Designed for calm, clear play
Accessibility
EchoFold is being built so that timing, dragging, color, sound, haptics, or motion are never the only way to understand or perform an essential action.
In the game
- Untimed play: scenes have no countdown, reaction-time challenge, daily deadline, or penalty for leaving.
- Tap controls: every piece move uses two taps. Dragging is reserved for scrolling the page rather than selecting a piece.
- Multiple identity cues: fragments combine shape, pattern, label, and color. Now and Echo also use text and position, not color alone.
- Preview and confirmation: both the immediate pair and future reflected pair are shown before a move is accepted.
- Flexible reading: game screens scroll, essential labels can wrap, and iPhone and iPad use adaptive layouts.
- Reduced motion design: the app includes shorter state transitions when the system Reduce Motion setting is active.
On this website
The site uses semantic headings and landmarks, skip links, visible keyboard focus, descriptive link text, strong contrast, responsive reflow, and a print-friendly layout for policy pages. It contains no auto-playing media. Motion is not required, and the site honors the system reduced-motion preference.
Current limitations
The native app is still in development. Tap behavior, non-color visual cues, compact iPhone layouts, and iPad portrait and landscape layouts have passed Simulator checks. A release claim for VoiceOver, Voice Control, Switch Control, accessibility text sizes, and physical-device assistive-technology use has not yet been completed. Romanian app layouts also await dedicated verification.
Tell us what is difficult
If a part of EchoFold or this site is hard to perceive, understand, or operate, email vitalie@esanu.name. Include the device, system version, page or scene, and the assistive setting you were using if you are comfortable sharing it.