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Doorpost

Accessibility

Last updated 2026-11-13

Doorpost is for the whole household: a grandparent reading the kitchen wall from across the room, a child who is still learning to read, a parent on a phone in the car line. This page says what we build in so everyone can use it, what you can change, and what we have not done yet.

What we build in

  • Colours you can read. Every colour scheme, in light and dark, is checked by an automated test: text must reach a contrast of at least 4.5 to 1 against its background, and buttons, borders and family colours at least 3 to 1.
  • Buttons big enough to tap. Automated tests check that the controls on our main screens are at least 44 pixels square in the app and at least 56 pixels on the kitchen wall.
  • Large type on the wall. Anything meant to be read from across the room is at least 22 pixels tall, and body text is 24.
  • A keyboard path. Whatever has keyboard focus shows a clear ring. On our public pages and in the app, the first press of Tab offers “Skip to main content”, and each page keeps its content in one main region.
  • Less motion when you ask for it. If your device is set to reduce motion, animations shorten to a quick fade and the celebration bursts are turned off. The welcome tour snaps instead of gliding, the photo slideshow cuts instead of fading, and the wall screensaver holds still.
  • More contrast, less see-through. If your device is set to increase contrast, dividing lines get darker and the faintest text steps up. If it is set to reduce transparency, the frosted bars at the top of the app turn solid. These follow your browser, and not every browser passes the settings on yet.
  • Room to change your mind. Ticking off a chore or a lesson in the app shows an Undo button for six seconds.
  • Zoom and language. We never block pinch-to-zoom, and every page tells your device it is written in English.
  • Labels for assistive technology. We write text labels for buttons that show only an icon, and we mark messages such as “Done” so they are announced aloud.

Making the wall easier to read

A parent can change how the kitchen wall looks in Settings → Wall → Customize the wall. You see the change in the preview before you save.

  • Text size: 85%, 90%, 100%, 110% or 125%. Choose 125% if someone reads the wall from across the kitchen.
  • Spacing: Comfortable leaves more room around each item; Compact fits more on the screen.
  • Light or dark on the wall: Light, Sage, Dark, or Auto, which turns dark at night.

On your phone, tablet or computer, Doorpost follows your device's light or dark setting by itself.

What we have not done yet

We would rather tell you than have you find out.

  • We have not yet tested all of Doorpost from start to finish with a screen reader such as VoiceOver or TalkBack, so some screens may be hard to follow with one.
  • We do not yet run an automated accessibility scan over every screen.
  • We have not tested every screen with your browser's text enlarged to 200%.
  • We design to the colour-contrast and target-size guidance in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and we test for those two. We do not claim that all of Doorpost meets every WCAG 2.2 AA requirement.

Tell us what gets in the way

If something in Doorpost is hard for you or someone in your family to use, write to hello@doorpost.app. Tell us what you were trying to do and on which device, and we will work on it with you.