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Accessibility

Our standard

What we're building toward

We're committed to making simplicity.finance usable by everyone, regardless of ability or assistive technology. We target WCAG 2.1 Level AAconformance and continuously improve toward Level AAA where it doesn't conflict with editorial clarity.

Accessibility isn't a one-time audit. We treat it as a quality bar shipped into every release.

Features

What's built in

  • Full keyboard navigation — every interactive element is reachable and operable via keyboard. Use j / k to move through episodes, Enter to open, and Esc to close modals.
  • Screen reader support — semantic HTML throughout, ARIA labels on non-textual controls, live regions for dynamic content updates.
  • Light and dark themes — both pass AA contrast for body text and UI components. Switch any time from Settings.
  • Reduced motion — animations respect the prefers-reduced-motion system setting; fades and slides drop to instant transitions.
  • Resizable text — interface scales correctly with browser zoom up to 200% without layout breaks or content loss.
  • Visible focus indicators — every interactive element shows a clear focus ring for keyboard users.
  • No motion-only signaling — state changes are conveyed by color and shape, not only by animation.

Known limitations

What we're still working on

We try to be honest about what isn't there yet:

  • Some dynamically-loaded content may not be announced immediately by screen readers.
  • The particle animation on the marketing landing page may be distracting; it respects reduced-motion but isn't fully removable.
  • Embedded YouTube players are subject to YouTube's own accessibility limitations, which we can't override.
  • Some long-form report tables aren't yet announced as tabular content by screen readers.

Feedback

Tell us where we're falling short

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please tell us. We treat accessibility reports as bugs and aim to acknowledge within two business days.