This statement covers the Birdey mobile app (iOS and Android) and the birdey.gg website. Birdey is built by one developer who wants everyone to be able to learn the birds, and accessibility is treated as part of that job, not an afterthought.
1. Our approach
We aim to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA where they apply to the website, and the equivalent platform accessibility guidance from Apple and Google in the app. Birdey is a young product in active development, so we describe the current state honestly below rather than claiming full conformance.
2. What Birdey already does
- Text-to-speech – bird names and key texts can be read aloud in the app, which also supports younger players who cannot read yet.
- Kids mode – a simplified, safe mode with no purchases and reduced text load.
- Scalable interface – the app adapts its layout and text to small and large screens, and respects the device text size where possible.
- Reduced motion – ambient animation can be switched off in the settings for players who are sensitive to motion.
- High-contrast design – the interface uses light backgrounds with dark text and avoids low-contrast colour-on-colour text.
- No flashing content – Birdey contains no strobing or rapidly flashing effects.
- No time pressure to pay – nothing in Birdey requires fast reactions to avoid losing money; purchases are never gated behind timed pressure.
3. Known limitations
Some parts of Birdey are visual by nature. The core game asks you to study a bird's appearance and remember it, and the card art and bird photos cannot be fully conveyed through a screen reader. We do not currently offer an alternative non-visual game mode.
- Screen reader (TalkBack / VoiceOver) labelling is not yet complete on every screen of the app. We are improving this over time.
- Some decorative animations and card effects are purely visual and have no text alternative.
- The per-species bird pages on birdey.gg contain images with species names as alternative text, but not full visual descriptions.
4. Feedback
If you run into anything in Birdey that you cannot access, we genuinely want to know, and it will be treated as a bug. Write to support@birdsodyssey.com and describe what happened and what device and assistive technology you were using. The developer reads every message himself.
5. About this statement
This statement was prepared on 30 July 2026 based on a self-assessment, and it is updated as the app and website evolve.