Accessibility
Statement

1. Our Commitment

VLStudio wants VLStudio Desktop and VLStudio Web at vlstudio.live to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who rely on assistive technology. This statement describes where we are today and where we are aiming to be, and it is written to reflect the current, actual state of the product rather than a target we have not yet reached.

2. Conformance Target

Our conformance target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, moving toward WCAG 2.2 Level AA as we complete further work. This target applies to VLStudio Web; for VLStudio Desktop, we treat the same WCAG principles as the relevant benchmark for a desktop application interface, alongside applicable native-platform accessibility guidance.

3. Current Status

Some accessibility-relevant practices exist in the product already (for example, semantic HTML structure on parts of the web portal, and standard OS-level keyboard and screen-reader support inherited from the Electron/Chromium framework the desktop app is built on), but these have not been systematically tested or verified against the WCAG success criteria, so we are not describing them as conformant, only as present.

4. Known Limitations

Because a full audit has not yet been completed, we do not have a comprehensive list of specific conformance gaps to publish here. What we can say plainly today:

• Neither product has been tested end-to-end with screen readers, and we cannot yet confirm the desktop editor's timeline, effects, and export interfaces are fully operable with assistive technology.
• Color contrast, focus indicators, and keyboard-only navigation have not been systematically audited across either product.
• Video captioning tools exist as an editing feature for the content our users create, but this statement is about the accessibility of the VLStudio product interface itself, not about the accessibility of content made with it.

This section will be replaced with a specific, itemized list once the audit referenced in Section 3 is complete.

5. Feedback & Contact

If you encounter an accessibility barrier using VLStudio Desktop or VLStudio Web, please tell us. Include the product, the specific screen or feature, and, if you can, the assistive technology or browser/OS combination you were using, so we can reproduce the issue.

• Email: [[CONTACT_EMAIL_LEGAL]] (interim: vlstudiopartners@hotmail.com)
• Postal: Vladyslav Zhminko, Carrer de Valencia 191, 6.1, 08011, Barcelona, Spain
• GitHub issues: github.com/vlad044-z/website_vls/issues

6. Relevant Legal Frameworks

Two frameworks are the most relevant to VLStudio's accessibility obligations going forward, and we are tracking both as our user base and the product mature:

• The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882), whose national transposition deadlines took effect in 2025, sets accessibility requirements for a range of digital products and services offered in the EU, and is the framework we expect to be measured against for VLStudio Web and VLStudio Desktop's EU-facing distribution.
• The US Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title III, which US courts have increasingly applied to websites and digital services, is the relevant framework for VLStudio's US-facing distribution.

Neither framework is fully addressed by this statement alone; this statement is a starting disclosure, not a legal conclusion that either framework's requirements are currently met.

7. Changes to This Statement

We will update this statement as the accessibility audit referenced in Section 3 progresses, and whenever we make a material change to the product's accessibility posture. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision.