Accessibility

What works today, what does not work yet, and how to ask us for something.

What works today

  • Every menu, setting and answer works with the keyboard alone, with a visible focus outline.
  • Controls have screen reader names, and nothing is explained by color alone.
  • Reduced motion is honored, with a Motion setting of your own if your system says something you did not mean. Nothing flashes or strobes.
  • Six color themes. Your choice colors the targets and the whole site.
  • Big and Full screen zones in the click speed test, so the area you aim at can fill the screen.
  • Keys mode counts letters, numbers, Space, Shift, the arrow keys and Enter, so a switch that sends Enter works.
  • Assists you can switch on in the game: hold the pointer on a target to hit it, and click with any key.
  • A trackpad or a touchscreen works as well as a mouse, and the site plays offline.

What does not work yet

  • The aim game needs pointing, so it cannot be played with a screen reader alone. There is no audio version yet.
  • Scores, settings and achievements are saved in this browser only, so another browser or device starts fresh.
  • Some readouts, such as the mouse path picture, have no text version.

Ask for something

If something here gets in your way, tell us on Discord and we will look at it. We want players with limited hand movement, or none at all, to be able to test and play here.

We aim for WCAG 2.2 level AA and check our work against it. We are not there on every part of the site and we claim no certification, but this is part of every change we ship.

Try the game

Ready to play?

The assists are on the settings card, under Performance and Accessibility Options.

Play Mouse Accuracy

Questions and answers

Can I play the aim game without a mouse?

Partly. The game follows a pointer, so it needs something that moves one: a mouse, a trackpad, a trackball, a head or eye pointer, or a touchscreen. With the hover to hit assist switched on you only have to rest the pointer on a target, and with click with any key switched on any key on the keyboard counts as a click.

Does the click speed test work with a switch or a foot pedal?

If your device sends a key press or a mouse click, yes. In Keys mode the test counts letters, numbers, Space, Shift, the arrow keys and Enter, and many switches send Enter or Space. Holding a key down counts once, so a stuck key cannot run up a score. One switch is scored as one key, so your speed is your rank. Two switches used in turn count as two keys, so the rank comes from your speed divided by two. The result shows both numbers and the working.

Can I turn off the animations?

Yes, and you can turn them back on. Open Performance and Accessibility Options on the settings card and pick a Motion setting: Match my system follows your system's reduce motion setting, Full keeps everything on whatever your system says, and Reduced turns off anything that moves. Fades and color changes stay either way, and the targets always grow and shrink, because how fast one shrinks is how you read the time left on it. Sound and particles have their own switches on the same card.

Where are my scores saved?

In this browser, for now, along with your settings and achievements. Another browser or device starts fresh. A big change to how scores are saved may be coming soon.

How do I report an accessibility problem?

Tell us on Discord, which is also linked at the bottom of every page. Say what you were trying to do, what got in the way, and what you use to browse, and we will take it from there.