Statement
Accessibility
A camera tool for people without webcams should hold itself to a high accessibility bar. Here is where we stand.
Our targets
This website and the extension UI aim for WCAG 2.1 level AA. In practice that means: keyboard-operable interfaces with visible focus, text and interface contrast that meets AA ratios in both themes, semantic HTML with landmarks and labels, and no information conveyed by color alone.
Motion, on purpose
Animation honors your system reduced-motion setting automatically, and the extension adds an explicit Full / Reduced / Off motion setting. In Reduced and Off, reveals become instant and decorative loops stop. This website follows the same system preference.
Known limitations
- Pairing is visual by default — the QR code is inherently visual, which is why every pairing screen also offers a 6-digit code that can be typed or read out.
- Screen-reader passes are ongoing — we test with a keyboard and with OS-level accessibility settings, and we fix reported gaps first.
- The camera preview on the web test page has no audio cue; state changes are also shown as text.
Report a barrier
If anything here or in the extension blocks you, email support@makewebcam.com with “accessibility” in the subject. You will get a personal reply, and barriers are treated as bugs — often the first bugs fixed in a release.