Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment to Accessibility

SoundLatencyTest.com is committed to making its content and tools as accessible as possible to all users, including people with disabilities. Jackson Cooper designs and maintains this site with accessibility as a baseline requirement, not an afterthought.

This statement documents the current conformance level of SoundLatencyTest.com, what has been implemented to support accessible use, where limitations exist, and how to report accessibility problems.

Conformance Status

SoundLatencyTest.com is partially conformant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

Partial conformance means that the majority of site content and functionality meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards, but the primary tool — the Sound Latency Test — has an inherent audio-dependency that creates accessibility limitations for users who are deaf or hard of hearing. These limitations are documented in full in the Known Limitations section below.

All text-based content on this site — educational articles, explanatory pages, FAQs, and legal pages — meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards fully.

What We Have Implemented

Keyboard Navigation All interactive elements on this site — buttons, links, form fields, and the test controls — are fully operable via keyboard alone. Tab order follows a logical reading sequence. No keyboard traps exist. Users can navigate the entire site without a mouse or touchscreen.

Colour Contrast All text content meets the WCAG 2.1 Level AA minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Contrast ratios have been verified using the WebAIM Contrast Checker against all foreground and background colour combinations used on the site.

Alternative Text All meaningful images on SoundLatencyTest.com include descriptive alt text. Decorative images use empty alt attributes (alt="") so screen readers skip them without generating redundant announcements.

Skip Navigation Link A skip-to-main-content link is present at the top of every page, allowing keyboard and screen reader users to bypass the site header and navigation and jump directly to the main page content.

Responsive Design All pages on SoundLatencyTest.com are fully responsive and function correctly at viewport widths from 320 px upward. Text does not overflow its container, interactive elements remain operable at mobile screen sizes, and no content requires horizontal scrolling at standard zoom levels.

No Autoplay Audio or Video No audio or video content on SoundLatencyTest.com plays automatically. The Sound Latency Test emits audio only when explicitly initiated by the user via a clearly labelled button. No ambient audio, background music, or autoplaying media of any kind exists on any page.

Readable Typography Body text is set in a legible sans-serif typeface at a base size of at least 16 px. Line spacing meets the WCAG 1.4.12 Text Spacing requirement. Users can increase text size up to 200% using browser zoom without loss of content or functionality.

Focus Indicators Visible focus indicators are present on all interactive elements. Users navigating by keyboard can always see which element is currently focused.

Form Labels All form fields — including the contact form — have programmatically associated labels. No placeholder text is used as a substitute for a visible label.

Known Limitations

The Sound Latency Test requires hearing to interpret results meaningfully. The test emits a tone burst through the system audio output as part of the round-trip latency measurement. While the result is displayed as a number in milliseconds on screen — which is fully accessible as text — a user who is deaf or hard of hearing cannot verify whether the audio output actually played, cannot confirm the acoustic conditions of the test environment, and cannot use the result to assess their audio monitoring chain for hearing-dependent tasks such as music production or spoken-word recording.

This is an inherent limitation of a tool that measures audio latency. It is not a design flaw that can be fully resolved through WCAG compliance measures. Jackson Cooper is committed to documenting this limitation clearly rather than obscuring it.

Real-time latency display and screen reader announcement. The millisecond result displayed at the end of the test is static text and is fully readable by screen readers. However, if any intermediate real-time audio level indicators are present during the capture phase, rapidly updating values may not be announced by screen readers in a timely or useful way. This is a known Web Audio API and ARIA live region limitation that is flagged as a work in progress.

Testing and Verification

Accessibility testing on SoundLatencyTest.com has been conducted using the following combinations:

  • NVDA + Chrome on Windows 11 — keyboard navigation, screen reader announcement of page content and tool results
  • VoiceOver + Safari on macOS — keyboard navigation, screen reader announcement, focus management
  • VoiceOver + Safari on iOS — touch navigation, zoom, screen reader announcement on mobile

Testing is reviewed annually and after any significant site update. The most recent accessibility review was completed in June 2026.

Feedback and Contact

If you experience an accessibility barrier on SoundLatencyTest.com that is not documented above — or if any part of this site is difficult to use because of a disability — please contact Jackson Cooper directly. Accessibility feedback is treated as a priority.

Email: contact@soundlatencytest.com Subject line: Accessibility Feedback Response time: Within 7 business days

You can also use the Contact page to submit accessibility feedback.

Jackson Cooper reviews all accessibility feedback personally and commits to investigating reported barriers and providing a written response within 7 business days. Where a reported barrier is confirmed and resolvable, a fix will be implemented and the reporter will be notified.

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Annual Review Schedule

This Accessibility Statement is reviewed and updated annually, or sooner if significant changes are made to the site’s design, functionality, or content. The next scheduled review is June 2027.

Written by Jackson Cooper, founder of SoundLatencyTest.com. Last updated: June 2026.

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