На главную

Accessibility Statement

Last Updated: July 2026 Version: 1.0

SocialGear is a fraud-preparedness training platform designed for everyone, including older adults who are among the most frequent targets of financial fraud. Accessibility is a core product concern, not an afterthought.

Our Standard

We are working toward conformance with WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, for the SocialGear web application and public site. Our audience includes elderly users, and we treat accessibility barriers as product defects.

Current Approach

We build with:

  • keyboard navigation throughout the application, so every control is reachable and operable without a mouse;
  • color contrast targets meeting or exceeding WCAG 2.2 Level AA ratios for text and interactive elements;
  • screen reader landmarks and ARIA labels so assistive technology users can orient and navigate;
  • visible focus indicators on all interactive elements;
  • a larger default type size than typical web applications;
  • live-region announcements for dynamic state changes during exercises, drills, and quest plays.

Accessibility Preferences

Users with an account can set persistent accessibility preferences in their profile settings. Three toggles are available:

  • large text: increases font sizes across the application for easier reading;
  • high contrast: applies a higher-contrast color theme to reduce visual ambiguity;
  • reduce motion: disables or minimizes animated transitions and motion effects.

These preferences are saved to your profile and restored automatically on every session.

Known Limitations

We are actively hardening accessibility in several areas. Current known gaps include:

  • Playwright and automated axe scans are not yet complete. Browser-level verification of screen-reader announcements and focus management on exercise, drill, and play pages is tracked but not yet finished (see issue #5892). Our LiveView tests cover the push_event contracts; DOM and assistive-technology behavior has not been independently verified in a real browser run.
  • Nested ARIA live regions on belt-celebration screens may cause double-announcements on some screen readers. This is a known issue under investigation.
  • RadioGroupNav keyboard behavior uses an intentional APG deviation: arrow-key cycling moves focus but does not change the selection until the user presses Enter or Space. This is documented but has not yet been tested with screen-reader users across browsers.
  • Interactive drill and exercise surfaces involve dense question-and-answer layouts that may present orientation challenges. We are continuing to improve labels, focus management, and keyboard behavior in these areas.

We treat these gaps as tracked work items and review them continuously. If you encounter a barrier not listed here, please tell us.

Feedback

If any part of SocialGear is difficult to use with assistive technology, keyboard navigation, zoom, reduced motion, or another access need, contact accessibility@socialgear.ing.

Please include the page or feature, your device and browser, your assistive technology if relevant, and a description of the barrier. We aim to respond within 5 business days.