Accessibility | Trovemont

In short

Trovemont aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA.

We are not there everywhere yet. No outside audit has taken place, and we do not claim that the site conforms.

Today you will find keyboard navigation, text alternatives for images, measured text contrast, light and dark themes, pause buttons on what moves by itself, and respect for your device's reduce-motion setting.

We list the problems we know about in section 4.

If something gets in your way, write to contact@trovemont.com. We will help you get the same information another way.

1. What this statement covers

This statement covers the Trovemont website at trovemont.com, published by Star Dream LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. It covers the pages Trovemont publishes: store guides, deals, store and category listings, search and the site's information pages.

It does not cover the websites of the stores we link to (see section 4).

2. Our target: WCAG 2.2, level AA

Our reference is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We aim for level AA, which includes every level A requirement. The guidelines are public: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/.

This is a goal, not a certification. No outside accessibility specialist has audited Trovemont. Nothing on this page claims that the site conforms to WCAG 2.2 or to any other standard. We do not use an accessibility overlay or widget: what this page describes is built into the site's own code.

3. What is in place today

This section describes the site as it is built today. It is based on a review of the site's code, not on testing by people who use assistive technology.

3.1 Keyboard

A "Skip to content" link is the first thing the Tab key reaches on our pages. It jumps past the header and menus to the main content. When you open the search page without a search, the cursor starts in the search field instead, so you can type at once.
Links and buttons show a clear outline when you reach them with the keyboard. On store and guide cards, the outline goes around the whole card. On search fields and on the contact form, the field's border or underline lights up instead.
On small screens, the menu button tells screen readers whether the menu is open. The Escape key closes the menu and puts you back on the button. While the menu is open, the main content and the footer behind it are out of the Tab order and hidden from screen readers; the header stays available.
In guides, images that can be enlarged are reachable with the Tab key and open with Enter or Space. In the image viewer, the arrow keys move between images and the Tab key stays inside the viewer. Escape closes it and returns you to the image you opened.
The three rows that move by themselves on the home page (the top offer, the featured offers and the categories) each have pause (or play), previous and next buttons. The top offer also holds while the keyboard focus is on it.
When you click or tap "Get code", the code is copied, a message says so, and after two seconds the store opens in the same tab. "Stay here" and the Escape key cancel. When you use "Get code" with the keyboard, nothing happens by itself: the focus moves to a "Go now" button, and you decide when to continue.
"Cookie settings," at the bottom of every page, opens a dialog that you can use with the keyboard alone. Its Google Analytics setting is a switch that screen readers announce as on or off, and Escape closes the dialog.
In the main menu and in the breadcrumb trail, screen readers are told which page you are on.
When you follow a link to a heading, the heading appears below the sticky header, not hidden under it.

3.2 Images and icons

Images that carry information have a text description (alternative text). A product photograph is described by the store's own description of it when the store gives one, and otherwise by the product's name.
Decorative images, such as background textures, have an empty description, so screen readers skip them.
A picture placed beside a section of a guide is shown only when it has a text description.
In our guides, when one of our AI virtual models appears in an image, a visible line of text under that image says so. It is not left to the text description alone.
Some buttons show only an icon: the theme switch, the menu, search, the image viewer and the controls of the moving rows. Each has a text name that screen readers announce. The icons themselves are hidden from screen readers.
When you copy a promo code, screen readers announce that it was copied. The code always stays on the page as plain text, so you can also copy it by hand.

3.3 Color and contrast

We measured the text colors of both themes with the WCAG contrast formula. Against the page, card and band backgrounds of each theme, they reach at least 5:1. That covers body text, secondary text, labels, the accent color and status colors, in the pages, the header and the footer. Level AA asks for 4.5:1 for normal-size text.
Body text measures 18.1:1 in the dark theme and 16.6:1 in the light theme.
The keyboard focus outline measures at least 6:1 against those backgrounds. Level AA asks for 3:1 for the visual parts of controls.
Where text sits over one of our images, a darkening veil, a fade of the image or a text shadow keeps the text readable. We have not measured every combination of text and image.
An offer's status is written out in words, for example "Not yet verified" or "Expired." It never depends on color alone.

3.4 Light and dark themes

Trovemont has a dark theme and a light theme. A switch in the header, and in the menu on small screens, moves from one to the other. Its label says what it will do, for example "Switch to light theme."
Your choice is remembered on your device. It is stored in your browser and never sent to us (see our Privacy Policy).
Each theme has its own color values. For example, the lime accent of the dark theme becomes a dark green in the light theme, so it stays readable on a light background.

3.5 Motion

Your device may have a "reduce motion" accessibility setting, which browsers pass on to websites. When it is on, Trovemont:

turns animations and transitions into instant changes;
does not move the three rows on the home page by itself (you can still start each one with its play button);
turns off the tilt of the offer ticket, the animations between pages and the light that travels around guide covers;
stops smooth scrolling.

When the setting is off:

the light around a guide's cover makes a single turn of four seconds when the page opens, then fades out;
the top offer on the home page changes every five and a half seconds, and the featured offers and categories rows glide slowly. All three stop when they are off screen or when the browser tab is hidden, and their pause button stops them altogether.

In every case:

No content depends on an animation to appear. Pages fade in over less than a second, and with reduced motion they appear at once. Without JavaScript, content is simply displayed.
The site has no video and plays no sound.

3.6 Structure, forms and search

Every page declares its language, U.S. English, and has its own title. Every page also marks its regions (header, navigation, main content and footer), so screen-reader users can move from one to the next. The navigation regions are named, for example "Primary," "Footer" and "Breadcrumb."
The site does not block zooming. You can enlarge any page with your browser's zoom.
Page content is delivered as standard HTML, so you can read it with JavaScript turned off. The search field and the contact form also work without JavaScript.
On the contact form, every field has a visible label. The instructions under a field, such as "Twenty characters minimum," are read out when you reach it.
When you send the form, the result is announced to screen readers. If the message is rejected, what you typed is kept. There is no CAPTCHA puzzle to solve.
Trovemont has no accounts and no sign-in, so there is no login step to get through.
A "Contact" link sits in the footer of every page.

3.7 How we check

Automated rules in our development tools flag images without a text alternative and invalid accessibility attributes in the code.
Our last automated accessibility test of some pages took place before the site's current design. Such tests catch only some of the problems people run into, and they do not replace testing by people who use assistive technology.

4. Known limitations

These are the problems we know about. We list them so you know what to expect.

The theme does not follow your device setting. Trovemont opens in the dark theme, even if your device is set to light mode. Switch to the light theme with the theme switch, and Trovemont remembers your choice on that device.
Some parts stay dark in the light theme. The top of the home page, the banners at the top of some listing pages, the banner above the footer, image tiles and the image viewer keep dark colors when you choose the light theme.
Product photographs are described briefly. Their text description gives the store's own description or the product's name, but rarely its color, shape or finish. If a visual detail matters to you, ask us and we will describe it.
Some images in a guide's text have no description. When an image inside the text of a guide has no description, it is treated as decorative and screen readers skip it.
Some small print is very small. The column titles and legal line of the footer, and some short notes, use text between 8 and 12 pixels high. Your browser's zoom enlarges it.
Contact form. The underline that marks each field has low contrast, below the 3:1 that level AA asks for. When the form rejects a message, it says that a field needs fixing but does not yet mark which one. Without JavaScript, the field for your company name, needed for a brand partnership, appears only after a first attempt.
Without JavaScript, a guide's cover image can still receive the keyboard focus as if it opened the image viewer, but nothing happens.
A failed copy is not announced. If your browser refuses to copy a code, the Copy button does not say so. The code stays on the page so you can copy it by hand.
Stores' websites are not ours. A link to a store takes you to that store's website. We do not control the accessibility of those sites or of their checkout. If a store's site gets in your way, tell us and we will let the store know.
Our testing is limited. So far, we rely on reviews of our own code and on automated tests. We have not yet tested the site systematically with screen readers, voice control or other assistive technologies, or checked every page at 320 pixels wide. No outside audit has taken place.
New pages. Our guides are researched and drafted with AI, and we publish them regularly. A new page can bring a problem that our checks miss. If you find one, please tell us.

5. Tell us about a problem

If something on Trovemont is hard or impossible for you to use, please tell us:

Email: contact@trovemont.com, with "Accessibility" in the subject line
Contact page: our contact page
Mail: Star Dream LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, United States

It helps us to know:

the address of the page;
what you were trying to do;
if you wish, your device, your browser and any assistive technology you use.

We confirm receipt within 10 business days and answer within 30 days.

If part of the site does not work for you, we will give you the same information another way. For example, we can send you the text of a guide, or a store's code with its conditions, by email.

6. Review of this statement

This statement comes from a review of the site's code, not from an outside audit. We review it whenever the site's design changes, and the date at the top of this page changes with each review.