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Accessibility Statement

OrbitSub’s commitment to digital accessibility for researchers and readers with disabilities, WCAG 2.2 AA practices, known limitations, and assistive support.

Effective date: 1 October 2026Last updated: 25 October 2026Jurisdiction: New Delhi, India (Global Compliance)

OrbitSub, a sole proprietorship owned and operated by Karan in New Delhi, India, and registered as a micro enterprise under the Udyam (MSME) scheme of the Government of India ("OrbitSub", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to ensuring that researchers, students, educators, and readers of all abilities—including people with visual, auditory, motor, speech, and cognitive disabilities—can access and use OrbitSub effectively. We design and maintain the Service in alignment with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (India), the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 (and Indian Standard IS 17802), the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, and international accessibility frameworks including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, EN 301 549 (European Accessibility Act), and U.S. Section 508.

1. Conformance Standard & Current Status

We design and develop OrbitSub to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Version 2.2 at Level AA.

  • Current Conformance Status: Partially Conformant. "Partially conformant" means that most workflows across the platform meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA criteria, while certain advanced interactive surfaces (such as real-time multi-cursor collaboration and third-party embedded frames) have known limitations documented in Section 4 below, for which we provide alternative workflows or direct assistance.

2. Accessibility Features Built into OrbitSub

Accessibility DimensionHow OrbitSub Supports It
Full Keyboard NavigationCore workflows—including reading published research, navigating legal and settings pages, managing your Reference Library, and writing in the manuscript editor—are operable via keyboard (Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space, and arrow keys). Modal dialogs, command palettes, and dropdown menus trap focus appropriately while open, dismiss with the Escape key, and restore focus to the triggering element upon closure.
Semantic Structure & Screen Reader SupportPages use semantic HTML5 landmarks (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <aside>, <footer>, <article>), hierarchical heading levels (<h1> through <h4>), explicit form labels, and ARIA attributes (aria-current, aria-expanded, aria-live, role="dialog") to support screen readers such as NVDA, VoiceOver, JAWS, and TalkBack.
Visual Contrast & Dual ThemesOrbitSub provides both a high-legibility Light Theme and a low-glare Dark Theme (persisted via orbit-theme), engineered to meet or exceed the WCAG 2.2 AA minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal body text and 3:1 for large text and interactive UI components.
Scalable Typography & Responsive ReflowText can be resized up to 200% and pages reflow cleanly at 320 CSS pixels (WCAG 1.4.4 & 1.4.10) without loss of content or functionality. Long-form manuscripts and legal policies use generous line heights, clear typographic hierarchy, and tabular-nums for numerical data.
Reduced Motion & Cognitive ClarityOur stylesheet honours your operating system's prefers-reduced-motion: reduce setting by disabling non-essential transitions, smooth scrolling, and decorative animations. The writing workspace is designed to minimise visual clutter and cognitive load.
Multi-Format Accessible ExportsBecause different assistive technologies work best with specific document formats, OrbitSub allows you to export any manuscript not only as a PDF, but also as structured Markdown (.md), Microsoft Word (.docx), and semantic LaTeX (main.tex + references.bib), which can be read directly by braille displays and screen readers.
Print-Ready StylesheetsEvery legal policy and research view includes dedicated @media print rules that strip navigation chrome and render high-contrast black-on-white typography for offline reading or assistive print-to-speech tools.

3. Compatibility with Browsers & Assistive Technologies

OrbitSub is designed to be compatible with recent versions of major standards-compliant browsers (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari) when used alongside:

  • Screen readers (NVDA and JAWS on Windows; VoiceOver on macOS and iOS; TalkBack on Android);
  • Operating-system screen magnifiers (Windows Magnifier, macOS Zoom);
  • Speech-recognition and voice-dictation software (Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Windows Voice Access, macOS Voice Control); and
  • Hardware keyboard alternatives, switch devices, and refreshable braille displays.

4. Known Limitations & Workarounds

Despite our ongoing engineering efforts, certain areas of the Service currently present accessibility challenges:

  1. Real-Time Live Room Cursors & Presence: In collaborative Live Rooms, simultaneous edits and live cursor positions of multiple co-authors are rendered visually on the canvas and may generate excessive or incomplete announcements for screen readers.
    • Workaround: Screen-reader users can collaborate asynchronously using structured Inline Suggestions and threaded Comments, or lock individual manuscript sections while editing.
  2. PDF Export Tagging (PDF/UA): While PDF exports include selectable vector text and logical reading order, complex multi-column layouts or intricate mathematical equations may not yet carry complete PDF/UA accessibility tag trees.
    • Workaround: Export the manuscript as Word (.docx), Markdown (.md), or LaTeX (.tex) for full structural navigation with screen readers.
  3. User-Uploaded Content & Reference PDFs: Research papers, figures, and external PDFs uploaded by users or retrieved from external repositories may lack alternative text (alt attributes) or OCR text layers if the original publisher did not include them.
    • Workaround: You can use Orbit AI to summarise, extract text from, or describe sections of uploaded Reference Library documents.
  4. Third-Party Checkout & Authentication Widgets: Payment checkout windows hosted by PayPal, OAuth sign-in flows hosted by Google, and security challenges provided by Cloudflare Turnstile are governed by the accessibility implementations of those respective providers.

We continuously audit and remediate these areas as part of our product development cycle.

5. Requesting Accessible Formats, Assistance, or Reporting Barriers

If you experience any difficulty accessing any feature or document on OrbitSub, require any policy or platform material in an alternative accessible format (such as large print, plain-text, audio-ready Markdown, or accessible Word), or wish to report an accessibility defect, please contact us:

  • Accessibility & Support Contact: Karan, OrbitSub
  • Email: team@orbitsub.com (with the subject line Accessibility Support)
  • Location: New Delhi, India

To help us assist you effectively, please let us know:

  1. the web address (URL) or feature you were trying to use;
  2. the nature of the barrier you encountered; and
  3. the operating system, browser, and assistive technology (if any) you were using.

Our Response SLA: We acknowledge all accessibility requests within 24 hours and aim to provide a substantive resolution, workaround, or alternative accessible format within 7 calendar days.

This Accessibility Statement was prepared and last updated on 25 October 2026 (effective from 1 October 2026).