For every reader
Accessibility
The hunt is open to anyone, anywhere, and that includes anyone who reads with a keyboard, a screen reader, a magnifier, captions or a steady page. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and we test every change against them.
What is built in
- Keyboard. Every link, button, filter, map control and dialog works from the keyboard. A “Skip to the content” link is the first thing on every page. Press / or Ctrl K to search.
- Screen readers. Pages use real headings, landmarks and labels. Pictures carry text descriptions; decorative ornaments are hidden from screen readers.
- Motion. If your device asks for reduced motion, the gold leaf, glints, rolling place names and drawn trails hold still. The Pause all motion switch at the foot of every page does the same on any device, and remembers your choice.
- Light and dark. The site follows your device, and the moon button switches by hand. Text and controls are checked for contrast in both.
- Listening. The Listen buttons read a section aloud with your device’s own voice.
- Text size. Zoom to 200% or more and the page reflows to one column without sideways scrolling.
- Print. Every page prints cleanly, without the animations and controls.
What is harder, and how we help
- The deep-zoom maps in the map room are pictures served by the Library of Congress. Their town names and directories are given in text beside them, and we will read any part of a map for you on request.
- Old handwriting and print. Certificates and book pages are shown as pictures. Where a page is the subject of a case, its key lines are transcribed in the text; ask, and we will transcribe any page you need.
- Facebook. Clues are posted on Facebook, whose accessibility is Meta’s. Every case also has its own page here.
Tell us
If anything on Project Scroll is hard to use, write to research@projectscroll.com with the page and what happened. We answer, and we fix what we can.
Last reviewed 20 October 2026.