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This accessibility statement draft (last updated 2026-05-02) describes Me Journal's current practices accurately, but has not yet been reviewed by qualified legal counsel. Until our solicitor signs off, please do not rely on this document for compliance decisions in your jurisdiction. For specific privacy/legal questions, contact privacy@me-journal.com.

Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement — Me Journal

Last updated: 2026-07-08 Applies to: the Me Journal website and web app at https://me-journal.com, and the Me Journal mobile apps. Operator: Astronero Ltd, England & Wales (Companies House 15024376).

Our commitment

We want Me Journal to be usable by everyone — including people who use a screen reader, navigate by keyboard, need higher contrast, or prefer reduced motion. Our target is WCAG 2.2 Level AA (the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). We are not fully there yet, and this page says honestly where we stand rather than claiming a badge we haven't earned.

What works today

  • Keyboard focus is visible. Interactive elements show a clear focus ring when you navigate with the keyboard.
  • Standard, accessible building blocks. Menus, dialogs, and switches are built on accessibility-tested component primitives with correct ARIA roles; dialogs declare themselves to assistive technology.
  • Labelled controls. Form fields (including the vault password screen) use proper labels; icon-only buttons (back, reminders, audio controls) carry accessible names.
  • Dark mode throughout the app, with theme-consistent colours.
  • Reduced motion respected. If your device asks for reduced motion, animations are switched off.
  • Text scaling. The app supports browser/device text zoom, with a minimum input font size so mobile browsers don't force awkward zooming.
  • Semantic structure. Headings, forms, and buttons use real HTML semantics rather than styled containers, so assistive technology can interpret them.

Known limitations (we are working on these)

We audited the app's code in July 2026. These are the honest gaps:

  1. Some secondary text was low-contrast. The main muted-text colour and the legal-page notice icon were darkened on 8 July 2026 to meet the AA ratios; a full contrast verification across every screen (real devices, real rendering) is still to be done, so isolated low-contrast spots may remain.
  2. Captions/transcripts: the feature is built, the content is being added. The meditation audio player now shows a written transcript when one is attached, and the video player displays captions when they are provided (both shipped 8 July 2026). We are now adding the actual transcript text to each meditation and will add video captions as the videos are published. Until that content is in place, some audio and video still lacks a text alternative — our largest remaining gap for Deaf and hard-of-hearing users.
  3. A few custom controls aren't fully keyboard-operable yet: the mood calendar's day-tap interaction, the audio player's waveform seek bar (the play/skip/speed buttons work fine), and the programme navigation pop-up menu (which also doesn't yet trap focus or close on Escape).
  4. Mood icons in the calendar aren't announced to screen readers — the colour-coded mood marks currently lack text alternatives.
  5. No "skip to content" link yet, so keyboard users must tab through navigation to reach the main content.
  6. Our contrast figures come from code review; full testing with screen readers (VoiceOver, NVDA) and at 200% zoom is still to be done.

What we're doing about it

  • Fixing the contrast pairs and the amber notice styling.
  • Producing captions and transcripts for video and meditation audio.
  • Adding keyboard support and focus management to the custom controls above, a skip-to-content link, and text alternatives for mood marks.
  • Running assistive-technology testing (VoiceOver, NVDA, keyboard-only, 200% zoom) and updating this page as items are fixed.

We prioritise fixes that users actually report — see below.

Tell us what's blocking you

If any part of Me Journal is hard or impossible for you to use, we want to know, and we will treat it as a priority:

  • Email: support@me-journal.com — put "Accessibility" in the subject if you can. Describe what you were trying to do, the page or screen, and the technology you use (e.g. VoiceOver on iPhone, NVDA on Windows, keyboard only).
  • We aim to acknowledge accessibility reports within 5 working days and to tell you honestly what we can fix and when.

If you need any content from Me Journal in an alternative format, ask and we will do our best to provide it.

Enforcement and further help

  • UK: if you are unhappy with our response, the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) can advise you about the Equality Act 2010.
  • US: information about the Americans with Disabilities Act is at ada.gov.

Technical notes

Me Journal is built as a modern web application (and a mobile app that wraps the same interface). It is designed to work with current versions of Safari, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, and with the platform screen readers (VoiceOver, TalkBack, NVDA, JAWS). Accessibility of the app depends in part on your browser and operating-system settings.

This statement was prepared on 2026-07-08 following a code-level accessibility review, and will be updated as fixes ship.

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