Accessibility

Accessibility statement

Last updated: 25 October 2026

We want Pulsark to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who navigate by keyboard, use a screen reader, or need reduced motion. This statement describes where the website and the app stand today and how to tell us when we fall short.

What we aim for

We target WCAG 2.2 level AA for pulsark.app and Pulsark Studio. We test with keyboard navigation, browser zoom, small-screen layouts and reduced-motion settings, and we measure colour contrast rather than eyeballing it.

What works today

Every page has a skip link and a main landmark, headings run in order, and all interactive controls are reachable and operable by keyboard with a visible focus indicator. Icon-only buttons carry text labels for screen readers. The site respects your operating system’s reduced-motion setting, in which case animations are disabled rather than merely shortened. Text reflows without horizontal scrolling down to 320 pixels wide, and touch targets meet the minimum size on phones.

Known limitations

Pulsark Studio is a dense audio tool, and two parts of it are harder to use without sight: the step sequencer is a visual preview with a text description rather than a fully navigable grid, and the waveform on each pad is decorative. In both cases the underlying sound is still reachable - every pad has a labelled play button. Studio also needs a pointer or touch for the sliders; keyboard adjustment works, but fine values are easier with a mouse.

The app

The app ships with a permanently dark interface, touch targets of at least 44 points on the main controls and no flashing content. VoiceOver reads the pads, the sequencer steps, the mixer strips and the transport, and controls that hold a value report it and can be adjusted with the VoiceOver swipe gestures. VoiceOver coverage is not complete yet: some editors, such as the sample editor’s waveform and the channel console’s EQ curve, are not labelled. The app follows Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast - also available as a High contrast switch in Settings, which draws borders and muted text brighter - Smart Invert, Differentiate Without Color and the Large Content Viewer. With a pointer, the interface shows tooltips on hover (they can be turned off in Settings), and on iPad and Mac the keyboard shortcuts come with a built-in reference. Dynamic Type is a known limitation: the interface is a fixed canvas and does not follow the system text size. Pulsark is a real-time instrument, so some gestures depend on timing.

Telling us about a problem

If any part of Pulsark or this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, email us and describe what you were trying to do and what got in the way. We treat accessibility defects as bugs, not feature requests.

Report a problem

Accessibility feedback and problem reports: post@vaagfabrikat.no.