Accessibility
Built Health should work for everyone who wants to track their health, including people who use a screen reader, larger text, a keyboard, or other assistive technology. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA on this website and in the Built Health app for Android and iPhone.
What we do
- Buttons and icons in the app have spoken labels for VoiceOver (iPhone) and TalkBack (Android), and toggles announce whether they are on or off.
- Text follows your phone's text-size setting.
- Charts and progress rings have a short spoken summary, such as how much protein you have logged against your goal.
- Status is never shown by color alone: there is always text as well, like "cal over" or "Passwords don't match yet".
- Animations on the home screen stop when your phone's Reduce Motion setting is on.
- On this website: text meets a 4.5:1 contrast ratio, images have text alternatives, pages are fully usable with a keyboard, and each page has a clear heading structure.
- We check every release with automated accessibility tools and review the main screens by hand.
Known limitations
- Camera logging. Scanning a barcode, label, or plate means pointing the camera, which can be hard without sight. You can always log a meal by speaking it or typing it instead: on the Log screen, use the microphone button or the keyboard button.
- Charts. Charts give a spoken summary rather than every data point. The numbers behind them are shown as text on the same screen.
- Progress photos. The before-and-after slider can be adjusted with screen-reader swipe gestures, but comparing photos is still mainly visual.
- iPhone app. The iPhone app is in beta. We are still testing it with VoiceOver and fixing what we find.
- Other services. Store pages (Google Play, the App Store), payment screens, and sign-in screens from Apple or Google are run by those companies, and we can't change how they work.
Report a problem
If something in the app or on this site is hard to use with your setup, please tell us. Email builthealthapp@gmail.com with "Accessibility" in the subject line.
It helps to include the screen or page, what you were trying to do, your device, and any assistive technology you use (for example, VoiceOver on iPhone 15, or TalkBack on a Pixel 8). We aim to reply within two business days and will tell you how and when we plan to fix it.
Need help right now?
If you can't complete something because of an accessibility barrier, such as deleting your account or cancelling a subscription, email us and we will do it for you or walk you through it. See also Support and Delete your account.