We want LessonHQ to work for every teacher, parent and student, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, magnification, or who find reading hard. This statement covers the LessonHQ website (lessonhq.us and lessonhq.co.uk) and the student pages teachers share: homework links, live lessons and the student study area.
Our target
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. We are not there yet. LessonHQ is partially conformant: some parts meet the standard and some do not. We have not yet had an independent accessibility audit; the points below come from our own checks of the code and pages.
What works today
- Every page declares its language (US English), so screen readers use the right pronunciation.
- Links and buttons show a clear focus outline when you move around with the keyboard.
- If your device is set to reduce motion, the scroll-in animations on our pages are switched off.
- Text boxes use a 16px font on phones, so the page does not jump-zoom when you start typing.
- Homework pages: students can turn on Bigger text, switch to a Text view that shows each slide as plain headings and lists (easier for screen readers and on small screens), and Enlarge a slide to fill the screen. The choice is remembered on that device only. Slides can be changed with the arrow keys or by swiping, the name box has a proper label, and quiz and confidence buttons tell screen readers which one is selected.
- Read aloud: on homework pages and in present mode, a Read aloud button reads the current slide (title first, then the slide in order) with Pause and Stop controls. It skips answer keys and teacher notes. It uses the speech voice built into your browser or device (US English where available), so the voice depends on your device; the button is hidden where the browser has no speech support.
- Live lessons: the code and name boxes have visible labels, each question is grouped with its answer buttons, and messages such as "Sent" and "Time's up" are announced to screen readers.
- Resources you make: the IEP / Accessibility mode on our generators adds scaffolding and a dyslexia-friendly document layout (Lexend font, wider line and letter spacing, slightly larger text and a soft cream page). Grey secondary text in documents is automatically darkened to at least 4.5:1 contrast against white.
- Downloads are editable PowerPoint, Word and Google Slides/Docs files, not flat pictures, so you can use the accessibility checker and screen reader support built into those apps, and change fonts, sizes and colors.
Known problems we have not fixed yet
- There is no "skip to main content" link yet, so keyboard users have to tab through the menu on each page.
- The slide preview is drawn as a designed 16:9 picture made of text boxes. A screen reader can read the text, but not always in a sensible order, and on a phone the slide is small. On homework pages, Text view and Enlarge help; in the teacher editor and present mode there is no text view yet.
- Pictures on slides are labelled with the slide's topic, not a full description of the picture. Pictures in downloaded PowerPoint files do not have alt text yet, so please add it in PowerPoint before sharing a file with someone who needs it.
- Some slide themes use decorative fonts and color pairings whose contrast we have not fully checked against WCAG.
- We have not yet tested the slide and document editors fully with a screen reader or keyboard alone.
- Suggested lesson videos come from YouTube. Captions depend on the video's owner, and we cannot add them ourselves.
- We have not checked that our PDF downloads carry the tags a screen reader needs. The Word and PowerPoint downloads are the better choice for screen reader users.
- Some icons are emoji. Where they only decorate, we are hiding them from screen readers page by page; some pages still read them out.
We are working through these. If one of them stops you using LessonHQ, tell us and we will move it up the list.
Report a problem or ask for another format
Email [email protected] with "Accessibility" in the subject. It helps to tell us the page address, what you were trying to do, and the device, browser and any assistive technology you use (for example a screen reader or magnifier). We will reply, and tell you what we can fix and when. If you need a resource in a different format, such as larger print or plain text, ask and we will help.
Schools and districts checking LessonHQ for accessibility or procurement reviews can also see our School IT & Filtering, Security and AI Safety pages, or email us with questions.
About this statement
Last reviewed October 10, 2026, by checking our own code and pages against WCAG 2.2 AA. We will update it as fixes go live.