99math Accessibility Conformance Report

00Summary

99math is a browser-delivered mathematics fluency product for K–8 classrooms. It has three parts, and this report uses these three names for them throughout:

The distinction matters because the first two are ordinary web pages that assistive technology can read, and the third is a game engine drawing pixels, which assistive technology cannot read unless the game provides a separate accessible layer. Pet Squad does not yet.

The product partially supports WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The Teacher App and the Live Game are usable with remediable gaps. Pet Squad does not support assistive technology or keyboard operation: nothing inside it is exposed to a screen reader, and none of it can be reached or operated from the keyboard (F15). The most significant gaps elsewhere are: the Teacher App's main navigation cannot be reached with a keyboard; browser zoom is disabled on touch devices across the product; no page uses landmark regions or a skip link; several form fields and icon-only buttons lack an accessible name, including the answer field inside the Live Game; and answer feedback in the Live Game is not announced to screen readers. Several colour pairings in the Teacher App fall below the 4.5:1 minimum.

Strengths worth stating: the Live Game can be played entirely from the keyboard (number keys and Enter), correct-answer feedback is conveyed by an icon and a score change rather than colour alone, motion preferences are honoured through prefers-reduced-motion, the dashboard carousel has an on-screen auto-play control, every raster image sampled carries alternative text, and visible focus indicators are present on buttons and links.

01Product information

02Applicable standards and guidelines

This report covers the following accessibility standards. The International Edition was chosen because 99math is an EU company selling primarily into US public schools, so both regimes apply to the same product.

03Conformance terms

The terms below are the ITI-defined values. "Not Evaluated" is used in Tables 1 and 2 only where a criterion depends on assistive-technology testing or on a surface outside this version's scope; each such row says which, and section 06 gives the date by which it will be resolved.

04Evaluation methods

What was done

On 14 September 2026 the production product was evaluated in Google Chrome (desktop, macOS) as follows.

• Automated testing. axe-core 4.10.2 was injected into each screen and run with the WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 Level A and AA rule sets. Sixteen screens were covered. Teacher App: dashboard, group practice setup, individual practice assignments, classes, class progress report, group practice reports, parents, tutorials, host lobby, host round view, host round results. Live Game: join, avatar choice, lobby, play, round results.
• Structural review by script. Document language, heading outline, landmark regions, viewport meta tag, positive tabindex values, focus-related CSS rules, and the presence of prefers-reduced-motion and forced-colors media blocks, on every screen above.
• Manual keyboard traversal. Tab-order walk of the Teacher App dashboard with the focused element and its computed focus style recorded at each step; a Live Game round played from the keyboard alone, including one correct and one deliberately wrong answer; an invalid game code submitted on the join screen.
• Colour contrast. Computed by axe for every visible text node on each screen; the distinct failing foreground/background pairs are listed in section 06.
• Visual review of screenshots of every screen for colour-only meaning, flashing, and animation.
• Pet Squad. Signed in as a student, opened the game at /home-game, inspected the page it runs in (game.prod.99math.com/WebGL/index.html) for anything a screen reader could use, then tried to operate the title screen, pet home and world from the keyboard alone (Tab, Enter, arrow keys, WASD), and then with the mouse for comparison. Four screens were reached: loading, pet home, skill progression, and the shared world.

What was not done

• No assistive technology was used. No screen reader, magnifier, switch access or voice control. Criteria that can only be judged with a screen reader (1.3.2, 302.1) are marked Not Evaluated until the version 1.1 reissue on 31 August 2027.
• No solo practice round was completed inside Pet Squad. The world is navigated by clicking where the avatar should walk, and a solo round was not reached in the session; the Pet Squad findings rest on its structure and on the keyboard test, which are decisive on their own.
• No mobile, tablet or ChromeOS testing, no testing at 200% zoom, and no reflow test at 320 CSS pixels.
• Sign-in, account and purchase flows, the parent interface, email templates and the help centre were not inspected.

05Coverage

How many WCAG 2.2 criteria carry a recorded evaluation outcome (Supports, Partially Supports, Does Not Support or Not Applicable) as of this version.

Of the 12 Level A and AA rows still marked Not Evaluated, 5 depend on screen-reader or device testing, 4 on the tutorial video player, and 3 on the sign-in and purchase flows, all scheduled in section 06. Level AAA is not required by ADA Title II or Section 508 and is reported only where an answer was incidental to the evaluation.

06Findings and remediation plan

Each finding names the surface it was observed on, the evidence, and the fix. Every finding has the same target: 31 August 2027, the start of the 2027/28 school year, when version 1.1 of this report is reissued with the fixes confirmed. That is the only date in this plan. Ain Arend (Co-founder & CTO, legal@99math.com) is responsible for every finding in this plan and for this report. After version 1.1, the report may be updated again as the product changes.

07WCAG 2.2 report

Tables 1 to 3 record conformance against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2. "DOM screens" in the remarks means the 16 screens listed in section 04; "Pet Squad" means the individual-practice client, whose findings are consolidated under F15.

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA

This is the table that determines whether a district can approve 99math under ADA Title II. Level AA is the operative bar; Level A alone is not sufficient.

Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA

Level AAA is neither required by ADA Title II nor by Revised Section 508, and no product is expected to satisfy it in full. It is included because the International Edition provides for it. Rows are answered only where the evaluation produced an answer incidentally.

08Revised Section 508 report

Chapters 3 through 6 of the Revised 508 Standards. Where a provision incorporates WCAG by reference, the answer is the WCAG table above; those rows point back rather than restating.

Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (302)

These are outcome-based: can a person with this characteristic actually use the product. They are answered from the findings above; the without-vision row waits for the scheduled screen-reader pass.

Chapter 4: Hardware (401–415)

Chapter 5: Software (501–504)

Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services (601–603)

09EN 301 549 report

Chapters 4 through 13 of EN 301 549. For a web-only product most chapters resolve either to the WCAG tables or to Not Applicable.

10Legal disclaimer

The information in this document is provided by 99math OÜ in good faith and is based on the self-evaluation described under Evaluation methods. It describes the product as of the report date and does not constitute a warranty of conformance. 99math OÜ makes no representation that the product conforms to any standard beyond what is recorded here. The remediation dates in section 06 are 99math OÜ's current plan and may be revised; an updated report will be published when the plan changes or when a listed item is completed.