Accessibility in Snore Timeline

VoiceOver

Turn VoiceOver on in Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver. Every screen in Snore Timeline reads aloud. A few parts work in their own way.

The timeline

• One element called Timeline. VoiceOver reads the time under the center line, then what happened at that moment: the loudness, the sounds detected and snores per minute, or the sleep stage, heart rate and breathing rate from your watch. While you record, it starts with Live.
• Swipe up or down to move later or earlier. Each swipe moves about a twelfth of what the screen shows, from 5 seconds at the closest zoom to a full day at the widest. The hint names the step.
• Double-tap to play the audio from that moment. Playback is off while a recording runs.
• The Actions rotor has Next episode, Previous episode, Zoom in, Zoom out and Play from here. While you record, Go to now jumps back to the live moment.

Nights and the summary

• Swipe up or down on the date at the top to change nights. You can't step past today. Double-tap the date to open the calendar.
• The sleep score reads as a number out of 100 followed by its label, such as Well Rested. Sleep Score lists every label.
• Three rotors on the nightly summary jump between Episodes, Breathing disruptions and Sleep talking.
• Vitals from a watch or ring read out with their comparison to your own normal, such as how far tonight's resting heart rate sits from your usual.

Gestures and announcements

• A two-finger double-tap (Magic Tap) stops a ringing alarm, or stops playback if nothing is ringing. It never starts or ends a recording, so a stray gesture at 3 AM can't end your night.
• VoiceOver announces status changes, such as a recording that stopped on its own or a finished export.
• VoiceOver speech doesn't disturb a recording. The microphone keeps running while VoiceOver talks, and a recording you start with the screen locked keeps going.

Voice Control

Turn Voice Control on in Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control, then say "Tap" and a button's name. Some you'll use most:

• "Tap Record" or "Tap Start Recording", and "Tap Stop" in the morning.
• "Tap Zoom in" and "Tap Zoom out" on the timeline.
• "Tap Download" on an episode, and "Tap Export" for your data.
• "Tap Calendar", or the date itself, such as "Tap October 15".

Say "Show names" to see the name of every button on the screen. To move through a night by voice, zoom out to see the whole night and use the episode cards to play each stretch of snoring.

Text, display and color

• Larger text. Text in the app follows the size you set in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Larger Text.
• Dark on every screen. The app uses a dark design throughout, so checking it at night won't light up the room.
• Contrast. Text and labels stay bright enough to read on the dark background.
• Names next to colors. The timeline colors each sound type, and every episode card names its sounds in words. The sleep score shows its label next to the number.

Silent alerts and transcripts

• Wrist taps instead of sound. With an Apple Watch, the Snore Nudge and the wake-up alarm can tap your wrist instead of playing a sound, so they work without hearing and without waking a partner.
• Read your sleep talking. Sleep Talk Transcription turns detected sleep talking into text on the episode card. It's optional, runs on your iPhone after a one-time download, and covers about 99 languages. Snores and other sounds have no text version.
• See the night instead of hearing it. The timeline draws every sound, and each episode card lists what was detected and when, so you can read the night without playing any audio.

Hands-free recording

Five Siri actions start and stop a recording, read back last night's episode count and open the app on a given night. You can also start and stop from a home screen widget or an Apple Watch, and stop from the Live Activity on your lock screen. Siri, Shortcuts & Widgets lists every phrase. Pair one with a Recording Delay and the app waits while you fall asleep.

Report a problem

If something in the app or on this site doesn't work with VoiceOver, Voice Control, a switch, a keyboard or larger text, tell me. Name the screen, your iPhone model and your iOS version, so I can fix it.