We want everyone to be able to use brimeo.org, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, screen magnification, captions or reduced motion. This statement covers the website. If something gets in your way, please tell us and we'll fix it or get you the information another way.
1. Our standard
We build brimeo.org to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. That's the standard Colorado's digital accessibility law (HB 21-1110) and the rules of the Colorado Office of Information Technology set for state agencies and public institutions, including the universities we work with, and the standard the U.S. Department of Justice adopted for state and local governments under the ADA. We also work toward the newer WCAG 2.2 Level AA.
2. What we've done
Contrast. Text meets the AA contrast ratio (4.5:1, or 3:1 for large text). We measure it against what's actually behind the text, such as the sky, photos and video, not just the nominal colors. Moving clouds fade out as they pass behind text.
Keyboard. Every link, button, tab and question on the site works with a keyboard, with a visible focus outline. A "Skip to content" link comes first on every page, and the top navigation stays on screen while it has keyboard focus.
Motion. "Pause motion" in the site footer stops the animations, the moving clouds and the looping demo videos, and the site remembers your choice. If your device is set to reduce motion, animations are switched off automatically.
Sound. Nothing plays sound until you turn sound on. The professors' spoken introductions are shown on screen as text while they play.
Images and video. Meaningful images have text alternatives. Purely decorative ones, and the repeated copies in scrolling rows, are hidden from screen readers. The demo videos have no speech, and the text around them describes what they show.
Structure. Each page sets its language, uses headings in order and has landmark regions. The FAQ uses standard expandable sections and keyboard-operable tabs.
Zoom and small screens. Pages reflow to a 320-pixel-wide screen without sideways scrolling, and text can be zoomed to 200%.
3. Known limitations
Booking calendar. The calendar on the home and universities pages is provided by Calendly, and its accessibility is Calendly's responsibility. If you can't use it, email [email protected] and we'll find a time with you by email.
Whiteboard demo. The animated whiteboard draws a worked example in handwriting, stroke by stroke. Screen readers announce the whole worked example as text instead, but someone reading the screen by eye has to follow the handwriting.
Independent audit. Our checks so far are our own (see How we test). We haven't yet had an independent accessibility audit of the website.
4. Brimeo in your courses
Brimeo's AI office hours, the product universities use, has its own accessibility work. In a session, students can turn on live captions of what the professor says. Universities reviewing Brimeo can ask us for accessibility information about the product as part of their review, and we'll work with your disability services office on any accommodation a student needs.
If you're a student and Brimeo isn't working for you in a course, you can also contact your university's disability services or accessibility office.
5. How we test
We last reviewed the website on October 16, 2026, using automated testing with axe-core against WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 Level A and AA; color-contrast measurement against the rendered page at phone and desktop sizes; and manual checks with a keyboard and at a 320-pixel width. We re-check when we make significant changes to the site.
6. Report a barrier
If you find something on brimeo.org you can't use, or you need information from the site in another format, email [email protected] with "Accessibility" in the subject. Tell us the page and what happened, if you can. We aim to reply within five business days.