Accessibility

What is designed in, what this website does today, and what we have not tested yet. We would rather be exact than sound finished.

last reviewed: to confirmCovers the Slate Notes iPad app and this website

Designed in

These are decisions already made in the app design.

Shape, word and colour. Every verdict has all three: a circle with a tick for “checks out”, a diamond with a mark for “look here”, and a dashed ring for “can’t verify yet”. Colour is never the only signal.
Readable colour. Verdict text and chips are designed to reach at least 4.5:1 contrast against their backgrounds.
Comfortable targets. Controls are designed at 44 points or larger.
Writing without Apple Pencil. Turn on Draw with finger to write with one finger. Two fingers scroll.
Nothing hidden. “What we read” shows what we read from your handwriting, and marks the symbols we weren’t sure about with a dotted underline, not just a colour.

Every control is a real button or link, and can be reached and used with a keyboard.
Focus is always visible.
When your device asks for reduced motion, the animations stop: floating, tilting, the background drawings, the glow on the footer name, the button jiggle and the highlighter all hold still.
The tablet and the cards tilt toward a mouse or pen, never in response to touch.

We have not tested these yet, so we do not claim them.

VoiceOver. Reading the page, the lasso and the Check results in the app.to confirm
Larger text. How the app lays out at the biggest text sizes.to confirm
Switch Control and Voice Control. Using the app without touch.to confirm
Scribble. Whether Scribble works for typing in the app.to confirm
Captions. Captions on the Watch explainers.to confirm

If something in Slate Notes or on this site is hard to use, we want to know.

Contact address. Where to send accessibility feedback, to be added before launch.to confirm