Accessibility
Accessibility statement.
1. Our commitment
Lighting Lab should work for everyone who wants to learn light, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard alone, magnification, high-contrast settings or reduced motion. This page says what is in place, where the gaps are, and how to reach us.
2. The standard we aim for
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA across the lab, the about page, the account pages and these policies, in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act. We review the site against those guidelines when we change it.
3. What is built in
- Keyboard. Every control in the sidebar, the view bar and the account pages is reachable and operable with Tab, Enter and Space. Visible focus rings are always on. The lab also has single-key shortcuts: 1 to 6 select a light, S solos it, F returns to the front view, R resets the camera, A, B and X work the A/B rigs, and Ctrl or Cmd+Z undoes. A skip link at the top of the sidebar moves focus past the header.
- Screen readers. Landmarks (banner, navigation, main, complementary), labelled form controls, live regions for status messages, and text alternatives on every meaningful image. The 3D viewport is described in text, and every number it depicts (light distance, angle, height, exposure) is also shown as text in the sidebar.
- Contrast. Text colours meet at least 4.5:1 against their backgrounds; controls and focus rings meet 3:1. Information is never conveyed by colour alone.
- Zoom and reflow. The layout works at 200% zoom and on phone-width screens, where the sidebar becomes a drawer.
- Motion. Animations are short and respect the operating system's reduce-motion setting. The haze drift in the 3D view can be turned off by setting Haze to zero.
- Forms. Sign-in, password and billing forms have visible labels, error messages in text next to the field, and no time limits.
4. Known limitations
- The 3D viewport and the blueprint are drawn on canvas elements. Dragging a light on the blueprint has a keyboard equivalent (the sliders in each light's card), but the picture itself cannot be read by a screen reader beyond its text description.
- Exported PDFs are generated images with text labels; they are not tagged PDFs.
- Stripe's checkout and billing portal are Stripe's pages; Stripe publishes its own accessibility information.
- Colour chips in the kit picker show a colour swatch with the colourway's name as a tooltip and accessible name, not as visible text.
We are working on these. If one of them blocks you, tell us and we will find another way to get you what you need, for example by emailing you an export.
5. Tell us
If any part of Lighting Lab is hard to use with assistive technology, email nrohr@nathanielrohr.com and say which page, what you were trying to do, and the browser and assistive technology you use. We reply within 5 business days and fix what we can.