Accessibility in assessments and tests: what the platform supports today

Coodesh has a fixed accessibility menu on every screen of the platform, including during the assessment, with no need to request access or set anything up beforehand. It brings together reading adjustments (dyslexia-friendly font, text size, spacing, contrast and monochrome mode), a Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) translator and head-movement navigation for people who don't use their hands. Candidates turn each feature on and off themselves, whenever they want, and their preferences are saved in the browser for future visits.

Yes. The accessibility menu includes VLibras, the Brazilian government's official translator for Libras (Brazilian Sign Language). When turned on, an avatar appears on the side and translates into Libras any text the candidate selects or clicks, on any page, including question prompts. Keep in mind that for many deaf people, sign language is their first language and the written language is their second, so offering translation of the prompt isn't an extra: it's what allows the assessment to measure the skill being tested rather than fluency in the written language.

Face Control turns head movement into a cursor. The candidate enables the feature in the menu, allows camera access, positions their face and sets the neutral position; from then on, moving or tilting the head moves the cursor to items, and resting on an item for a moment counts as a click. Speed, sensitivity and click time can be adjusted, there are two control modes to choose from, and the position can be recalibrated at any time. All image processing happens in the candidate's browser: the camera only works while the feature is active, never turns on by itself, and no video is sent to servers.

The accessibility menu is also available on assessment screens, and Coodesh's integrity system was calibrated with assistive technologies in mind: text entered through dictation or an accessibility tool, for example, is logged in a category that weighs less than a suspicious insertion, precisely so as not to penalize people who use these features. Integrity review is always done by a human, so an event generated by assistive technology can be explained and disregarded. If the process uses a camera for proctoring, we recommend letting the company know in advance about candidates who will use face navigation, so the review takes it into account.

No. The menu is available to anyone, in any assessment, with no need to register a special need and no recruiter approval. This is a design choice: features that depend on a request create embarrassment and lead some candidates to give up on using them. Contrast adjustment, a dyslexia-friendly font or a reading guide also help people without a diagnosis, like anyone who's tired and working on a small screen. What depends on the company are process adaptations, such as extra time, which should be arranged with the recruiter.

Time settings belong to the assessment and are defined by the company, and today the way to do it is for the recruiter to adjust the conditions for the candidate who requests an accommodation, for example with an assessment with an extended duration or a longer completion deadline. Our recommendation for companies is to include a clear channel for accommodation requests in the invitation, such as a recruiting team email, and to record the accommodations granted. This complies with inclusion laws that guarantee reasonable accommodation in hiring processes (such as Brazil's Inclusion Law) and protects the company by documenting that the request was handled.

The menu follows the platform language in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and the reading adjustments panel has its own selector with more language options. The Libras translator applies to content in Portuguese, since Libras is the Brazilian sign language. For processes in other countries, the reading, contrast and navigation adjustments work the same way.