This accessibility statement applies to the Epitorix website at www.epitorix.com: the pages about our science, products, pipeline and company, and this site’s policies. The EPiQ™ workspace at app.epitorix.com is a separate application and is not covered by this statement.
Epitorix wants everyone to be able to read this site, use its controls and reach us. We build it to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and we say below where it does not yet meet them.
Standard and conformance
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. They define three levels of conformance: level A, level AA and level AAA. This website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard; those parts are listed under Known limitations.
Our target is full conformance at level AA. The limitations below are open items in that work, not exceptions we intend to keep.
What you should be able to do
Across this site you should be able to:
- read every page with the colors, contrast and text spacing you set in your browser or device, including a “more contrast” preference, which darkens muted text and rules;
- zoom the page: layouts stack for narrow screens and type is set in units that follow browser zoom;
- use a keyboard alone: every link, button, menu and form field is reachable in reading order and shows a visible focus ring;
- pause what moves on its own: the background footage in the hero, the film clips, the Xenoclea demo recording and the EPiQ carousel each have their own button, and the two atom figures come to rest within five seconds of your last scroll or pointer movement (WCAG 2.2.2);
- turn motion off: with your system’s reduce-motion setting, footage is replaced by a still image, entrances render in their finished state and scroll-linked effects stand still;
- use a screen reader: each page has one main heading and labeled navigation, main and footer landmarks; photographs carry a description and a caption naming the subject and its source; diagrams carry a summary and their data as a list or table;
- send us a message through a form with labeled fields, inline error messages and a status announcement when the message is sent;
- print any page: footage and controls are dropped, and the addresses behind links in the policies are printed beside them.
Measures we take
Epitorix takes the following measures to make this website accessible:
- Accessibility is a standing requirement of the site’s design brief. WCAG 2.2 AA, a visible focus indicator, a text contrast of at least 4.5:1, alt text that describes and a reduced-motion fallback for every animation are written into the rules every contributor works to.
- Color is checked by computation, not by eye. On the design tokens, muted text reaches at least 5.6:1 and body ink at least 15:1 on every background the site uses; the focus ring reaches at least 4.6:1 against every surface. On September 16, 2026 every piece of text that sits over footage, a photograph, a gradient or frosted glass was also measured pixel by pixel against what is actually behind it, at three screen widths and, for the home page’s footage, at twelve moments of the clip.
- Reduce-motion and data-saving preferences are honored in the code as well as in the stylesheets: footage is not downloaded at all when either is set.
- Every component is reviewed against WCAG 2.2 before it ships; this statement and its list of limitations record the findings of that review.
- Text alternatives are written with the content: each photograph’s description and caption live beside the image in the source, so neither can be omitted.
Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
This website is designed to work with current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on desktop and mobile, and with the screen readers commonly used with them: VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS and TalkBack.
It relies on current CSS features such as container queries and color mixing; browsers that lack them may show a simpler layout. It has been checked with a keyboard alone and through the browser’s accessibility tree; it has not yet been tested by people who use screen readers — see How we assessed this website.
Technologies relied upon
Accessibility of this website relies on the following technologies to work with the combination of browser and any assistive technology installed on your computer:
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- WAI-ARIA
- SVG
Every page’s text is delivered as static HTML. JavaScript is needed for the contact form, the menu on narrow screens, the pause controls and to draw the animated diagrams; the FAQ answers open without it.
Known limitations
Despite our efforts, some parts of this website do not yet meet WCAG 2.2 level AA. The list is ordered by impact and is current as of September 16, 2026; each entry says what the issue is, why it occurs, what we are doing about it and, where there is one, what to do in the meantime.
- Hover highlights in the organ-risk map
- On the Science page, pointing at an organ or a legend row highlights it in violet. The highlight responds to a pointer only and is decorative: the organs, cell types and predicted risk levels are printed in the legend and in a table available to screen readers. No change is planned.
How we assessed this website
Self-evaluation. On September 15, 2026 the site’s source — every component, page and stylesheet — was reviewed against WCAG 2.2 level AA, and color contrast was computed from the design tokens. On September 16, 2026 the built pages were tested: every page was run through axe-core (the WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 level A and AA rule sets plus best practices) at desktop, tablet and phone widths, and through Lighthouse’s accessibility audit; every “needs review” result was resolved by hand, with the text over footage, photographs, gradients and glass measured against its real background; every page was checked at 320 pixels wide, at 200 % zoom and with the text-spacing overrides of WCAG 1.4.12; and every page was walked with the keyboard alone. The site has not yet been tested with screen readers by the people who use them; that is planned, and this statement will be updated with the results.
The full review, with the success criterion, the measurement and the fix for every finding, is available on request.
Feedback
If something on this site gets in your way, or you need any of its content in another format, tell us. Email support@epitorix.com or use the contact form. Say which page you were on and what happened. We acknowledge every report and use it to fix the page.
Preparation of this statement
This statement was prepared on September 15, 2026 and last reviewed on September 16, 2026. The website was last tested against WCAG 2.2 level AA on September 16, 2026, by Epitorix (self-evaluation). We review this statement whenever the site changes substantially, and at least once a year.