Accessibility at Puzzle Workout
We want the route into a workout to be clear whether you tap, click, use a keyboard, zoom the page or rely on assistive technology. This statement says what works today, where the games still create barriers, and how to tell us.
Statement reviewed:
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA are the benchmark we are working towards.
We have not yet completed a full independent WCAG evaluation or a published assistive-technology test matrix. We therefore do not currently claim that every Puzzle Workout page conforms to WCAG 2.2 Level AA.
This statement is based on an internal review of the current site, including source-code inspection, keyboard operation, focus behaviour, responsive layouts and reduced-motion support.
What is built in
These features apply to the shared navigation, editorial pages, Daily Brain Workout, Progress dashboard and game interfaces unless a limitation is listed below.
Links and buttons use native controls. Games add arrow-key movement, Enter or Space selection and number shortcuts where useful.
A site-wide focus ring shows the current control. Games move focus to a new question, pause action or result heading when context changes.
Live regions announce important phase changes, sparse countdown points, answer feedback, saved results and sharing or data-control outcomes.
The site responds to the operating-system reduced-motion setting by removing smooth scrolling and shortening animation and transition effects.
Pages are designed mobile-first and reflow into one column on narrow screens. Text remains browser text rather than being baked into images.
Each exercise can be paused. Hiding the browser tab stops active timing and requires an explicit resume when you return.
Game-by-game access
Keyboard operation does not automatically make a visual puzzle equivalent for a non-visual player. This list separates the controls from the information needed to solve each game.
Important: this is an implementation summary, not a claim that each game has been certified with every screen reader, browser or input device.
Known limitations
Publishing a limitation is useful only if we describe the practical effect. These are the main issues found on the current site.
Timing contributes to every score. Exercises can be paused, but there is no setting to remove or substantially extend the per-question or one-minute limits. Players who need more time may not be able to complete a comparable round.
Instructions are outside the timer; the pause control and automatic tab pause protect interruptions. Standalone pages explain the complete rules before play.
Explore an untimed familiarisation or extended-time mode that is clearly separated from comparable timed records.
The reference and answers are SVG block arrangements. Their names identify a connected shape and block count but do not communicate the exact geometry needed to distinguish rotation, reflection and alteration.
The controls are keyboard operable, but that does not solve Shape Rotation’s missing spatial description. Cube Net names occupied columns row by row; Quick Maths, Missing Operators, Word Ladder and Anagram Sprint provide the strongest fully text-based non-visual routes.
Research a concise coordinate description or an alternative spatial exercise that preserves a meaningful challenge.
Grid Recall, Sequence Recall, Target Hunt, Binary Grid and Toggle Grid expose labelled cells and keyboard grid movement. Sequence Recall announces each numbered step, but a rapid spoken stream may lag behind its visual timing. Binary Grid exposes every value and conflict, though serial navigation makes its whole-board comparisons slower. Symbol Match exposes complete text descriptions, but serial feature comparison still changes its rapid visual task.
Cell names include position, state and relevant symbol features. Sequence Recall reveals the completed route as text; Toggle Grid announces remaining lights and moves. Pattern Sequence is less dependent on dense scanning; Quick Maths, Missing Operators, Word Ladder and Anagram Sprint are fully text-based.
Test alternative presentation and timing choices with screen-reader users before describing either task as non-visually equivalent.
The current assessment is an internal technical and interaction review. It has not yet included an independent audit or disability-led usability testing across named browser, screen-reader, magnifier, voice-control and forced-colours combinations.
Send the page, task, device, browser and assistive technology involved. We will use reproducible reports to prioritise fixes.
Create and maintain a repeatable manual test matrix, then update this statement with verified compatibility information.
How we assess the site
For the current review we inspected semantic landmarks, headings, labels, live regions, focus movement, keyboard shortcuts, touch-target sizing, responsive layouts and motion preferences. We also checked that game state changes do not rely only on colour.
Automated rules can catch certain markup and contrast errors. They cannot tell us whether a timed memory task is understandable with speech output, whether focus movement feels predictable, or whether an alternative preserves the puzzle rather than merely naming it.
That is why this page separates implemented features from formal conformance and why real barrier reports matter.
Accessibility feedback
Email [email protected] or use the Contact page. You do not need to identify a WCAG criterion or disclose a disability.
We aim to acknowledge accessibility reports within five working days. Investigation and repair can take longer; if so, we will try to explain the next step. Where practical, you may also ask for page information in a more accessible format.
Page or gameThe URL or title
TaskWhat you were trying to do
EnvironmentDevice, browser and assistive technology
BarrierWhat happened and what would help
Screenshots are optional. Please do not include passwords, medical records or other sensitive information.
Technical information
This statement covers public pages and games served from puzzle-workout.com. It does not cover outside websites reached through a link.
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