Deep Audio Level wants this website to be usable by everyone who arrives to read about a commission. This statement explains the standard the site is built to, the features it ships, and how to tell the studio when something presents a barrier.
The standard we follow
The site is built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at level AA. That means aiming for content that is perceivable, operable, understandable and robust — a long way of saying that a page should work whether you read it with your eyes, hear it with a screen reader, or navigate it with a keyboard alone.
What the site does
Every page uses semantic headings in a logical order, so a screen reader can move between sections and understand the shape of the content. Text has a high contrast against its background, and the palette was chosen so that body copy stays readable rather than merely stylish. All interactive elements — the navigation, the page controls, the form fields — can be reached and used with a keyboard, and a clear focus outline marks where you are. Images carry descriptive alternative text that says what the image shows rather than repeating a caption. The site sets no text that resizes badly: type scales cleanly when you enlarge it in the browser, and the layout reflows to a single column on a small screen.
Navigation
The section menu is built with plain markup that assistive technology understands. Each section announces its name, the current page is marked for a screen reader, and the same links are repeated in the page footer so that a reader is never trapped in a menu. On a small screen the menu collapses to a single labelled control that opens a full-width panel.
Forms
Every field on the commission form has a visible label tied to it, so a screen reader announces the field's purpose rather than leaving it unlabelled. The form can be completed entirely with a keyboard, and the confirmation page it leads to is a normal page rather than a scripted overlay.
Known limitations
The site is a small library of static pages and we keep it simple on purpose, which reduces the number of things that can go wrong. We know that accessibility is never finished. If a page meets the standard today, a future change can break it, and we would rather hear about a barrier than assume there are none.
Telling us about a barrier
If any part of this site is difficult to use — text you cannot read comfortably, a control you cannot reach, a description that does not make sense when read aloud — write to [email protected] and say what happened and which page you were on. The studio will look at it and, where we can, fix it. If the barrier concerns a commissioned document rather than this website, tell us and we will provide the information in a more usable form, whether that is larger text, a plain-text version, or a telephone conversation.
Compatibility with assistive technology
The site is tested with a keyboard-only workflow and with a screen reader, and it is written so that neither depends on a mouse or on a visual sense of where things sit. Decorative graphics, such as the small mark beside the studio name, are hidden from assistive technology so that they are not announced as meaningless content, while every photograph that carries meaning is described in words. The colour palette uses ink on a dark ground chosen for contrast rather than decoration, and the amber used for links is light enough to stay legible against the background at every size the site is read at.
Contact
Accessibility questions can also be posted to Deep Audio Level Studio, 2201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 12, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or raised on the telephone at +1 (310) 555-0147. The wider commitments of the studio are set out in the terms of service, and what the site stores in your browser is covered by the cookie notice.