Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

Dead Media Labs wants every collector to be able to use Dead Media, including people who rely on assistive technology such as screen readers, larger text, or reduced motion settings. We are a small team and the app is in active development, so this is ongoing work rather than a finished checklist.

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA as our reference point. We do not claim full conformance yet. We treat accessibility problems with the same priority as functional bugs.

What Works Today

• Screen readers. Buttons and controls throughout the app carry spoken labels for VoiceOver on iOS and TalkBack on Android, including navigation, search, messaging, and collection management.
• Charts and statistics. The charts in the Collector's Report, such as ratings, decades, and genres, include spoken descriptions of their values.
• Text size. The app respects your device text size settings. Text scales throughout, including at accessibility sizes.
• Decorative content. Purely decorative visuals, such as the scrolling poster strip, are hidden from screen readers so they do not add noise.
• No surprises. The app plays no automatic audio and contains no flashing content.

Known Limitations

We would rather be honest about the gaps than pretend there are none. As of the date above:

• Dead Media is in beta and we are still testing complete screen reader journeys end to end. Some screens may read in an unexpected order or carry generic labels.
• Some secondary text uses subdued styling that falls below recommended contrast levels. We are reviewing where that hurts readability.
• At the largest accessibility text sizes, a few screens can crowd or overlap. We fix these as we find them.
• User-uploaded photos, such as marketplace listing photos and spine images, do not yet have descriptive alternative text.

The Website

deadmedialabs.com is a simple static site. We aim for semantic headings, keyboard-reachable navigation, and text that stays readable at any zoom level.

The collection import tool is the most complex page on the site. If you have trouble using it with assistive technology, contact us and we will help you get your collection imported.

Tell Us What Is Broken

Email support@deadmedialabs.com with the word Accessibility in the subject line, or use Report a Bug inside the app. Telling us the screen, your device, and the assistive technology you were using helps us reproduce the problem quickly.