Accessibility

We want PinDrift to work for everyone. Here is what we aim for, what is built in, and how to reach us if something gets in your way.

Last updated: June 14, 2026 · Effective: June 14, 2026

Short version:
  • We aim for the WCAG 2.1 Level AA guidelines across this website.
  • The site works with a keyboard, supports light and dark themes, honors your "reduce motion" setting, and scales when you zoom or enlarge text.
  • We are a small team and we are not perfect. If something is hard to use, tell us and we will fix it.
  • Email support@pindrift.app with "Accessibility" in the subject and we will reply within five business days.

1. Our commitment

PinDrift should be usable by people of all abilities, including people who rely on screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification, voice control, or other assistive technology. Accessibility is part of what we mean by "boring software that just works," and we treat accessibility barriers as bugs to be fixed, not as edge cases.

2. The standard we aim for

We design and build the PinDrift website to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, published by the W3C. WCAG organizes accessibility around four principles: content should be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. We use those principles as our checklist. This is a target we work toward continuously, not a one-time certification.

3. What is built in

  • Keyboard navigation. Every interactive control on the site can be reached and operated with the keyboard alone, and a visible focus outline shows where you are.
  • Semantic structure. Pages use real headings, lists, landmarks, and link text so screen readers can announce structure and let you jump around.
  • Color and contrast. Body text and key controls aim to meet the WCAG AA contrast ratios. We do not use color alone to convey meaning.
  • Light and dark themes. A theme toggle in the footer lets you pick light or dark, and the site otherwise follows your operating-system preference.
  • Reduced motion. If your device requests reduced motion, the site honors prefers-reduced-motion and turns off or shortens the animated backgrounds and transitions.
  • Resizable text and zoom. The layout reflows when you zoom the page or increase your browser or system font size, without losing content or function.
  • Descriptive images. Meaningful images carry alternative text, and decorative graphics (such as the animated hero) are hidden from assistive technology so they do not add noise.
  • A reading aid. Our longer guides include an optional bionic-reading toggle that bolds the leading part of each word, which some readers find easier to follow.

4. The desktop app

The PinDrift desktop app (Windows and macOS) is built on web technology, so much of the same work applies: it can be driven by keyboard, respects your reduced-motion preference, and offers a high-contrast dark theme. The app also includes a reduce-motion toggle in its settings. Some areas, such as the interactive map, are harder to make fully screen-reader friendly; we describe the current limits below and are actively improving them.

5. Known limitations

We would rather be honest than overclaim. Areas we know are not yet where we want them:

  • The interactive map (both on the site and in the app) is a visual, pointer-first surface. Screen-reader users can still set locations by search and by typed coordinates, but dragging a pin on the map itself is not fully accessible yet.
  • A few older guide pages and embedded diagrams have not been audited as thoroughly as the core pages.
  • Some third-party content we link to is outside our control and may not meet the same standard.

If you hit one of these, or anything else, please tell us. Real reports from real users are the fastest way these get fixed.

6. Getting help or reporting a barrier

If any part of PinDrift is hard to use with your assistive technology, or you need information from this site in a different format, contact us and we will help:

Please include the page or screen, the device and assistive technology you use, and what you were trying to do. We aim to acknowledge accessibility reports within five business days and will work with you on a fix or an alternative way to get what you need.

7. Ongoing work

Accessibility is never "done." We test new pages and features against the guidelines as we build them, fold accessibility fixes into our normal release cycle, and revisit this statement as the product changes. This page reflects the current state and will be updated as we make progress.

8. Contact

Questions about this statement, or about accessibility at PinDrift generally, can be sent to support@pindrift.app or through the contact page.