We want everyone on a production team to be able to use WholeRun and WholeRun GO, including people who use a keyboard instead of a mouse, screen readers, high contrast, larger text, or who are color-blind or sensitive to motion.
Our target
Both programs aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA.
What we do
- Every release is checked automatically with the axe accessibility engine and our own contrast checker in all four themes (light, dark, high contrast and booth), on every screen and dialog. WholeRun GO is checked the same way in its light, dark and booth looks and with Windows high-contrast colors.
- Every button and control has a label and a tooltip, shown on keyboard focus as well as hover.
- Color is never the only way information is shown: characters have initials, cue types have prefixes, and warnings have words.
- Settings for text size, high contrast, reduced motion, a reading font that some people with dyslexia find easier, and color-blind-safe character colors.
- Animated blocking and other motion respect your computer’s reduce-motion setting.
- Keyboard use throughout: menus and lists move with the arrow keys and act only when you press Enter, the seats on the Audience view’s house plan can be chosen from the keyboard, and WholeRun GO’s GO, Stop all and soundboard keys work without a mouse.
Known limits
- Our checks run in the engine Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome use (the one the Windows apps use), and the free WholeRun Viewer is also checked with the Safari and Firefox engines. We haven’t yet tested with real screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, Narrator, VoiceOver), so some things may be harder to use with them.
- Stage maps, the 360° seat view and drag-and-drop blocking are visual tools. Every move is also described in words in reports and in the Details panel, and positions can be typed instead of dragged.
- Script pages come from your PDF. If the PDF is a scan without text, a screen reader can’t read it.
- Translations are a beta and may be incomplete.
Accessibility outputs
WholeRun can make caption and surtitle files, audio description notes and content warnings for your audience. These are starting points for trained captioners and describers, not certified accessible services.
Tell us
If something in WholeRun or WholeRun GO is hard to use, email contact@wholerun.app with what you were doing and what you use (Windows or browser version, screen reader, settings), or use Feedback › Report a problem. We aim to reply within 2 business days and to fix barriers in the next update where we can.