Accessibility

Study the way you see, hear and read.

At Qurricular, we believe education is a right for everyone, whatever you need to get there. So the app adjusts to you: larger text, high contrast, fonts for low vision and dyslexia, read aloud in English and Urdu, visual alerts, captions and extra time. All of it is free on every plan.

Start free Try the settings

Ryder with headphones on, listening to a book read aloud

Try it here.

These are the settings from the app. Change them and watch the sample lesson change: the text, the font, the contrast, the timer and the alert.

Where to find them.

Settings, then Accessibility
Every option, with a line on what each one does.
The button in the top bar
The figure icon opens the main settings from any screen, one press away.
Control Center on a phone
The same switches as a tile, for when reading is the hard part.

Text size has four steps: Default (100%), Large (112%), Larger (125%), Largest (150%). Your device’s own reduce-motion setting is always respected, whatever you choose here.

Everything, by what you need.

Seeing the screen

Low vision, blind students and anyone on a small, bright phone.

Text size up to 150%: Default, Large, Larger or Largest. Every screen grows with it and reflows instead of breaking.
High contrast: Solid surfaces instead of glass, full-strength text, stronger borders and focus rings.
Atkinson Hyperlegible: A typeface made for low vision, with letters that cannot be mistaken for each other.
Screen readers: Labelled buttons, Ryder's replies and test results announced when they arrive, maths read out as maths, and Urdu read with an Urdu voice.
Links that don't rely on colour: Turn on underlined links so nothing depends on telling two colours apart.

Hearing

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Visual alerts: When a Pomodoro ends, a soft glow runs around the screen and the tab title blinks, as well as the usual banner. A chime is never the only signal.
Captions on lesson videos: Teacher videos show a CC badge or say they have no captions, and can link a transcript. The videos Qurricular suggests are captioned ones.
Sound effects off: The Chem Lab's pours and bubbles and the timer chime can be switched off.

Reading and focus

Students with dyslexia, ADHD, or who learn better by listening.

Lexend: A typeface with wider spacing that many readers with dyslexia find easier.
Read aloud: A speaker button on Ryder's answers and on lessons. It uses the voices already on the device, so it costs nothing and nothing is sent anywhere. Urdu is read with an Urdu voice where the device has one.
Reduce motion: Stops animations, sliding and pulsing everywhere. The device's own reduce-motion setting is always respected too.

Moving and typing

Students who use a keyboard, a switch or one hand.

Full keyboard use: A visible focus ring everywhere, a skip link, arrow keys in menus, and focus that stays inside open dialogs.
Labs without dragging: The chemistry lab can mix chemicals without drag and drop, and the physics lab describes each scene in words.
Voice input: Ask Ryder out loud instead of typing.

Time

Students who are entitled to extra time in exams.

Extra time on timed practice: Standard, +25%, +50% or double, for anyone who reads or writes at their own pace.
Set by the teacher: A teacher can give a student +25%, +50% or double time on tests in their class. The paper then shows the adjusted time, so the student never has to ask.
Pause and warnings: The practice timer can be paused, and warns before time runs out. Screen readers hear the warning too.

Extra time, set by the teacher.

On the class roster, give a student +25%, +50% or double time. Their tests in that class show the adjusted time, like “90 minutes, includes your extra time”, so they never have to ask in front of everyone.

Say which videos have captions.

When you add a video to a unit, tick “Has captions” and link a transcript if you have one. Students see a CC badge, or “No captions”, before they press play.

Qurricular for teachers

Accessibility statement.

We build Qurricular to meet WCAG 2.2 at level AA. In October 2026 we reviewed the app in four parts (keyboard and focus, screen readers, motion, and hearing) and fixed what we found: a visible focus ring on every control, focus that moves into and out of every menu and dialog, replies and results announced to screen readers, maths read as MathML, Urdu marked as Urdu, and faded text raised to at least 4.5:1 contrast in light and dark mode.

This was our own review, not an outside audit. We know about these limits:

The physics lab is a visual simulation. A screen reader gets a written summary of the scene, not every movement in it.
Captions on a teacher's own videos depend on the teacher. Each video says whether it has captions before you press play.
Read aloud uses the voices installed on your device, so how it sounds, and whether Urdu has its own voice, depends on the device. Windows and Android usually include one for Urdu.
A test your teacher sets keeps the time on the paper unless your teacher gives you extra time in that class.

Something not working for you? Tell us what you were trying to do and what got in the way. We read every message.

howdy@qurricular.com

Questions.

Do the settings cost anything?

No. Every accessibility setting is on every plan, including Free.

Do I have to set them up again on each device?

No. They are saved to your account, so the school computer, your phone and a laptop all open the way you set them, from the first moment a page loads.

Is this an accessibility overlay or a plug-in?

No. The settings are built into Qurricular itself, and the fixes from our review went into the app's own code, for every student whether or not they turn a setting on.

My board gives me extra time in exams. Can I practise with it?

Yes. Set extra time to +25%, +50% or double and timed practice runs at that pace. If your teacher uses Qurricular, they can give you the same extra time on tests in their class.