- ✓Read to meA British voice reads any content page aloud, with a follow-along highlight on the line being spoken. Tap the “Read to me” pill on any guide.
- ✓The Aa dock on every pageBigger text, easy-read spacing for dyslexia-friendly reading, and voice speed (slow / normal / fast) — remembered between visits, on this device.
- ✓Permanently larger, calmer typeThe whole site uses bigger fonts and more line spacing by default. There's no “compact mode” to fall out of.
- ✓Reduced motion respectedIf your device asks for less movement, animations and auto-scrolling switch off.
- ✓Keyboard-friendly, sitewideA skip-to-content link on every page, and a clearly visible focus outline on every link, button and form field.
- ✓Screen-reader announcementsOn the main tools, results are announced to screen readers when they appear — not left silent.
- ✓44px+ tap targetsButtons and links are sized for real thumbs, including shaky ones.
- ✓Plain English everywhereShort sentences, no jargon, and every result ends with one concrete next step.
Built to be usable by everyone.
SortedUK exists for the moments when reading is hardest — a confusing letter, benefits decision, financial support application, deadline, or bad night. So the site is built for tired eyes, screen readers, shaky hands and slow connections first, not as an afterthought. This page is an honest account of what works today, what's still in progress, and how to tell us when something doesn't work for you.
What's already working.
Everything below is live across the site right now — free, no settings to find, no login.
What we're still working on.
We'd rather show you the to-do list than pretend it's done.
- Independent route-by-route auditPlannedA page-by-page accessibility audit of every tool and guide, done independently of the people who built them.
- Easy Read versions of the top guidesPlannedShorter, picture-supported versions of the most-used guides for people with learning disabilities.
- TranslationsPlannedVersions of key guides in the most-spoken UK community languages. Legal and benefits content needs human accuracy review before we machine-translate it — so this is planned, not yet live.
Where we honestly stand on WCAG
We're working toward WCAG 2.2 AA. We don't claim full conformance yet — when we do, we'll show the audit. Until then, the lists above are the truthful picture: real features that are live, and real gaps we're closing.
Tell us what didn't work — we'll fix it and log it.
If any part of SortedUK is hard to use with your screen reader, keyboard, magnifier, voice control or anything else — email us. Describe the page and what went wrong; that's all we need. We log every fix publicly at /corrections, accessibility fixes included.
Text size and contrast
Every page has Text size and High contrast in the footer. Text size opens the reading settings (bigger text and easy-read spacing) or makes the text about a fifth larger where the reading settings are not available. High contrast switches to black text on white with underlined links and bold focus outlines. Both are remembered on this device until you switch them off; nothing is sent to us.
Your browser's own zoom (Ctrl and + on Windows, Cmd and + on a Mac, or pinch on a phone) works on every page too.
Welsh and other languages
SortedUK is in English only for now. We are not publishing machine translations of benefits, legal or money guides, because a wrong word in a translated deadline or amount could cost someone money. A reviewed Welsh version is planned, and the footer link will say so until it is live. If you need help in Welsh now, GOV.UK Welsh language helplines and your local council can help.