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Version: MVP

Accessibility requirements

2 min readReferenceUpdated 2026-05-22

What you'll find here

The AccessibilityRequirements contract that keeps multimodal and companion surfaces usable without relying on a single input mode, visual presentation, or motion pattern.

Evidence, not approval.

Accessibility checks do not approve product surfaces by themselves. They provide evidence for the desktop, mobile, voice, and visual workspace decisions.

What it records

Surface kind

desktop_companion · mobile_companion · visual_workspace · voice.

Keyboard navigation

Screen reader labels

Reduced motion support

Contrast checks

Transcript availability

Caption availability

Notification controls

Policy envelope id

Evidence ids

Receipt ids

accessibility_check returns a reviewable result with missing requirement names when a surface does not meet the baseline.

Baseline

Companion and visual workspace surfaces provide:

  1. Complete keyboard navigation for controls.
  2. Meaningful labels for screen readers.
  3. Reduced-motion behavior for animated or live surfaces.
  4. Contrast checks for text, controls, and status indicators.
  5. Transcripts for voice or audio interactions.
  6. Captions for video or generated speech playback.
  7. Operator controls for notifications.

Audit trail required.

Accessibility reviews preserve policy, evidence, and receipt links so the decision can be audited later.

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