Accessibility
Works with the features you already use.
Most of Skapa Ord is built from Apple’s own controls, so VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Voice Control work in it as they do in other apps. The stage is drawn by the app itself, and was built to work with them as well.
In the app
- VoiceOver. The library, the writing view, Shape, Material and Settings use the system’s own controls, which VoiceOver reads as it does everywhere else.
- Dynamic Type. Text follows the size you’ve chosen for your device.
- Voice Control. The buttons are words, like Rehearse, Perform, Shape, Material, Print and Done, so you can say their names to use them.
- Light and dark. The writing view follows your device’s appearance. Perform is always light text on black.
- The keyboard. On the Mac, and on an iPad with a keyboard, the menus and the text work as they do in any Apple app. Emphasis is ⌘B.
On stage
- No time limits. Nothing moves on a timer, so you go at your own pace.
- VoiceOver. The stage reads the passage on the reading line and where it is in the speech. Swipe up or down to move between passages, and use the escape gesture, a two-finger scrub, to leave.
- Text size. Choose Bigger or Smaller in Rehearse. Perform uses the same size on that device. There’s no pinching.
- Reduce Motion. With Reduce Motion on, passages fade into place instead of sliding.
- Keys and switches. Space, →, ↓ and Page Down move on, and ←, ↑ and Page Up go back, so a keyboard, a presentation clicker or a switch set to send those keys can run the whole speech.
- Unsteady hands. Two taps close together count as one, touches at the edges are ignored, and leaving takes a deliberate hold, so a shaky moment doesn’t cost you your place.
On this website
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG 2.2) at level AA.
- Every page is plain, structured HTML, with headings, landmarks and a link to skip to the content.
- Everything works with a keyboard, including the stage on the home page: focus it, then use Space and the arrow keys, and Esc to leave. Each new passage is announced to screen readers.
- The site follows your light or dark appearance. When you’ve asked for reduced motion, nothing on the page slides in, and the stage fades between passages as the app does.
- Text can be resized to 200% without anything being lost, and images that carry meaning have text alternatives.
Tell us
If anything in Skapa Ord or on this website gets in your way, we want to know. Write to support@skapa-ord.com, and tell us what you were trying to do and what you use, such as VoiceOver or Switch Control. We’ll answer, and fix what we can.