Accessibility options

Every journey has an Accessibility tab in its settings. Its options make the story easier to read: a calmer background, clearer text, more space between lines and bigger buttons. They're free, and you can mix them as you like.

To find them, open Settings while playing and pick the Accessibility tab.

Background

• Dim background darkens the background picture behind the story, so the text stands out more.
• Blur background blurs the background picture, so a busy scene doesn't compete with the text.

These two are saved for each journey. Turn them on in a journey with a bright or busy background and leave the others as they are.

Text

These options change the story text: the story column, or the dialogue box in Visual Novel mode. Menus and settings keep their usual look.

• Text outline draws an edge around each letter. Pick Shadow for a soft dark shadow under the text, a thin or thick White outline, or a thin or thick Black outline. A shadow or a black outline suits light text on a dark theme. A white outline suits dark text on a light theme.
• High-contrast text shows the story in pure white, or pure black on light themes. Theme tints and dialogue colors are set aside while it's on.
• Bold text makes all the text on the play screen bold, menus included.
• No italics shows italic passages, like your own actions, in upright letters.

Spacing

• Line spacing adds room between lines: Default, Wide or Wider.
• Letter spacing adds room between letters: Default, Wide or Wider.
• Narrower story column keeps lines shorter, so your eyes travel less from one line to the next.

Controls

• Larger buttons makes the buttons and icons on the play screen bigger and easier to tap. In Visual Novel mode, the reader controls also stay fully visible instead of fading.

Saved on this device

Apart from the two background options, these settings are saved on the device you're using. Set them once and they apply to every journey you play there. On another phone or computer, set them again.

More settings that can help

A few other settings help with reading and comfort:

• Font, in the Reading tab, includes OpenDyslexic, a typeface designed for readers with dyslexia.
• Font size, in the Reading tab, makes the story text bigger or smaller.
• Text effects, in the Reading tab, can turn off animated text such as glitches and flickers. See Text effects.
• Narration streaming, in the Reading tab, can show each turn all at once instead of word by word.
• Text speed, in the Scene tab's Visual Novel mode settings, can show each line instantly.
• Read aloud has the story read to you, with a voice for each character. It's a paid feature. See Read aloud.

If your device asks apps to reduce motion, character animations stop on their own.

Missing something?

If an option would make Imagina easier for you to play, tell us at [email protected]. We read every message.