accessibility statement

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every visitor.

the commitments behind this site — updated 26 june 2026

This site aims to align with WCAG 2.2 AA. It is an independent, hand-built project, so this page states plainly what is implemented, what is known to fall short, and how to tell me when something fails you — because a portfolio that performs but excludes has failed its most important review.

Implemented

A skip-to-content link and a <main> landmark on every page.
Keyboard-first everything: the site is fully operable without a mouse — including the command palette (⌘K), the guest terminal (`), the music player, project rows and modals (Enter/Space, Esc, arrow keys).
prefers-reduced-motion honored across every effect: entrance animations, hover FX, the WebGL hero, the visualizer, the trailer (which declines entirely), the vinyl spin, confetti and sparks.
Accessible names on every icon-only control — player transport, modal closes, slider arrows, social links, sound toggle, dock buttons.
aria-live announcements for asynchronous outcomes (contact form results), aria-pressed on toggles, aria-current on navigation state, focus-trapped dialogs with focus restore.
A visible amber focus ring (:focus-visible) sitewide; solid-plate captions and tooltips rather than blend-mode text, so contrast never depends on what sits behind.
Canvas layers (visualizer, constellation, waveform, gauges) are decorative or duplicated in text: track data, seek position and works are all available as real HTML.
Interface sound is whisper-quiet, starts only after your first interaction, and has a persistent one-click mute (header pill, palette, cheatsheet).
Print stylesheets that strip the chrome and print research links with their URLs.

Known limitations

The audio visualizations have no audio-description track — they are decorative; all information they convey exists as text.
Third-party 30-second previews come from Apple’s catalog; their loudness is normalized by the source, not by this site.
The midnight theme is a beta: a few low-traffic surfaces may briefly render in paper colors before overrides apply.

Report an issue

If anything on this site is hard to perceive, operate or understand with your setup — keyboard, screen reader, switch device, high contrast, anything — write to yethikrishnarcvn7a@gmail.com with the page and what happened. Reports are treated as bugs of the highest severity.