Photism is made by one person, and this page says where accessibility stands today rather than claiming a certification nobody audited. If something on this site or in the product stops you from doing what you came to do, email [email protected] and it gets fixed. That address reaches the person who writes the code.
The website
photism.app targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA. What is in place today:
- Every page has one h1 and a heading order that does not skip levels.
- A skip link on every page jumps past the nav to the main content.
- Every page uses real landmarks (nav, main, footer).
- Body and interface text meets the AA contrast ratio against its background.
- All interactive controls have accessible names, and forms have labels.
- Scene previews respect
prefers-reduced-motion. Turn on "reduce motion" in your operating system and the looping clips stay as still frames instead of playing. - The site works without JavaScript for reading and for checkout.
Known gaps: the scene preview clips have no captions, because they have no speech or meaningful audio. Some marketing pages put text over moving video, and while each has a scrim behind it, contrast there varies with the frame underneath.
The Photism app
Photism is a visual instrument, so the output itself cannot be made non-visual. The parts around it are a different matter, and here is where they stand:
- Every function has a keyboard shortcut, listed in QUICKSTART.txt and section 2 of the manual. You do not need the mouse to switch scenes, palettes, presets, or modes, or to record.
- Every control can be mapped to a hardware MIDI knob or to one of the sixteen device macros, so the instrument can be played from hardware instead of a screen.
- The tuning panel is dense and small by design. It is the weakest part of the app for low vision, and browser zoom is the only way to enlarge it today.
- The panel has not been tested with a screen reader. If you use one with Photism, tell us what happens.
Flashing lights
Photism produces bright, fast, flashing visuals, which can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. The device has live controls to reduce flashing, and section 21 of the manual covers how to use them and what to tell an audience. The full notice is in the terms.
No accessibility overlay
This site does not use an accessibility overlay or widget. Overlays tend to break the assistive technology people already use well, and they paper over problems rather than fixing them. Anything reported here gets fixed in the markup.
Telling us about a problem
Email [email protected]. Say what page or screen you were on, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology you use if any. You will get a reply from a person, and a fix if a fix is possible.