Our commitment

Tête-à-Tête is a speaking-practice platform used mostly by school-age students, and we want it to be usable by as many of them as possible, including students with disabilities. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA over time.

Where we are honestly at

We have not yet completed a formal accessibility audit of the website or the mobile app. This statement describes what we know today; we will update it as audit work is done rather than claim conformance we have not verified.

Things the platform does today:

• Practice conversations display text alongside the audio, so what was said in a session can be read as well as heard, and feedback and scores are presented as text.
• The service works across web, iOS and Android, so students can use the device and input method that suits them best.
• There are no flashing animations, no time-limited reading tasks outside the exam formats themselves, and no content that plays audio unexpectedly.

Known limitations:

• The core activity is spoken conversation assessed on speech, which is inherently difficult or unsuitable for some students — for example some deaf or non-speaking students. The GCSE speaking exam itself has access arrangements handled by schools and exam boards; we do not currently replicate those arrangements.
• We have not yet tested systematically with screen readers, and some charts and progress visualisations may lack complete text alternatives.
• Colour contrast across the interface has not been formally verified against WCAG AA.

Tell us about a problem

If you or your student hit an accessibility barrier anywhere in Tête-à-Tête, please tell us — real reports are the fastest way problems get fixed, and they also shape which audit work we do first.

We read every report. Where a fix is possible we will make it; where it is not, we will say so honestly and look for an alternative way to help.