TAPTICKS
Accessibility · Inclusion

Everyone gets
through the door.

We treat accessibility as a release-blocker, not a press release. Every Tapticks surface is built to WCAG 2.2 AA, tested with real screen readers on real devices, and works on a three-year-old Android with two bars of signal in MoBay.

Our commitments

Four things
we hold ourselves to.

Concrete and verifiable. If any of these slip, write us and we'll fix it in the next release.

  • WCAG 2.2 AA, audited quarterly

    Every shipped surface — storefront, checkout, scanner app, dashboard — meets WCAG 2.2 AA. We re-audit the top 50 pages every quarter and publish the diffs.

  • Screen-reader tested before every release

    VoiceOver on iOS, TalkBack on Android, NVDA on Windows. No release ships if a core flow — buy, wallet, transfer, refund — fails an SR walkthrough.

  • Low-bandwidth scanning at the door

    Our scanner app works fully offline. Catherine Hall on a packed Saturday with a stadium full of phones jamming the cell tower? Doors still move at 250ms.

  • JMD-localised support, in plain language

    Help written for Jamaican English. JMD as the default currency, JM phone formats accepted, support staffed 9am–10pm JM time, every day of the week.

How we actually do it

Six practices,
every release.

These run in CI and in code review. Skipping one is a conversation, not a checkbox you can quietly tick.

  1. PRACTICE / 0101

    Real device testing

    We test on three-year-old Androids and entry-level iPhones on JM cellular. If a flow chokes on a Samsung A12 in Spanish Town, it doesn't ship.

  2. PRACTICE / 0202

    Captions and transcripts

    Every promo video we publish ships with captions and a plain-text transcript. Venue tutorials get the same treatment.

  3. PRACTICE / 0303

    Keyboard-only complete

    Buy a ticket, add to wallet, transfer to a friend — without touching a mouse. Tab order is checked on every PR by automated and human review.

  4. PRACTICE / 0404

    Colour and contrast

    Brand red is constrained to large type or non-text use. All body text holds 4.5:1 minimum, all interactive states hold 3:1. No exceptions for aesthetics.

  5. PRACTICE / 0505

    Reduced motion respected

    Marquees, parallax, and the live-dot pulse all collapse to static under prefers-reduced-motion. The product is identically functional, just calmer.

  6. PRACTICE / 0606

    Wheelchair access at venues

    Storefronts surface accessibility info up front — wheelchair routing, accessible seating sections, companion ticket policy — set by the venue, never hidden.

Community inclusion

The Jamaican
calendar is loud,
broad, and local.

From a 60-cap rum bar in Treasure Beach to Catherine Hall at Sumfest — same product, same support, same payouts. Our fee structure and feature set reflect that.

  • Free listings for community fundraisers

    Schools, sound systems running benefits, hurricane recovery shows — zero platform fee, settled the same way as any paid event.

  • JMD payouts to Jamaican banks, day one

    You shouldn't need a US bank account to run a show in your own country. We settle to NCB, Scotia, JN, Sagicor, FCIB the next business day.

  • Sliding-scale fees for grassroots venues

    Under 200 tickets per month? Our fee drops automatically. We'd rather make less on a 60-cap rum bar in Treasure Beach than not be there at all.

Found a barrier?

Tell us. We'll fix it.

Accessibility reports go to a real engineer, not a triage queue. We aim to acknowledge inside one business day and ship a fix within the release cycle.