What is supported
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VoiceOver throughout. Every control is labelled, selected states are announced, charts have spoken summaries, and the 3-D body atlas is mirrored by accessible callouts and a searchable list of areas.
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Dynamic Type to the largest accessibility sizes. Content keeps scaling; grids collapse to one column; chip rows scroll instead of squeezing. Dense chrome stops where it would break.
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Reduce Motion. Transitions cross-fade; nothing loops.
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Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast are respected, including in the glass containers.
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One hand. The add button and the tab bar sit at the bottom; the logging sheet prefills from last time so an entry is two taps.
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A more legible typeface. Settings → Appearance → Font switches the app to Atkinson Hyperlegible, from the Braille Institute, which keeps easily confused letters and numbers distinct. It follows your text size like the system typeface does.
Setting up iOS for a bad day
Settings → Accessibility is the place. Larger Text (past the accessibility sizes if you need them), Bold Text, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, and, if hands or eyes are the problem, VoiceOver or Voice Control. The guide to tracking on bad days walks through each setting and what to expect from an app that supports it.
If something does not work
That is a bug. Email us with your iOS version and the setting involved, and it gets fixed like one. This website holds itself to WCAG AA, respects reduced motion and reduced transparency, and is complete without JavaScript.
Questions about accessibility
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Does Longnote work with VoiceOver?
Yes, throughout. Every interactive element has a label, selected states are announced rather than shown only by colour, and charts carry a spoken summary of what they show. The 3-D body atlas is mirrored by accessible callout chips and a searchable list of areas, so marking “left knee” never requires finding it on the model. If you hit something that does not read well, email us: that is a bug, and it is fixed like one.
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Does it support large text sizes?
Yes. Longnote follows Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes (AX5). Your content keeps scaling: entries, notes, the logging sheet, the 0–10 bar. Grids collapse to one column at accessibility sizes and chip rows scroll sideways instead of squeezing. Dense chrome, such as the calendar strip and chart internals, stops growing at the point where it would break, so the layout stays usable. Bold Text and Increase Contrast are respected too.
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What happens with Reduce Motion on?
With Reduce Motion on, every transition in Longnote cross-fades instead of sliding or zooming, and the few looping movements (such as a key indicator’s nudge) stop entirely. Nothing in the app is carried by motion alone, so turning it off loses no information. This website behaves the same way.
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Can I change the typeface?
Yes. Under Settings → Appearance → Font you can switch from the system typeface to Atkinson Hyperlegible, designed by the Braille Institute to keep easily confused letters and numbers (such as I, l and 1) distinct. The choice applies across the app, including titles and tab bars, and either typeface follows your iOS text size everywhere, up to the largest accessibility sizes.