Accessibility reference

CareMap provides account-level controls for reading, motion, speech, touch, and Guide playback. Your saved preferences follow your account across web, desktop, and mobile, although the device still controls features such as speech and haptics.

Change your accessibility preferences

Open Settings > Accessibility, then choose a section. Most switches and selectors save immediately; wait for saving to finish. Communication instructions, Voice Profile editors, and color presets have explicit save or apply actions.

Accessibility settings explains Guide text size, including XXL; Motion, with Follow this device or Reduce motion; native mobile Navigation haptics; and Device speech rate. It also covers Read field options, Speak submitted answers, and Automatically read prompts and content across eligible Guide pages.

An authored request for automatic speech still respects your account preference. Pages and blocks can suppress automatic speech. Cloud speech keeps the speed in its Voice Profile, independently of device speech rate.

Adjust Guide playback

In Accessibility > Guide player, use:

• Personal Guide controls for Full or Simplified playback, button sizes through XXL, navigation, category sorting, labels, and Guide action delay. Sequence-specific button rules and explicit authored outcome delays take priority over the corresponding personal defaults.
• Personal Guide presentation for surface tone, color presets, text alignment, image size, and answer layouts.
• Personal Guide button images for Back, Next, and supported Complete controls.

These choices personalize playback without changing the saved Guide. Use Communication preferences, when available, for wording adaptations. See Shelf Mode for a focused Guide Shelf and its Settings access.

Use keyboard and assistive controls

Guide Options use visible labels, focus states, selection indicators, and status announcements. Use Tab and Shift+Tab to move through controls, then Enter or Space to activate the focused button, tab, or option. Dialogs keep keyboard focus within the open window and return it when the dialog closes.

Simplified focuses and announces the newly displayed block. Continue moves between blocks and then actual pages; Finished appears at the end. The back arrow returns to earlier content, X leaves the player, and … opens its other controls. Short blocks are centered; content scrolls when it exceeds the available area. Use the slider's adjustment buttons or Arrow keys, and the visible move controls for Order and Category answers, when dragging is inconvenient. Long content remains scrollable; it is not shortened to fit the screen.

For an Order answer, focus an item's reorder handle and press Space or Enter to pick it up. Use the Arrow keys, Home, or End to choose its new position, then press Space or Enter again to drop it. CareMap announces the movement and saved position. Press Escape before dropping to cancel the move.

On touch or pen devices, use the available page buttons or enable Swipe between pages. Swiping moves only where the current Guide navigation permits, and a gesture that starts on an interactive control does not turn the page. On narrow or coarse-pointer screens, editable text controls use at least 16-pixel text to reduce unwanted browser zoom.

If a setting does not apply

If CareMap shows an error beneath a setting, check your connection and try the change again. For motion, confirm the device preference when Follow this device is selected. For speech or haptics, check that the device and browser support the feature and allow CareMap to use it. If a Guide behaves differently from your default, its author may have set an explicit page or navigation option.