Accessibility on Brooksmissy

1. What we aim for

Our goal is for brooksmissy.co.uk to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. We build pages with plain, semantic HTML, so headings, lists, tables, buttons and links mean what they look like, and we check new pages and games against these guidelines as we make them. We have not yet had an independent audit, so we describe the site as aiming for AA rather than fully meeting it.

2. Keyboard and controls

• Every page can be used with a keyboard alone. A "Skip to content" link appears first when you press Tab.
• Links, buttons and fields show a clear outline when they have keyboard focus.
• In a game, pressing Space or Enter plays the main action, such as Spin, Deal or Drop, as long as focus is not on another button or field.
• Press the forward slash key (/) on any page to open the game search, then use the arrow keys and Enter to pick a game.
• Buttons and controls are sized for fingers as well as a mouse, and no game needs dragging to play.
• In Riverboat Hi-Lo, the up and down arrow keys call higher or lower.

3. Motion and sound

• If you switch on "reduce motion" in your device or browser settings, we follow it: reels, cards and counters stop almost at once, and decorative movement is switched off.
• Slots have a Quick spin option that shortens every spin.
• No sound ever plays until you interact with a game, and every game has a sound button to switch it off. Signed-in players keep the setting on their account.

4. Reading and seeing

• Body text aims for a contrast ratio of at least 4.5 to 1 against its background, and controls at least 3 to 1.
• Pages adapt to narrow screens and to browser zoom, so you can make text larger.
• We use system fonts that your device already knows, at a comfortable size.
• Images that carry meaning have text alternatives; decorative ones are hidden from screen readers.
• Game results are written out as text under the board and announced to screen readers, as well as shown by the animation.

5. In the games

Every game shows its balance, stake and last result as text. Each one also has a rules page in plain HTML, so you can read how it works with any screen reader before you play.

The scratch game has a Reveal all button, so you can uncover a whole card in one press instead of scratching by hand. Every action in every game is a normal button, so nothing depends on swipes or other gestures.

6. Known limitations

We know that some parts of Brooksmissy are not yet as accessible as we want them to be:

• Game boards are built for the eye: a screen reader hears the result of each round, but not the position of every symbol on the board.
• Some symbols are told apart mainly by colour and artwork. Their names are listed with their pays on each game's rules page.
• A few game sounds have no visual counterpart, though they never carry information you need to play.
• Accounts depend on browser storage, so they do not work where storage is blocked, such as some strict privacy modes.

We are working through these, and we would rather hear about a problem than leave it in place.

7. Report a problem

If you find something on Brooksmissy that you cannot use, or that is harder than it should be, please email hello@brooksmissy.co.uk or use the contact form. Tell us the page or game, what you were trying to do, and the device, browser and any assistive technology you use. We read every report and will tell you what we can do about it.