Accessibility statement
KayRaoke is built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. This level also covers Israeli Standard 5568, which is based on WCAG 2.0 at level AA.
This is the standard we work to. No outside accessibility expert has reviewed the site yet, and the checks done so far are listed below.
What the site does
Keyboard
Every link and control works with the keyboard, and a gold ring shows where you are. Each page starts with a link that skips straight to its content.
In the player
Space plays and pauses, and the arrow keys jump 5 seconds back or forward. Letter keys are not used as shortcuts.
Screen readers
Pages have landmarks and headings, and every button and field has a name. The player's sliders give their values as text a screen reader can read, such as "1:05 of 3:46" for the time and "80%" for the volume. The line being sung is also on the page as text, so a screen reader can reach it when you look for it.
Sound
Nothing plays until you press a button.
Motion
If your device is set to reduce motion, the animations stop. On any device, the pause button at the top of the page, beside the language switch (on a phone, "Pause animations" at the bottom of the menu), stops the moving stars and the home page animations; press it again to start them. Your browser remembers the choice. A song title or artist line too long for its row glides once to show the rest, and stops within five seconds.
Zoom and small screens
Text can be enlarged to 200%, and pages fit screens down to 320 pixels wide without scrolling sideways. At high zoom on a small screen, the player scrolls instead of squeezing the lyrics.
Contrast and size
Text meets the WCAG AA contrast ratios on the dark background, the edges of controls stand out at 3:1 or more, and buttons are at least 44 by 44 pixels.
Languages
Each page states its language and direction (Hebrew pages run right to left), and names written in the other language are marked with their own language.
Known limitations
The karaoke itself is visual. The gold that fills each word as it is sung is not announced, and a screen reader does not read the sung line aloud by itself, so that it does not talk over the music.
A song's full lyrics are not available as separate text: the words appear on screen line by line, during the song.
How we checked
We checked the site ourselves, in Chrome on a computer: keyboard use and focus, the player's labels and focus, every page at widths from 320 to 1440 pixels in both languages, the player at 400% zoom, and reduced motion.
We have not yet tested the site with a screen reader (VoiceOver, NVDA or TalkBack), in other browsers such as Safari and Firefox, or on real phones and tablets.
Report a problem
If any part of KayRaoke is hard or impossible for you to use, write to us. Tell us which page, what happened, and which device and browser you were using.
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