The Tennis Broker is made for everyone who runs or plays in a session, whatever they use to get around their iPhone and Apple Watch. Here’s what it supports today, and what’s coming.
On iPhone
VoiceOver
Every button and control has a name VoiceOver reads. Gestures have VoiceOver actions too: flagging a court, clearing a notification, or choosing a player for singles today. As the courts are read out, the court being read is highlighted on screen.
Voice Control
Say the name of what you see, such as “Tap Start Session” or “Tap Next Round”. We’re still checking a whole session with it, so if anything gets in the way, please tell us.
Dark Mode
The app follows the appearance set on iPhone, light or dark.
Reduce Motion
With Reduce Motion on, movement becomes a simple fade, and the weather’s symbols stay still.
Reduce Transparency
Frosted backgrounds become solid.
Contrast
Text meets a contrast ratio of at least 4.5 to 1 against its background, in light and dark, as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2, level AA) ask.
Colour
Nothing is told by colour alone: rating changes carry a + or a −, a flagged court has a ring, and the waiting list is named in words.
Hearing
When the courts or the winners are read out, they’re shown on screen, and the round clock shows the time left and when time’s up. When the app isn’t on screen, the round’s warnings and its time’s up come as notifications in words, once you allow them, and Apple Watch taps your wrist at 5 minutes, at the final warning and at time’s up.
Your Choice of Voice
The alarms are in The Tennis Broker voice, male or female, whichever you hear best. Court calls and alarms can also be read in the English iPhone voice you choose, including the Premium and Enhanced voices you can download in the Settings app: Accessibility > Read & Speak (or Spoken Content) > Voices > English.
Haptics
The app’s haptics follow System Haptics, in the Settings app under Sounds & Haptics, which turns them on or off.
Touch
Every control has a touch area at least 44 points across, so it’s easy to tap.
Text Size
Text in the app grows with the text size set on iPhone. At the largest sizes, some screens don’t fit yet. An update will make them fit.
On Apple Watch
VoiceOver
The round clock, Announce, the courts and their results have names VoiceOver reads, and the clock is read as one: the round and the time left. To set a score, swipe up or down on it. On the clock, swipe up to add a minute or down to take one off.
Clear to Read
The app is dark, with white or light grey text well above the contrast guidelines, and nothing on it moves except the clock.
Text Size
Text doesn’t follow the text size set on Apple Watch yet. An update will bring it.
For Everyone
Pronouns
Players can add their pronouns as they make their account or claim their name. They’re shown beside their name in their groups, never on shared links, and anything said about a player uses their name. The app never asks anyone’s gender.
Pride Mode
A playful set of words for the alarms and court calls, with the alarms in a voice of their own. It’s off until you turn it on. To find it, tap the Pride colour five times in a row in Share the Session or Share Your Season. Once found, its switch stays in Settings > Sounds.
Tell Us
Write to Us
If something is hard to use with VoiceOver, Voice Control or another accessibility feature, contact us and say what you were trying to do.