Big Small Clock accessibility statement

Last updated 17 October 2026

Big Small Clock is meant to be easy to read and use for everyone: at a glance from across the room, with a keyboard, with a screen reader, in Windows High Contrast, and without motion for people who need it still.

The standard we aim for

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. That also covers the Israeli Standard IS 5568, which is based on WCAG 2.0 at level AA.

How it's checked

• axe-core, the standard automated checker, on every screen and dialog, in dark, light and high contrast: no problems found.
• Every setting tried against every other, in window sizes from very small to very large and at display scaling from 100% to 200%, checking that nothing is cut off, overlapping or too small to read (no text under 9 pixels).
• Keyboard only: every control can be reached and used, dialogs keep the focus inside them and give it back when they close, and Esc closes one thing at a time.
• What a screen reader hears: every button, picture and forecast day has a name ("Pause: Tea", "Sunday, light rain"), and starting or pausing a timer is announced.
• Windows High Contrast, four kinds of colour blindness (simulated), and no flashing (the lightning ring line doesn't flash).

Settings that help

• The Accessibility menu (the icon in the bottom-left corner, the A key, or Accessibility at the bottom of Settings): contrast (High), motion (Calm, or Off), single-key shortcuts, a Sounds switch, and three gentler sound options: a volume limiter, startle protection, and no more than one sound every 30 seconds.
• Settings › Show: theme, Protect the screen, and Click a part to change it.
• Settings › Style: clock size, a plainer digit style, and the time in words.
• When Windows has animations turned off, Big Small Clock stays still. Every sound also shows on screen, as a card.
• The keyboard icon in the bottom-right corner (or the ? key) lists the shortcuts.

Known limits

• The app's words are in English in every language; dates and day names follow your language.
• Screen readers were checked through what the app tells them, not yet by people using NVDA, JAWS or Narrator every day. If something doesn't work for you, please tell us.

Tell us

If anything is hard to see, hear or use, use Report an accessibility problem in the Accessibility menu. It opens an email in your own email app, marked as an accessibility report, with a few details that help us fix it; you can read or change them before sending. Or write to support at bigsmallapps.com with "Accessibility" in the subject. We read every one and aim to reply within five working days.