Accessibility at Atlas
Atlas is a native Mac app, so the web standards do not apply to it directly. Here is what it supports today, read from its code, and what nobody has checked yet. We do not claim a conformance level for Atlas.
What Atlas supports today
Each line says what the product does, how we know, and where to look. “Not yet tested” means exactly that: we have not checked, and we do not claim it.
Keyboard operation Partly supported
Every Atlas surface opens from a global chord (the Bar on Command-Shift-Space, the Lens on Command-Shift-H, the Rail on Command-Shift-R, Focus on Control-Shift-F, and more), confirmation cards take Command-Return and Escape, and Escape closes the incident room. Dictation and a spoken briefing exist too, but they do not replace the keys. No one has walked the whole app using only the keyboard.
Evidence
- HotkeyManager.swift in the Atlas repo registers the global chords (9 hotkey cases), and the app windows declare 13 keyboard shortcuts, counted by search on 10/29/2026
- DictationController.swift and VoicePlayback.swift handle dictation and the spoken briefing; Command-Option-Shift-M stops speech at once
- A keyboard-only walkthrough of every flow has not been recorded.
Screen reader landmarks and labels Partly supported
A few Rail graphics (the audience view, the receivables aging bar, and the terrain controls) carry spoken summaries. The flame graph, relationship map, force graph, log waterfall, and oscilloscope carry none, so those are not available to a screen reader today. Atlas has not been tested with VoiceOver.
Evidence
- 9 spoken-label declarations in 6 files of the Atlas Mac app source, counted by search on 10/29/2026
- No VoiceOver run is on record for any surface.
Contrast in light and dark Not yet tested
The contrast of Atlas's palette in light and dark has not been measured. The app also does not read the Increase Contrast or Reduce Transparency settings, and in the Rail's particle and tile graphics color is the main signal.
Reduced motion Partly supported
The Metal visualizations read macOS's Reduce Motion and Low Power Mode settings and drop to a still or draw-on-demand mode. One known gap: the pulse on a critical tile in the SLO burn layer keeps animating under Reduce Motion.
Evidence
- EnergyMonitor.swift in the Atlas repo reads macOS's Reduce Motion setting and tracks changes to it
- The Atlas CHANGELOG (SLO burn layer entry) records that the 12 frames-per-second critical pulse runs under reduced motion.
Text resize and zoom Not yet tested
Most text uses the system's semantic text styles rather than fixed point sizes, which is the right foundation for larger text, but Atlas has not been tested at larger text sizes.
Mobile and touch Not supported
Atlas is a Mac app for macOS 14 or later. It has no iPhone or iPad version and no small-screen layout.
No WCAG, VoiceOver, or other conformance level is claimed for Atlas. No screen-reader audit, automated accessibility test, or contrast measurement has been run on the app. The claims below come from reading its code on 10/29/2026, and each says so.
What does not work yet
- Atlas has not been tested with VoiceOver, and most of its live graphics have no spoken summary.
- No automated accessibility test covers the app, and its palette has not been checked for contrast.
- Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency are not read, and larger text sizes are untested.
- The Atlas requirements document sets targets (VoiceOver on every surface, 4.5 to 1 contrast, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, and Increase Contrast respected, color never the only signal). Its hardening phase, which includes the audit, is not done.
How this site is built and checked
This site targets WCAG 2.2 level AA. That is a target we build and test toward, not a certification, and no one has audited it for conformance.
Structure
A skip link, labeled landmarks (header, navigation, main, footer), one h1 per page, and headings that do not skip levels.
Keyboard and focus
Links and buttons are native elements, so they work from the keyboard. Focus is drawn as a visible ring, and the menu closes with Escape.
Contrast
Text meets 4.5 to 1 in both the light and dark themes, checked against the stylesheet by the test suite.
Motion
Transitions and animation switch off when your system asks for reduced motion.
Small screens and zoom
Layouts hold at 375 pixels wide with no sideways scrolling, text resizes with the browser, and touch targets are at least 44 pixels.
Automated scan
Every page is scanned with axe-core at 375 and 1440 pixels in light and dark, and the checks fail on any serious or critical violation. Automated tools find only part of the problems, so this is a floor, not proof.
Images
Every product screenshot has a text description and comes in a light and a dark version that follows your theme.
Your theme choice
The theme follows your system setting until you pick one with the button in the header.
Tell us what is in your way
If something here or in Atlas does not work for you, write to Renkara Media Group. Say what you were doing, what you used, and what happened, and a person will answer.
Statement last reviewed 10/29/2026.