Accessibility

We want everyone to be able to plan a trip with Trouble. This page describes what we have built so far, where we know it falls short, and how to tell us about a problem. We have not had Trouble independently audited, and we do not claim it conforms to a particular standard.

In the app

• VoiceOver and TalkBack. Buttons, tabs, cards, sheets and form fields have spoken labels, roles and states, most screens mark their headings, decorative elements are hidden, and errors and loading progress are announced. Many sheets move focus to their title when they open.
• Text size. Text follows your device’s text size setting (Dynamic Type on iOS). Some layouts, such as place details and map sheets, stack their buttons at larger sizes; a few compact labels stop growing at a set size so they stay readable in place.
• Reduce Motion. Trouble follows the system Reduce Motion setting, and has its own “Reduce in-app animation” switch. Either one stops the globe spinning, opens most sheets without animation, makes most map moves jump instead of glide, and stops loading pulses. A few screen transitions still animate.
• Reordering without dragging. Wherever you can drag to reorder (route stops, days, countries and places), there are also move-earlier and move-later buttons and matching screen-reader actions, and the new position is announced.
• Touch targets. Controls aim for a touch area of at least 44 points, with extra touch space around smaller visible buttons. The “Larger map controls” switch makes the trip map’s buttons and filter chips 56 points.
• Contrast and themes. Light and dark themes, or follow the device, chosen in your profile’s Settings, plus a “Stronger contrast” switch for darker secondary text and stronger borders. It turns on by itself when Increase Contrast is on in your device settings. On iOS, sheets use a more solid background when Reduce Transparency is on.
• Not by colour alone. Selected chips, options and map pins also change weight, border, size or show a check mark.
• iPad. Trouble runs as an iPad app in every orientation and in Split View, with a centred reading column and sheets shown as centred cards on larger screens.
• Languages. The app is available in English and Hebrew. Hebrew text reads right to left; buttons and layout stay in the same place.

Trouble’s own switches are in your profile under Accessibility, which also shows your current system settings and a shortcut to them. They are saved on each device.

On this website

• A skip link to the main content as the first item on every page.
• A clearly visible focus outline for keyboard navigation.
• Labelled navigation regions, a menu button that reports whether it is open, and a theme button that reports its state.
• Animations and smooth scrolling are turned off when your device asks for reduced motion.
• Text colours were chosen and measured for readable contrast in both the light and dark themes. The site follows your device’s light or dark setting until you choose one.
• Pages adapt to small screens without sideways scrolling.

Known gaps

• In languages other than English and Hebrew, some screen-reader labels are still in English.
• At the very largest accessibility text sizes, a few compact labels can still crowd or cut off text.
• The app does not yet adapt to the system Bold Text setting.
• Maps and the 3D globe are visual. The places on them are also listed as text in the trip’s days, route and Services.

Report a problem

If something in Trouble is hard or impossible to use with the way you use your device, please email [email protected]. Tell us the screen or page, what you were trying to do, your device, and the assistive technology or setting you use. We read every message and use them to decide what to fix next. More help is in the Help centre.