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Accessibility

Accessibility

Avalon Media System currently reaches WCAG 2 Level AA conformance. Please see the WCAG 2.1 Guidelines for a full overview of what Avalon provides for accessibility support. There is not a VPAT for Avalon Media System at this time.

Media Player Keyboard Navigation

  • TAB key: move forward through each button/element on the player
    • Play/Pause
    • Track Scrubber
    • Magnify/Minimize Scrubber (if enabled)
    • Volume
    • Stream Quality
    • Create Thumbnail (collection staff only) - removed from media player in 7.7 release
    • Add to Playlist (logged-in users only) - removed from media player in 7.7 release
    • Fullscreen
  • SHIFT+TAB key: move backward through each button/element on the player.
  • ENTER key: trigger a button/element's behavior. When a media player button/element is selected via tab, spacebar will also trigger the button/element's behavior.
  • SPACEBAR: any time no text inputs are selected on the page, toggle between Play and Pause.
  • LEFT/RIGHT ARROW: any time no text inputs are selected on the page, scrub forward or backward through the track timeline.
  • UP/DOWN ARROW: any time no text inputs are selected on the page, increase or decrease volume.


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