Accessibility statement

Senior Puzzles Daily is made for people with low vision, arthritis, tremors and other challenges, so accessibility is the point of the site rather than an extra. This page says what we do and where we fall short.

What we do

All seven kinds of puzzle (Sudoku, Wordoku, Calcudoku, Colorku, Crossword, Word Search and Cryptogram) follow the same rules. Text has three sizes: medium, large and extra large (phones offer medium and large). Use the A− and A+ buttons, or the single Large text button on a phone, to change it; the size is remembered. There are three colour themes: Morning edition, Evening edition and High contrast. Text and button colours meet the WCAG 2.2 AAA contrast ratio of 7 to 1, and our build fails if a colour edit breaks that. Controls are large, can be used with a keyboard, and show a visible focus ring. Errors are shown with a dashed border or an outline, never by colour alone. Nothing requires dragging: in Word Search you tap the first and last letter. Every move can be undone, and animations respect your device’s reduced-motion setting.

Keyboard shortcuts

On any page, Alt with plus or minus changes the text size, and Alt+T changes the theme. Every shortcut also has an on-screen button. Shortcuts can clash with those of some browsers and screen readers; if one does, please use the buttons.

Inside a puzzle, click or tab to the grid, then:

• All puzzles: arrow keys move, Backspace or Delete erases, and Ctrl+Z undoes (except Word Search, which has no typing to undo).
• Sudoku: type a digit to fill the square.
• Crossword: type letters to fill squares; Space or Enter switches between across and down; Tab and Shift+Tab move to the next or previous word.
• Word Search: press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, move, then press Enter or Space on the last letter; Escape clears a selection.
• Cryptogram: type a letter to fill the selected cipher letter; Home and End jump to the first and last letter.

Where we fall short

We aim for WCAG 2.2 level AAA where it is practical, but we have not had an independent accessibility audit. Testing with screen readers such as VoiceOver and NVDA is still pending, so the order in which a screen reader reads the puzzles has not been checked and may not be good. On a narrow phone the squares of a 9 by 9 Sudoku grid, and of the larger Word Search grids, are smaller than 44 pixels, so we rely on tap snapping to help. In the Color and Symbol puzzles each shape has a heavy outline so it can be told apart without colour, but we have not yet had this checked by people with colour blindness.

Tell us about a problem

If something is hard to use, please tell us through the contact page, or email [email protected]. We would like to fix it.