Accessibility

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and to go further where it helps you play.

What you can change

Text size: Standard, Larger, Largest or Extra large (twice the normal size), in Settings.
Colors: Standard, High contrast or Dark. Normal text is designed for a contrast ratio of at least 7 to 1.
Animations: on or off. They also follow your device's “reduce motion” setting.

Your browser saves your settings on this device.

How you can play

Tap, don't drag: you can make every move by tapping a card or square, then tapping where it should go. You can drag if you prefer: in the card games, drag with a mouse, pen or finger. If you drop a card where it can't go, it goes back.
Card faces: traditional picture cards with extra-large corner numbers by default. Settings → Card faces → Simple large letters shows a big number or letter and the suit instead.
Keyboard: you can play every game with the keyboard alone. Each game's rules section lists its keys.
Unlimited undo and no time limit in every game, so a mis-tap or taking your time costs you nothing. A clock under each game shows how long you have played, and it pauses when you switch away; Settings → Timer → Hide turns it off. Your wins and best times stay on this device.
Buttons say what they do in words, and each one is at least 48 pixels square.
Screen readers: a status message announces moves and results. You can move around the Sudoku, Word Search and Minesweeper grids and the Jigsaw board with the arrow keys. In Mahjong, Tab reaches only the tiles you can play, so it never lands on a blocked tile.

How we test

We check every page with automated accessibility tests (axe-core, WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules) in Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, including on an iPad-sized screen. Our automated tests play each game to the end using only taps, and again using only the keyboard.

Known limits

Automated tests find only some problems. We have not yet tested the games with screen-reader users, and card games in particular may be slow to follow by ear.
On a phone held upright, the Mahjong board and Expert Minesweeper scroll sideways instead of shrinking, so the tiles and squares stay large enough to read and tap.
A screen reader names each jigsaw piece by where it belongs: a corner, an edge or the middle. It doesn't describe the picture on the piece. You can drag pieces with a mouse or pen. On a touch screen, tap a piece and then its place.
Some older browsers may not support every setting.

Tell us

If something is hard to see, read or use, email . Tell us which page you were on and which device you were using.