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Simmerset should work for you whether you use a keyboard, a screen reader, a magnifier or a phone in one hand. Below is the standard we aim for, what we tested and found, what we have not checked yet, and how to tell us about a problem.

Our Goal

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA on simmerset.com and in the Simmerset app at app.simmerset.com. Our apps for Android and iOS show the same app.

The Website

Apart from the chat assistant (see Known Problems below), simmerset.com met WCAG 2.2 level AA in every test we have run. We have not yet tried it with a screen reader, so we do not claim full conformance.

What We Tested on September 26, 2026

  • The home page, the page for people switching from Mealime, two guides, a comparison, the About page, the German home page and guides, and the error page
  • At phone width (390 pixels) and desktop width (1280 pixels), in the light and the dark theme
  • With axe-core, an automated checker, and by hand with the keyboard alone
  • At 200 percent zoom, with wider text spacing and with reduced motion

What We Check Automatically

Since October 1, 2026, our site tests run axe-core on the main pages in English and German, at both widths and in both themes. They also check that no page scrolls sideways at 200 percent zoom, and they press Tab through the home page, the Mealime page and a guide. A test fails when a focused link or button is hidden, sits behind a sticky bar or shows no focus ring.

The App

Our September test found four problems in the app that fail level AA. We fixed all four by September 30, 2026. Until we have tested the app with screen readers and on real phones, we describe it as partially conforming.

What We Tested on September 26, 2026

  • Every screen of our test version, filled with sample data: the questions before the first week, the week, the grocery list, a recipe, cooking mode, preferences, import, the household, the account and the upgrade screen
  • At phone and desktop width and in both themes, with axe-core, with the keyboard alone and by reading the accessibility tree a screen reader works from

What We Found and Fixed

  • On phones, the bottom bar could hide the control you had just moved to with the keyboard.
  • Every screen had the same page title.
  • Recipes are in English, but inside the other five languages they were not marked as English, so a screen reader read them with the wrong voice.
  • The grocery list's Undo message disappeared after five seconds. It now stays until you do something else on the list.

The test also turned up smaller things, which we fixed too: focus jumped to the top of the page when a control replaced itself, a screen reader could announce the cooking timer while it counted, the dinner dots in the aisle view told days apart by color alone, and the website's phone menu did not close with Escape.

What We Have Not Tested Yet

  • A screen reader on a phone or a computer (VoiceOver, TalkBack or NVDA). What we know about screen readers comes from reading the accessibility tree, not from listening.
  • A real phone. We tested in a desktop browser set to phone size, so touch and the screen staying on while you cook are unchecked.
  • Windows high contrast mode.
  • The sign-in and sign-up screens of the live app. They come from Clerk, the service that runs our accounts, and we checked them on our test version only.
  • The French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian pages, in as much detail as the English and German ones. All six share the same layout and code.

Known Problems

  • The chat assistant on this website does not work with a keyboard yet. You cannot reach its round button with the Tab key, and a screen reader finds no names for its close and send buttons. The assistant is Yoonoo, a chat service of skycraft GmbH, the company that runs Simmerset, and we are working on a fix. Until then, you can write the same question to [email protected].
  • Recipes are in English in every language of the app. We mark them as English so a screen reader switches voice, but the text itself is not translated.

Tell Us About a Barrier

If something on the website or in the app does not work for you, write to [email protected]. Tell us the page or screen and what you tried to do. If you like, add the device and any assistive technology you use. We read every message.

About This Statement

We wrote this statement on October 1, 2026, from our own tests. No outside auditor has reviewed it. We will update it when we test again or fix one of the problems above.