diff --git a/src/public/css/style.css b/src/public/css/style.css
index 61edca2..8fe1030 100644
--- a/src/public/css/style.css
+++ b/src/public/css/style.css
@@ -214,6 +214,47 @@ textarea {
     scrollbar-color: var(--cambridge-blue) transparent;
 }
 
+.status-bar {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0.75rem;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+    margin: 0.5rem auto 0;
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 1200px;
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--cambridge-blue);
+}
+
+body.dark-mode .status-bar {
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--eggshell);
+}
+
+.status-group {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0.75rem;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
+.status-item {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.3rem;
+    color: inherit;
+}
+
+.status-item i {
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+    color: inherit;
+}
+
+.status-text {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 body.light-mode textarea {
     background-color: white;
     color: var(--delft-blue);
@@ -442,6 +483,26 @@ footer {
         padding: 1rem;
         font-size: 0.95rem;
     }
+    .status-bar {
+        flex-direction: column;
+        align-items: flex-start;
+        gap: 0.5rem;
+        padding: 0.75rem 0;
+        border-top: 1px solid var(--cambridge-blue);
+    }
+
+    body.dark-mode .status-bar {
+        border-top: 1px solid var(--eggshell);
+    }
+
+    .status-group {
+        width: 100%;
+        justify-content: space-between;
+    }
+
+    .status-item {
+        font-size: 0.85rem;
+    }
 
     footer {
         padding: 0.75rem;
diff --git a/src/views/index.ejs b/src/views/index.ejs
index 25913e1..91f02b4 100644
--- a/src/views/index.ejs
+++ b/src/views/index.ejs
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@
       </button>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="status-bar" role="status" aria-live="polite">
+        <div class="status-group">
+            <div class="status-item">
+                <i class="fas fa-i-cursor" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                <span id="wordCount" class="status-text">Words: 0</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="status-item">
+                <i class="fas fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                <span id="charCount" class="status-text">Characters: 0</span>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="status-group">
+            <div class="status-item">
+                <i class="fas fa-sync" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                <span id="saveStatus" class="status-text">Last saved: --</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="status-item">
+                <i class="fas fa-language" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                <span id="languageStatus" class="status-text">Language: --</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="status-item">
+                <i class="fas fa-universal-access" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                <span id="accessibilityStatus" class="status-text">Accessibility: Ready</span>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
 
     <footer>
         <div class="footer-content">
@@ -147,15 +173,101 @@
 
         const url = window.location.pathname.split('/').pop();
         let typingTimeout;
+  let saveStatusTimeout;
+        let lastSavedAt = null;
+
+        const textarea = document.getElementById('notepad');
+        const wordCountElement = document.getElementById('wordCount');
+        const charCountElement = document.getElementById('charCount');
+        const saveStatusElement = document.getElementById('saveStatus');
+        const languageStatusElement = document.getElementById('languageStatus');
+        const accessibilityStatusElement = document.getElementById('accessibilityStatus');
+
+        function formatCount(label, count) {
+            return `${label}: ${count}`;
+        }
+
+        function markSaving() {
+            saveStatusElement.textContent = 'Saving…';
+        }
+
+        function markSaved() {
+            lastSavedAt = new Date();
+            const timeStamp = lastSavedAt.toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
+            saveStatusElement.textContent = `Last saved: ${timeStamp}`;
+        }
+
+        function detectLanguage(text) {
+            const sample = text.trim();
+            if (!sample) {
+                return 'Language: --';
+            }
+
+            const checks = [
+                { regex: /[\u0400-\u04FF]/, label: 'Language: Cyrillic script' },
+                { regex: /[\u0600-\u06FF]/, label: 'Language: Arabic script' },
+                { regex: /[\u0900-\u097F]/, label: 'Language: Indic script' },
+                { regex: /[\u4E00-\u9FFF]/, label: 'Language: Chinese characters' },
+                { regex: /[\u3040-\u30FF]/, label: 'Language: Japanese script' },
+                { regex: /[A-Za-z]/, label: 'Language: Latin script' }
+            ];
+
+            const match = checks.find(check => check.regex.test(sample));
+            return match ? match.label : 'Language: Unknown';
+        }
+
+        function describeAccessibility(text) {
+            const trimmed = text.trim();
+            if (!trimmed) {
+                return 'Accessibility: Ready';
+            }
+
+            const sentences = trimmed.split(/[.!?]+/).filter(Boolean);
+            const words = trimmed.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+            const averageLength = sentences.length ? Math.round((words.length / sentences.length) * 10) / 10 : words.length;
+
+            if (averageLength > 25) {
+                return 'Accessibility: Consider shorter sentences';
+            }
+
+            if (averageLength < 12) {
+                return 'Accessibility: Easy to read';
+            }
+
+            return 'Accessibility: Looks good';
+        }
+
+        function updateStatusPanels() {
+            const text = textarea.value;
+            const words = text.trim() ? text.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length : 0;
+            const characters = text.length;
+
+            wordCountElement.textContent = formatCount('Words', words);
+            charCountElement.textContent = formatCount('Characters', characters);
+            languageStatusElement.textContent = detectLanguage(text);
+            accessibilityStatusElement.textContent = describeAccessibility(text);
+        }
+
+        updateStatusPanels();
+        if (textarea.value.trim()) {
+            markSaved();
+        }
+
+        let lastContent = textarea.value;
 
         socket.emit('joinNote', url);
 
         socket.on('loadNote', (note) => {
-            document.getElementById('notepad').value = note.content;
+                      const content = note?.content ?? '';
+            textarea.value = content;
+            lastContent = content;
+            updateStatusPanels();
+            if (content.trim()) {
+                markSaved();
+            }
         });
 
         socket.on('noteUpdated', (content) => {
-            const textarea = document.getElementById('notepad');
             const cursorPosition = textarea.selectionStart;
 
             if (textarea.value !== content) {
@@ -164,24 +276,16 @@
 
             textarea.selectionStart = cursorPosition;
             textarea.selectionEnd = cursorPosition;
+               updateStatusPanels();
+            markSaved();
         });
 
         socket.on('userCount', (count) => {
             const userCountElement = document.getElementById('userCount');
             const statusDot = document.querySelector('.status-dot');
-            const userIcon = document.querySelector('.status-indicator i');
             
             userCountElement.textContent = count;
-            
-            if (count > 1) {
-                statusDot.style.backgroundColor = '#fefae0';
-                userIcon.style.color = '#fefae0';
-                statusDot.style.animationDuration = '1s';
-            } else {
-                statusDot.style.backgroundColor = '#fefae0';
-                userIcon.style.color = '#fefae0';
-                statusDot.style.animationDuration = '2s';
-            }
+               statusDot.style.animationDuration = count > 1 ? '1s' : '2s';
         });
 
         function debounce(func, delay) {
@@ -191,14 +295,23 @@
             };
         }
 
-        let lastContent = '';
+        textarea.addEventListener('input', () => {
+            updateStatusPanels();
+            markSaving();
+        });
 
-        document.getElementById('notepad').addEventListener('input', debounce(() => {
-            const content = document.getElementById('notepad').value;
+     textarea.addEventListener('input', debounce(() => {
+            const content = textarea.value;
 
             if (content !== lastContent) {
                 lastContent = content;
                 socket.emit('updateNote', { url, content });
+                if (saveStatusTimeout) {
+                    clearTimeout(saveStatusTimeout);
+                }
+                saveStatusTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+                    markSaved();
+                }, 600);
             }
         }, 100));
 
@@ -246,7 +359,7 @@
         window.onload = function() {
             const savedTheme = localStorage.getItem('theme');
             if (savedTheme) {
-                document.getElementById('notepad').focus();
+                textarea.focus();
                 document.body.classList.remove('light-mode', 'dark-mode');
                 document.body.classList.add(savedTheme);
                 const icon = document.querySelector('#themeToggle i');