Archive Voices

Accessibility

Access is part of the design, not an appendix to it.

Archive Voices exists to let more people step into other languages and other lives. A beautiful experience that excludes people is simply an unfinished one.

Our commitments

WCAG 2.2 AA as a baseline
We design and test against the standard rather than retrofitting to it.
Keyboard navigation
Every control, filter, and conversation can be reached and operated without a mouse.
Screen reader compatibility
Semantic HTML, logical heading order, landmarks, and descriptive labels throughout.
Captions and transcripts
Every film ships with captions and a downloadable transcript in the language of the film and in English.
Contrast and typography
Generous type sizes, long line spacing, and colour pairings tested for contrast in both themes.
Reduced motion
Animation respects the operating system's reduced-motion preference and never carries meaning alone.
Dark mode
A fully designed dark theme, not an inversion, with the same contrast standards as the light theme.
Accessible forms
Visible labels, inline validation, helpful error text, and errors never signalled by colour alone.
Responsive and touch-friendly
Large targets, sensible stacking, and text that enlarges without breaking layout.
Continuous improvement
Accessibility is an ongoing design process rather than a completed checklist.

Tell us what isn’t working.

If any part of Archive Voices creates a barrier for you, we want to hear about it directly. We treat accessibility reports as design work and respond to every one.

access@archivevoices.studio

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