Accessibility

Our accessibility commitment

The Print Ship is working to make both our site and our printed products easier to use for everyone, including customers who are blind or have low vision. This is an ongoing effort, not a finished claim: we have not yet completed a formal accessibility audit (such as a WCAG review), and we are telling you plainly what is in place today and what is still being checked.

Why we offer braille embossing

Braille embossing is a core service at The Print Ship. We plan the braille with your printed design and confirm the exact paper, finish and placement before production. Cards, invitations, menus, programs, tags and packaging all belong in that work. Braille is embossed and tactile-checked before your order ships.

• Braille is pressed as raised dots in contracted Unified English Braille (UEB), up to two short lines.
• We confirm embossing for each exact paper and finish. A successful test on one cardstock does not approve every 16pt option, and untested formats are confirmed for the exact paper and finish before production, rather than excluded.
• Our braille preview lets you type a phrase in words and see it converted to contracted UEB at actual card size before you order.
• Braille placement uses set positions (for example, the bottom band of a card) so the dots form cleanly.
• We confirm the braille text and placement on your proof before anything is pressed.

What is on the site today

• Image descriptions: every product photo has a written text description of what it shows: colors, layout, text on the item, and any braille. Size diagrams state the product's dimensions in words.
• How it looks and feels: each product page has a short section describing the material and finish, such as card thickness, matte or gloss surface, and where braille dots are raised, based on the product's listed specs.
• Mockups are labeled: our product photos are digital mockups of example designs, not photos of a finished order, and we say so on each product page.
• Proof before print: under our Ship-Ready Proof, you approve a proof before anything prints.

What we are still checking

We have not yet fully tested keyboard-only navigation, screen-reader use, or color contrast across the site, and our homepage video does not have captions or a text description yet. We will update this page as those checks are completed.

Tell us what isn't working

If anything on our site or a product is hard to use, or you need information in another format, please reach us through our Contact page or email hello@theprintship.com. We will work with you to get you what you need.