Accessibility

We want Fieldnote to be usable by everyone, and we treat accessibility as part of doing the job, not an afterthought. The apps are built natively for iPhone, so they inherit Apple’s accessibility features — and we lean on those deliberately.

We’re not perfect, and we’d rather be honest than make a badge claim. Below is what works today, where we still fall short, and how to reach a person if you hit a barrier.

This statement applies to both apps — FODMAP by Fieldnote and Menopause by Fieldnote (including its Apple Watch companion) — and to this website, fieldnote.health.

Because the apps are native iOS (and watchOS) apps, they support the system accessibility features you already rely on:

• Dynamic Type — most text scales with your iOS text-size and Bold Text settings.
• VoiceOver — the core interface is navigable, with labels on standard controls.
• Reduce Motion — animations and transitions respect the system setting and quiet down when it’s on.
• No sign-in barrier — there’s no account, email, or password to get past; you open the app and start.
• They work with system features like increased contrast and the iOS/watchOS accessibility shortcuts.

Being straight with you about the current gaps — these are on our list:

• Charts and visualizations — the correlation timeline, trend sparklines, and severity markers don’t yet expose full descriptions to VoiceOver. We’re adding text and audio alternatives so the same insight is available without seeing the chart.
• A few fixed text sizes — some labels don’t scale as far as the rest; we’re migrating them to fully scalable type.
• Where a status is shown with color (for example FODMAP severity), we aim to pair it with text or position so color isn’t the only signal — but coverage isn’t complete yet.

If any of these blocks you, please tell us — we’ll help you find a workaround now and move the fix up the list.

fieldnote.health is built with semantic HTML, is keyboard-navigable with visible focus, and uses descriptive text for meaningful images. We aim for readable contrast and clear structure. The site is currently light-mode only.

For the apps, we follow Apple’s accessibility guidelines. For the website, we work toward the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA where it applies. We don’t claim full conformance — this is a direction we’re actively working in, not a finish line we’ve crossed.

If something is hard or impossible to use — in an app or on this site — email hello@fieldnote.health. Tell us what you were trying to do, which app or page, and the assistive technology you use if relevant.

A person reads every message. We’ll help you find a way through, and we use these reports to decide what to fix first.