Accessibility: what is built, and what is not yet.

What is implemented?

Colour and shape on every answer

Each answer position has a fixed colour and shape: red triangle, blue diamond, yellow circle, green square, purple star, orange hexagon, pink heart, teal cross. The shape appears wherever the answer does: the big screen, the phones, the reveal, ordering and image-choice questions.

States shown by a mark, not by colour only

At the reveal, the right answer gets a mark and the answer a player picked gets a check. Wrong answers turn grey but stay readable.

Names for screen readers

Each answer tile on the phone is named by its text, its picture's alt text or its colour, and says whether it is pressed. Media carry alt text; each picture of an image-choice question needs its own (up to 300 characters). Status messages and alerts are announced, loading is announced, focus is visible, and sortable tables say how they are sorted.

Readable backgrounds

On a background image or gradient, the author picks light or dark text and can add an outline around it. Field outlines are designed for a 3:1 contrast; that is a design choice, not a measurement.

Reduced motion

LIVE_MOTION turns the transitions between steps on or off for new rooms. The host switches Animations for their room from the console at any time. A device that asks its system to reduce motion keeps fades only, and QuizDock's own animations stop; loading spinners keep turning.

Time to read and answer

• A reading time before each timer: 3 s by default, 0 to 10 s, for the whole instance.
• A pause once everyone has answered: 1 s by default, 0 to 5 s.
• A time limit per question, 5 to 240 s (20 by default).
• The host pauses with the space bar and adds or removes 1 or 5 seconds during a question.
• Start the timer when the media ends: listen first, answer after.

In the setup wizard, answering Yes to Do some participants need it easier? sets a 6 s reading time, a 2 s pause and no animations.

Keyboard

In the console, Tab moves focus and the space bar pauses or resumes. Escape closes dialogs, zoomed pictures and menus. The editor's lists and the answers of an ordering question can be reordered from the keyboard, and the waveform and playback controls answer to keys.

Languages

Twelve interface languages: English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Russian. The instance's (APP_LANG) by default; anyone may pick theirs. Each quiz has its own content language.

The accessibility preset →

What is not done?

• No themes. No answer themes, no colour-blind theme, no letters or numbers on the answers, no contrast check of the palette.
• No right-to-left layout or language.
• No extra time per player. The time is the same for the room; the host can only add it for everyone.
• No minimum touch size rule. The phone's answer tiles are large, but no target size is enforced.
• No audit, no certification, and no conformance statement.