BestAlarmClock.com

Accessibility statement

Last updated 10 September 2026BestAlarmClock.com

A large share of the people who need a better alarm clock are people that ordinary alarm clocks fail. Building for them is not a side project here.

Our commitment

An alarm clock that only works for people with typical hearing and typical vision is not much of an alarm clock. Accessibility is not a compliance exercise for a site like this — it is close to the point of the thing.

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA.

What we have built in

  • Keyboard operation throughout. Every control can be reached and operated with a keyboard. Enter starts an alarm, Escape cancels it, Space dismisses a ringing alarm and S snoozes it.
  • Visible focus. A clear, high-contrast focus ring on every interactive element, never removed.
  • Skip link. A skip-to-content link is the first focusable item on every page.
  • Colour contrast. Text and interface colours are chosen to meet or exceed AA contrast ratios in both the night and day themes.
  • Colour is never the only signal. Alarm state is conveyed by text as well as colour.
  • Day and night themes. A one-tap switch for people who find a dark or a light interface easier to read.
  • Reduced motion respected. If your system asks for reduced motion, we remove animation and use instant scrolling.
  • Screen reader support. Semantic HTML, proper labels on every input, live regions announcing alarm state, and descriptive alternative text on every illustration.
  • Multiple wake channels. Alarms use sound, a visual state change, a browser notification where permitted, and device vibration where supported — so sound is not the only signal.
  • Low-frequency alarm tones. Several of our alarm sounds sit well below the typical high-pitched beep, which matters for people with high-frequency hearing loss. See our guide for deaf and hard-of-hearing sleepers.
  • Text that resizes. Layout is fluid and remains usable at 200% zoom and above.
  • No time limits or flashing. Nothing on this site flashes at a rate associated with photosensitive seizures.

Known limitations

We would rather tell you than have you find out:

  • Advertising is supplied by a third party. We control where ad slots sit and how they are labelled, but we do not control the accessibility of the adverts themselves.
  • A browser-based alarm cannot vibrate a mattress. For people who cannot rely on sound, a hardware bed shaker remains meaningfully more reliable, and we say so rather than overselling what we have built.
  • Alarm sounds are generated with the Web Audio API. On rare browser and device combinations, audio behaviour may differ from what we intend.

Tell us when we get it wrong

If any part of this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, please email hello@bestalarmclock.com. Tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology and browser you use if you are able to.

We treat accessibility reports as high priority and aim to acknowledge within five working days. If something is broken and we cannot fix it quickly, we will tell you honestly and offer an alternative way to do what you needed.

How to contact us

For any question about this page — or anything else on this site — email hello@bestalarmclock.com. We read everything sent to that address and aim to reply within five working days. It is the only contact address for BestAlarmClock.com; we do not operate a phone line or a postal enquiries desk.