Accessibility

We want this site to be usable by everyone, whatever device, browser, or assistive technology you arrive with. We build toward the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at level AA.

That is a target we work against, not a certificate. The site has not been through a third-party audit, so this page describes what we have actually done and what we know is still short.

• A skip link is the first thing a keyboard reaches on every page, jumping straight past the navigation to the main content.
• Focus is always visible. Every focusable element draws a clear outline, and we never remove that outline without replacing it.
• Pages are built from real landmarks and headings rather than unlabeled containers, and each section is named for screen readers.
• Menus, the search panel, and the bag are native dialogs. They can be operated by keyboard, closed with Escape, and they return focus to the control that opened them.
• If your system asks for reduced motion, we honor it. Scroll animations, the parallax photography, and dialog transitions all stop.
• Nothing plays automatically. Films load only when you press play, and no page plays audio on its own.
• Images that carry meaning have alt text, and decorative ones are hidden from screen readers.
• Layouts reflow down to small screens and tolerate zoom without trapping content off-screen.

• One of our greys is used for captions and supporting text. Against our light background it measures 4.15:1, which meets AA for large text but not for small text. We are working through those cases and moving the smaller ones to a darker ink.
• Content embedded from other companies, including the map on our Contact page, YouTube players, and Shopify's checkout, is built by those companies. We choose accessible embedding where we can, but we do not control what is inside those frames.
• No formal audit or assistive-technology test report exists yet.

We would rather list these than claim a clean bill of health. If you hit something not on this list, we want to know.

If any part of this site keeps you from doing what you came to do, write to hello@livealoft.com. Tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and the browser or assistive technology you were using, if you know it. A person answers within two business days.

If you need something on the site in another format, or you want to place an order and the checkout is in your way, say so and we will help you directly.