Accessibility

Things you can change

Bigger text

Press Aa Text size near the top of any page, then Larger type. Every page gets bigger, including the buttons and labels, not just the one you are on, and this device remembers your choice next time. Press it again to go back.

You can also make everything bigger with your browser: hold Ctrl and press + (on a Mac, ⌘ and +). On a phone or tablet, spread two fingers apart on the screen.

Darker screen for night

Press Night mode, in the same place as Larger type. The page turns dark with light text, which is easier on tired eyes and on anyone sleeping nearby. This device remembers it too.

Having the prayers read aloud

Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer, Four Minutes, the prayers through the day, This Sunday’s story, and the prayers for the dying and for emergency baptism each have a Read aloud button. It uses the voice built into your phone or computer, so it is a computer voice, not a recording of a person. Press it again to stop. Some browsers do not have a voice; the button will say so.

If the voice is too fast, press Aa Text size and then Slower reading voice. This device remembers it.

Printing

The same pages have a Print button. It leaves out the menus and prints the prayers in black on white, with the parts you say in bold. Useful for someone at a bedside, or for bringing a copy to someone who does not use a computer.

Things the site does on its own

• Links inside sentences are underlined, so you do not have to tell them apart by color. Anything that is a place to go, like a study, a hymn or a prayer, is set as a title with an arrow or as a button.
• The parts you say are in bold, the same way they are in the hymnal at church.
• Each prayer tells you its shape first: how many parts, in what order, and about how long it takes.
• Church words are explained. A word with a dashed line under it shows a short definition when you point at it or tab to it. All of them are in the glossary.
• Nothing moves or makes sound on its own. If your device is set to reduce motion, the site turns off its small animations too.
• It fits when zoomed. Every page works on a narrow screen or zoomed in to 400% on a computer, without scrolling sideways.
• Buttons are big enough to tap, and the crisis line at the top of Need help now is never the smallest text on the page.
• Keyboard and screen readers. The first thing on every page is a link that skips straight past the menu to the content.

What is not finished

In September 2026 we ran an automated check (axe-core, against WCAG 2.2 AA) on every kind of page, in normal and Night mode and in Larger type, and fixed everything it found. Automated checks only catch some problems, so we have not yet had the site reviewed by a person who uses assistive technology every day. That is still on the list.

If something does not work for you

Tell us what you were trying to do and what happened. You do not need the right words for it. hello@digitallutheranchurch.com

If you are helping someone else use the site, that counts too. Write to us for them.