keyboard reaches them, closed with Escape. Photographs carry written descriptions.
III · THE TELEPHONE-SIZED EDITION
This layout is drawn for narrow screens, with full-width tap targets rather than a shrunk-down desktop page.
IV · PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS
Directions are printed in words on every product page, so nobody has to read a folded insert through a magnifying glass.
V · CONTRAST AND MOTION
Ink and paper are checked against the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast standard. Sections that fade in as you scroll hold still if your phone is set to reduce motion.
WHAT IS NOT DONE YET
Honest gaps.
The catalog has not been tested end to end with every screen reader and magnifier on the market — the checking so far has been our own. A handful of archive photographs carry short descriptions where they deserve longer ones. Decorative rules and ornaments are marked to be passed over rather than described — correct practice, but it does mean a screen reader tells you nothing about them. And the moving pictures are hosted on YouTube, whose captions are not ours to guarantee. On the bench, not forgotten.
FORM E–2 · REPORT A BARRIER
Something in your way?
Say which page and what happened — a sentence is plenty. Or write straight to support@otoanthro.com. Access complaints go to the front of the queue. Last reviewed September 2026.
WRITE TO DEPT. C →
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