This page lists the reading aids OutaStory offers today. It is
deliberately a list of what exists, not a promise about what we meet.
Where we stand
OutaStory has no published accessibility statement and makes no
conformance claim — not WCAG, not BFSG, not any other standard. We
would rather say that plainly than imply a level we haven't had audited.
Accessibility work is ongoing.
Reading aids that exist
At /profile/reader-settings, also reachable
from the gear icon in the reader:
- Dyslexia font — one of three font choices, rendered in
OpenDyslexic, whose weighted letterforms some readers find easier to
track. - Text size — a −/+ stepper from 14 px to 22 px in 1 px steps.
- Line spacing — Compact, Normal or Relaxed.
At /profile/theme:
- High Contrast — a theme of pure black and white, with bold borders
and no animation. It is a theme you choose, not a toggle. - Light / Dark / System mode, independently of the theme.
Elsewhere:
- Audio narration, where an author has added it, is an alternative to
reading at all. - The app honours your operating system's reduced-motion setting.
Screen readers and the keyboard
The reader is ordinary semantic HTML — headings, landmarks, links and
buttons — so a screen reader can move through a chapter using its own
heading and landmark commands, and you can move through the interface
with <kbd>Tab</kbd> and activate with <kbd>Enter</kbd> or
<kbd>Space</kbd>, as anywhere on the web. More detail in
Screen readers and the keyboard.
Tell us what breaks
This is the most useful thing you can do. Open a ticket at
/help/contact with the address of the page, the
assistive technology you use, and what you expected to happen. We read
every one.