Accessibility

Where we stand

We are working towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. We have not been independently audited, so we describe the site as “working towards” AA rather than claiming compliance we have not verified.

Accessibility is treated as part of building a feature, not a pass someone does afterwards. It is also unfinished, and the section below says where.

What works today

• Every page is navigable with a keyboard, and focus stays visible as it moves.
• Headings follow a real structure, so a screen reader can move through a page by section instead of reading everything in order.
• Buttons and icon-only controls carry accessible labels rather than relying on the icon alone.
• Body text meets the 4.5:1 contrast ratio against its background, and layouts reflow to narrow screens and to zoomed text without content being cut off.
• Animation on the site is decorative and respects the operating system's “reduce motion” setting.
• Forms use real labels, and errors are described in words, not only in colour.

What we know isn't good enough

Listed because you deserve to know before you hit them, not after.

• The card builder is visual and drag-driven. Positioning elements on a card by keyboard alone is possible in places and awkward in others. This is the single biggest gap we have.
• Template previews are images of designs. Their descriptions say what the card is for, but not what it looks like in detail.
• Some longer flows have not been tested end to end with a screen reader. We test individual components more thoroughly than whole journeys.
• Colour-picking tools rely on seeing colour. Named swatches help; a free-form picker does not.

The AR layer specifically

Some of this product is irreducibly visual: pointing a camera at a printed photograph and watching a video appear on it needs sight and a steady hand. We are not going to pretend otherwise.

What we can do, and are working on:

• The video behind a card has sound. A card whose message is spoken aloud works for someone who cannot see the AR overlay at all.
• The scan page should offer a plain link to play the video full-screen without the camera, for anyone who cannot hold a phone over a card. Where that is missing, it is a bug worth reporting.
• Captions on card videos are not supported yet. It is on the list, and it matters — a deaf recipient currently gets pictures without the words.

Telling us about a barrier

If something on this site stopped you doing what you came to do, please write to contact@virar.io or use the contact form. Tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology you were using if any.

We aim to reply within one working day and to say plainly whether we can fix it quickly, slowly, or not at all. If we cannot fix something soon, we will offer to do it with you — a card can be built on our side and sent to you for approval.