Gaze

Accessibility Statement

Last updated: May 9, 2026

Our Commitment

Gaze is committed to ensuring that our digital photobooth platform is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. We test against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA as our primary conformance target, with concurrent coverage of WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA, WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and the axe-core "best-practice" rule pack.

Accessibility Features

Web Platform

  • Keyboard navigation — We strive to make all interactive elements accessible via keyboard, including a "Skip to main content" link at the top of every authenticated page
  • Screen reader compatibility — Semantic HTML and ARIA labels are used throughout the platform; dialogs and popovers use Radix UI primitives that ship with built-in focus management
  • Color contrast — Body text and primary interactive elements meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA contrast ratios in both light and dark modes
  • Responsive design — The platform adapts to different screen sizes, zoom levels, and orientations
  • Focus indicators — Visible focus states on all interactive elements
  • Reduced motion — We honor the prefers-reduced-motion media query system-wide; animations are minimized or disabled when this preference is set
  • Alt text — Descriptive alternative text for meaningful images; captured photos and videos display as untranscribed media (see Known Limitations)
  • Touch targets — Interactive elements meet a minimum 44 × 44 px touch target size (WCAG 2.2 SC 2.5.8 Target Size)

Kiosk Mode

  • Large touch targets — Capture buttons, output options, and review controls are sized for easy touch interaction
  • High contrast UI — Kiosk interface uses high-contrast colors for readability
  • Clear visual feedback — Countdown timers, capture indicators, and status messages use clear visual cues
  • Simplified navigation — Kiosk flow is designed with minimal steps and clear progression

Testing Methodology

We run automated axe-core accessibility checks via Playwright across our shipped surfaces in continuous integration. The audit suite runs in our pull-request gates and against staging before each release.

Surfaces covered. The audit walks the platform from eight personas (anonymous marketing visitor, signed-out / signed-in auth flows, organizer admin, publisher portal owner, event guest, live wall display, kiosk-mode operator, and the new-account onboarding flow), exercising the marketing pages (/, /pricing, /features/*, /legal/*), the auth surface (/login, /signup, /reset-password), the organizer dashboard (/admin, /admin/events/*, /admin/gallery, /admin/review, /admin/billing, /admin/account, /admin/help/*), the design library and design editor (/admin/designs, with editor a11y verified by a dedicated harness), the publisher portal (/publisher and the public /u/{handle} pages), guest event flows (gallery, capture, download), live display surfaces (/wall/{slug} and /u/{handle}/{slug}/wall), and kiosk mode (/kiosk/{slug} and /u/{handle}/{slug}/kiosk).

Rule packs. The audit asserts against the wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, wcag21aa, wcag22aa, and best-practice axe-core tag sets.

Latest result. As of May 8, 2026, the audit reports 0 critical, 0 serious, 0 moderate, and 0 minor violations across the scanned surfaces. Baseline JSON snapshots are committed to the repository so that any future regression is surfaced as a failing pull-request check.

What automated testing does not catch. Automated scans cannot fully validate keyboard-only end-to-end task flows, screen-reader prose quality, focus-trap correctness inside dynamic dialogs, the readability of dynamic announcements (live regions / toasts), or the accessibility of media content itself. We do not currently publish manual screen-reader testing logs or a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). If you require a VPAT or assistive-technology test report for a procurement decision, please contact us using the methods below.

Known Limitations

We are aware of the following accessibility limitations and are working to address them:

  • Captured photos, videos, GIFs, and boomerangs do not include automatically generated alt text, captions, or transcripts. Event organizers are encouraged to caption media manually if required for their audience.
  • Live display walls are visual-only and do not currently include audio descriptions, captions, or screen-reader-friendly representations of new captures as they appear.
  • Some complex interactive elements (such as the design editor canvas, photo filters, and real-time camera previews) may have limited screen reader support.
  • Printed photos from kiosk stations do not include alternative text.
  • Color-only signaling is used in a small number of admin status indicators (e.g., draft / active / completed event states) — most are paired with a text label, but some compact UI surfaces still rely on hue alone.
  • The automated audit suite runs against a desktop Chromium project; mobile-viewport axe baselines exist for the public marketing and auth surfaces (/, /login, /signup, /pricing) but not yet for the full organizer / publisher / guest fleet.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Gaze. If you encounter accessibility barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:

  • Email: support@gaze.photo
  • Mail: Terena Group LLC, 418 Broadway, Ste N, Albany, NY 12207, United States

Please include:

  • A description of the accessibility issue
  • The page or feature where you encountered it
  • Your browser and assistive technology (if applicable)

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days.

Conformance Status

Based on the automated test result above and the known limitations disclosed in this statement, Gaze is substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA across the scanned surfaces. "Substantially conformant" means that the surfaces in scope pass our automated axe-core rule packs at the AA level with no outstanding violations, but that we have not yet completed a comprehensive manual assistive-technology audit and that the limitations listed above remain.

Enforcement

If you are not satisfied with our response to your accessibility concern, you may contact the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, or your local disability rights organization.