Inclusion and access

Make room for more than one way of seeing

Voces en Capas treats access, cultural care, and representation as part of curatorial practice—not as a final checklist added after the story is built.

Adult wheelchair user independently viewing original art along a wide gallery path

Practice principles

Access changes the arrangement

The app offers prompts, not certification. Real venues and communities have specific needs, rules, histories, and expertise that an offline general-purpose tool cannot determine.

Clear circulation

Consider routes, turning space, resting points, sightlines from seated positions, and places where objects or people could create barriers.

Readable structure

Use meaningful headings, sufficient contrast, scalable text, generous touch targets, visible focus, and concise instructions.

Sensory pacing

Balance dense and quiet areas, explain motion, avoid surprise audio, and provide an experience that remains complete when animation is reduced.

Descriptive access

Begin image descriptions with an overview, identify medium and orientation, then follow a clear path through visible details before interpretation.

Multiple responses

Invite noticing, comparison, questions, and uncertainty. Do not rank one cultural reference, learning style, language background, or aesthetic preference as universal.

Local control

Keep progress private, avoid identity fields, and let users reset without contacting the publisher or explaining why.

Representation and cultural care

Context before claim

Fictional works and scenes in the app are newly created for this product. They do not reproduce real Nuestra Creación exhibitions, identify real participants, or imitate a named artist's recognizable style.

Prompts ask users to distinguish observation from inference, seek permission before sharing another person's story or image, attribute creators accurately, avoid presenting sacred or restricted cultural material without authorization, and make space for people to name themselves.

The app does not decide cultural ownership, grant permission, clear copyright, authenticate art, or replace consultation with artists and communities.

Empty Atlanta-inspired creative studio with original abstract art

Digital accessibility

Support surfaces follow the same intent

The app and this website should be tested with keyboard navigation, screen readers, large text, high contrast, and reduced motion. Automated tools support review but do not replace testing with disabled people.

Navigation
Semantic landmarks, descriptive titles, visible focus, logical heading order, and no hover-only information.
Motion
Decorative motion is subtle and disabled through the operating system's reduced-motion preference.
Images
Informative images have concise alternative text; decorative images use empty alternative text.
Text
Layouts must remain usable with large system fonts and narrow screens without clipping or horizontal page scrolling.
Interaction
Controls require no rapid gestures, fine timing, drag-only action, or color-only identification.

A continuing practice

Access is not a badge

When planning a real exhibition, involve the people affected, follow venue requirements, compensate expertise when appropriate, and verify the current standards relevant to that context.