Accessibility

Cipher & Spirit supports VoiceOver and Voice Control, larger text up to 200 percent, reduced motion, increased contrast, a fully dark interface, and controls that never rely on color alone. The app honors these settings from iOS automatically, and lets you adjust some of them inside the app as well.

If you change nothing, you get the standard app. Turn a feature on, in iOS or in the app, and Cipher & Spirit adapts to match.

A feature is active if your device has it turned on, or if you turn it on inside the app. The in-app Accessibility page is a superset of your system settings, never a replacement. You never have to choose between them.

Because the app reads your iOS settings directly, features like VoiceOver, Voice Control, and larger text work the moment you open Cipher & Spirit, with no setup required.

Buttons, cards, and controls carry clear spoken labels and the right roles, so VoiceOver announces what each element is and what it does. Toggles, such as a favorite heart or an add-to-bar button, announce whether they are on or off.

Decorative artwork is hidden from the screen reader so it does not clutter navigation, and the surrounding card carries the name instead. Every primary task flow, from browsing the library to building a drink and managing your bar, is reachable and operable by voice.

The app supports Dynamic Type up to 200 percent, Apple's recommended target. As text grows, layouts reflow rather than clip: dense grids collapse into single-column rows, cards switch to a wide layout that gives the name room to breathe, and compact chrome is capped so it stays legible without breaking.

When Reduce Motion is on, page transitions become a simple fade, parallax and decorative animations are stilled, and effects like the spinning roulette and the shaker rattle are held in place. The results and haptics still happen. Only the motion is removed.

Body text already meets WCAG AA contrast at its baseline. When Increase Contrast is on, body text brightens across the app and card outlines strengthen, making the most-read screens easier to scan.

Cipher & Spirit uses a dark interface throughout, designed to be easy on the eyes in the low-light settings where cocktails are often made and enjoyed.

Every state that uses color is also paired with a shape, an icon, or a label, so meaning never depends on color alone:

• Owned and missing ingredients use distinct filled and outlined icons.
• Makeable drinks show a check; locked ones show a lock.
• Allergens carry a warning icon and a "Contains Allergen" label.
• Alcohol-free drinks are marked with a "0% ABV" label.
• Ratings are read by glass shape, not just color.

Inside the app, the Accessibility page lives in the More menu. It offers Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast switches that layer on top of your system settings, so you can fine-tune the experience without leaving the app or changing your device-wide preferences.

Cipher & Spirit contains no video and no narrated audio, only optional sound effects. There is no spoken or recorded content that would require captions or audio descriptions.

We treat accessibility as ongoing work, not a finished checkbox. If something is hard to use with the assistive technology you depend on, or if you have a suggestion, we want to hear it. Email us any time at will@cipherandspirit.com.