Accessibility in Hivemanager.io
Everyone who works in a massage clinic, and every client who books with one, should be able to use the software. This page covers what's in place today, what we're working on, and how to tell us what you need.
Last reviewed September 23, 2026. We update this page as improvements ship.
Where we are today
We tested Hivemanager.io for staff and clients who are blind, have low vision or are colour-blind in September 2026. Some things already work well, and some parts of the app, like the calendar and parts of online booking, still depend on a mouse or touch.
This page only lists what we've checked. If something isn't here, we haven't verified it yet, and we'd rather tell you that than guess.
See your appointments as a list
If the calendar grid is hard to scan, you can see appointments as a list instead. Each row shows the date and time, location, staff member, client, service and status.
How to open it
- Click Dashboard in the top navigation.
- Open the Appointments tab.
- To see today's schedule, set the date filter to Specific Date Range. It starts on today, and you can change the start and end dates to see another day or week.
Click any column heading to sort by it. You can filter by location and by status. Owners, and staff with dashboard access, can also filter by staff member and date range. Other staff see their own appointments.
We're rebuilding this list as a proper table so screen readers can read it row by row and column by column. We'll update this section when that ships.
What else works today
Zoom and small screens
- The staff app and your online booking page fit a phone screen, or a browser zoomed to 400%, without scrolling sideways on the schedule or booking screens.
- We don't block pinch-zoom or text zoom, so you can enlarge anything you need to.
Online booking for your clients
- Each step of the booking page has its own page title, like "Your Clinic - Service" or "Your Clinic - Date Select", so clients can tell which step they're on.
- The booking date picker works with the keyboard, and dates with no availability are labelled "Not available".
- If a client types an email address or phone number incorrectly, the page says what's wrong in words, not just with a red border.
Client records
- Appointment statuses in a client's history show as a word, like "Cancelled", not only as a colour.
What we're working on
These are the gaps our testing found, in the order we're fixing them:
- Keyboard access to the main navigation, client search, the calendar and the sign-in links.
- Online booking without a mouse. Choosing a service and time, and agreeing to your policies, still needs a mouse or touch.
- Screen reader support for the appointment list and the calendar.
- Stronger contrast for text on calendar appointments and for links.
- Error messages in words on every form, not just a red border.
As each one ships, we'll move it into the "works today" section above.
Settings on your own device that can help
These are free and built into your computer or browser.
- Browser zoom. Press Ctrl and + on Windows, or Cmd and + on a Mac, to make everything on the page larger.
- A bigger, easier-to-see pointer. On a Mac, go to System Settings, then Accessibility, then Display, and adjust the pointer size and colour. On Windows, go to Settings, then Accessibility, then Mouse pointer and touch.
- Built-in screen readers. Macs include VoiceOver (Cmd and F5 to turn it on), and Windows includes Narrator (Windows key, Ctrl and Enter).
Tell us what you need
If something in Hivemanager.io is hard to use because of a disability, or there's a change that would help you or your clients, email us with "Accessibility" in the subject. Requests from clinics shape what we fix next.