SayChar — Accessibility

Accessibility

SayChar exists because saying characters out loud is hard — for everyone, and especially for people who rely on assistive technology at either end of the call. Accessibility isn't a checkbox on the roadmap; it's the whole product. This page describes the accessibility features SayChar ships with today.

VoiceOver

SayChar is fully navigable with VoiceOver.

Each character row is grouped as a single VoiceOver element, so the character and its phonetic name are announced together (for example, "A, ALPHA") — VoiceOver users don't have to swipe through the row twice.
The decorative arrow between the character and its phonetic name is hidden from VoiceOver, since it adds no information.
The clear button has an explicit accessibility label ("Clear password") rather than relying on the icon alone.
The Read Aloud button switches to a Stop label while speech is playing, and both states are announced by VoiceOver.

Dynamic Type

All text in SayChar scales with the system Dynamic Type setting, including the largest accessibility sizes. The character column widens along with the text so nothing gets clipped when you turn the text size up.

To change your text size, open Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Larger Text.

Color, contrast, and dark mode

SayChar automatically follows your system light/dark mode setting.
Text uses the system-defined primary/secondary colors, which iOS adjusts for high contrast and reduced transparency.
Row backgrounds use the system Material style, which remains legible under bold text and increased contrast.

Read-aloud output

The read-aloud feature uses the system speech synthesizer at a slightly slower dictation rate, with a brief pause between characters, so listeners can catch each one. To ensure "A" and "a" can be distinguished by ear (they otherwise sound identical when spoken), letters are prefixed with "Capital" or "lowercase" during read-aloud.

You can pick any voice iOS supports under Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices. SayChar respects whichever voice you've set.

Motion and timing

SayChar contains no animations that depend on motion to convey information and no time-limited interactions. The read-aloud playback can be stopped at any time by tapping the Stop button.

Feedback

If you hit an accessibility issue — anything that makes SayChar harder to use with assistive technology, or a spot where a label, contrast level, or spoken output could be clearer — please email galew5515@gmail.com. Accessibility bugs are treated as first-class bugs.