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For every reader

Scripture, accessible to all.

Gospify is built on native Apple and Android accessibility — VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type, Switch Control, high-contrast, and reduced motion all supported out of the box.

Our commitment

The Word of God is for everyone. Gospify is built as a first-class native app on every platform, which means we inherit all of the accessibility infrastructure Apple and Google have spent decades refining. We then add proper labels, traits, grouping, and semantic ordering on top — because accessibility isn't a compliance checkbox, it's whether someone can actually pray with the app.

We test with VoiceOver on every release. If something doesn't read well to you, we want to hear about it.

Screen-reader support

Every interactive element in the app has a proper accessibility label, a hint where the action isn't obvious, and correct traits (button, link, header). Decorative ornaments are marked hidden so VoiceOver skips them. Reading order follows the visual order top-to-bottom, left-to-right.

VoiceOver (iOS / macOS)

Full support. Custom rotor actions on lesson cards, Lumen bubbles, and the Path. Scripture is read with proper pacing.

TalkBack (Android)

Semantics tagged on every Compose screen. Live regions announce streak milestones, quest completion, and AI replies.

Voice Control & Voice Access

Every button speaks its name. "Tap Begin Lesson", "Tap Ask Lumen" — no number overlay needed.

Switch Control

Full-app reachability via external switches. Focus order groups related controls so navigation is efficient.

Vision & readability

  • Dynamic Type — every piece of text scales with your system text size, up to Accessibility XXXL. Layouts reflow cleanly; nothing truncates.
  • Crimson Pro was chosen for scripture body text precisely because of its generous x-height and wide letter-spacing — it reads well at every size.
  • Bold Text honored — when you turn on bold text in system settings, the app thickens appropriately.
  • Increase Contrast honored — borders, dividers, and focus rings thicken; washed-out muted tones darken toward the ink color.
  • Reduce Transparency honored — the translucent drawer, fresco backdrops, and glass cards fall back to solid parchment.
  • Smart Invert / Dark Mode — a purpose-built Renaissance-night palette (ultramarine + gilt) that was designed from first principles rather than auto-inverted.

Motion & interaction

  • Reduce Motion honored — every fresco parallax, progress-ring animation, scroll reveal, and card pulse is disabled or swapped for a crossfade.
  • Haptics — gentle taps on selection, lesson-complete chime. All can be muted in Settings.
  • No flashing content — nothing in the app flashes at a rate that could trigger photosensitive seizures. We avoid strobing altogether.
  • Tap targets — every interactive element is at least 44×44 points, per Apple HIG, with generous padding.
  • Timeouts — lessons never auto-advance. You decide when to move on.

Keyboard & Mac

  • Full keyboard flow on Mac — Tab cycles all controls in visual order, Enter activates, Escape cancels, Space scrolls.
  • ⌘1–⌘8 jump between Today · Path · Quests · Ask Lumen · Plans · Library · Shop · Knowledge Center.
  • Focus rings are visible on every control — never suppressed.
  • Menu bar commands mirror the sidebar so everything is reachable without a mouse.

Privacy-friendly accessibility

All accessibility settings are read from the OS and applied locally. Gospify never records which accessibility features you use, never sends that data anywhere, and never uses it to segment or target users. Your use of VoiceOver is yours alone.

Something doesn't work?

If anything in the app is unreachable, mislabelled, or unreadable with an assistive technology, please email — and if you can include the specific screen and what assistive tech you were using, we can usually fix it within the same week.

Report an accessibility issue