Accessibility

Accessibility for older adults and everyone else is the product here, not a compliance layer. Our floor:

• WCAG 2.2 AA on every page, including game boards.
• Full keyboard play for every game; visible focus; reduced motion respected.
• Screen-reader board narration. Every chess square and Go point says what is on it ("e2, white pawn", "D4, empty"), and each move is read out as it happens.
• Board view. Above every chess and Go board: Large board and pieces (on a phone the board fills the screen width) and High contrast (stark squares, heavy outlines, solid move marks). Your choice is kept on this device.
• No meaning carried by colour alone.

Before any game ships, a tester completes a full game against the computer with the keyboard only. The native apps will add a full game with VoiceOver.

Gaps we know about

Checked 1 October 2026. We list them so you don't have to find them.

• On a phone held upright, board squares start smaller than our 44-point goal: about 37 points on chess and the small Go board. Turn on "Large board and pieces" above any board and they grow to about 44 on chess and 42 on the small Go board. The 13 × 13 Go board stays near 29 points even then — turning the phone sideways, or using a tablet or computer, gives bigger squares.
• The native apps — with VoiceOver reading the board aloud — are not built yet; the website is the whole site for now.

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