Accessibility Statement

Last reviewed October 18, 2026.

We want everyone to be able to read, hear and discuss the news on The Forum, including people who are blind or have low vision, are Deaf or hard of hearing, or have motor, cognitive or other disabilities.

Our goal

We aim for The Forum app and the website at [DOMAIN] to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and to follow Apple's and Google's accessibility guidance for apps.

What The Forum does today

• Screen readers. Buttons and controls have spoken labels for VoiceOver and TalkBack. Story pictures carry a text description where we have one. Skipping, saving and opening a story are available as screen reader actions on the headline, so you don't need to swipe.
• Larger text and your choice of font. Story text follows your phone's text size, and The Forum has its own Text size and font control. Choose Newspaper (a serif), Clear (plain letters that are hard to mistake for each other), or Dyslexia-friendly, which adds space between letters and lines as WCAG recommends.
• Read aloud. Every story can be read aloud, with each word highlighted as it is spoken.
• Reduced motion. When Reduce Motion is on, cards move without sliding and tilting animations.
• Color and contrast. Text and controls are designed to meet WCAG contrast minimums in both light and dark mode, and meaning is never shown by color alone (votes show arrows as well as color).
• Touch targets. Buttons are at least 44 by 44 points.
• Alternatives to gestures. You never have to swipe: every story has a Save button and a Next story button, and screen readers get actions for each.

Known limitations

• Ads are made by advertisers and served by Google. We can't guarantee they meet the same standard.
• Stories from partner newsrooms and the source documents we link to are made by others, and some may not be fully accessible.
• Narration is computer-generated and can mispronounce names and unusual words. The full text is always on screen.

Tell us about a barrier

If something in The Forum is hard or impossible for you to use, please email thane@th.enterprises with what you were trying to do and the device you were using. We aim to reply within five business days, and we will work with you to get you the information you need in the meantime.

How we check

We test with VoiceOver, large text sizes, Reduce Motion, and light and dark mode before each release, and we review this statement at least once a year.