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Digital Accessibility
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Digital Accessibility.

What is easy for older people to use often works better for everyone else, too. "Good for Granny" is our approach to digital solutions that are easy to understand, accessible, and intuitive to use.

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Accessibility Is More Than Compliance

Digital accessibility gives everyone equal access to information and digital services – regardless of physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities.

At the same time, all users benefit from clear structures, understandable content, and intuitive navigation.

We develop and optimize accessible websites and digital platforms in line with WCAG and support businesses, public sector organizations, NGOs, and associations in meeting legal requirements such as Austria’s Accessibility Act (BaFG).

Does this sound familiar?

  • You’re not sure whether your website meets WCAG requirements.
  • Austria’s Accessibility Act (BaFG) applies to your organization, but you’re not sure where to start.
  • An accessibility audit has revealed numerous issues.
  • Your website is difficult to navigate using only a keyboard.
  • Forms cause problems for users of assistive technologies.
  • Color contrasts and visual elements do not meet accessibility requirements.
  • Editorial content is not consistently accessible.
  • PDF documents and downloads present additional accessibility challenges.
  • Accessibility is only considered shortly before a website relaunch goes live.
  • Third-party components or modules cause accessibility issues.
  • Your team lacks the expertise needed for ongoing accessibility quality assurance.

We help you turn accessibility requirements into clear, actionable measures.

Certified Accessibility Expertise

Expertise That Goes Beyond Automated Testing.

Automated testing tools are helpful – but they can only identify some accessibility barriers.

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As Certified Web Accessibility Experts, we combine automated analysis with manual testing and technical expertise. We assess keyboard navigation, focus management, semantic structure, forms, and compatibility with assistive technologies, among other aspects.

The result is more than a list of issues – it provides a clear foundation for meaningful improvements.

Implementing Accessibility Systematically

Accessibility Audit

We assess your website or digital platform against WCAG and identify technical, design, and editorial accessibility barriers.

You receive clear findings and concrete recommendations for implementation.

Consulting & Guidance

Accessibility doesn’t start with the final test. We support your project from the early stages of planning, UX, and design, helping you integrate accessibility sustainably into your processes.

Training

We provide developers, designers, and content editors with the knowledge they need to make digital accessibility part of their everyday work.

WCAG, BaFG & Co.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide the key international framework for digital accessibility.

In Austria, additional legal requirements may apply depending on the organization and digital service – including the Austrian Accessibility Act (BaFG) and requirements for websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.

We help you understand the technical requirements relevant to your digital services and translate them into concrete, actionable measures.

Note: Our consulting focuses on digital and technical accessibility and does not constitute legal advice.

Drupal & Accessibility

Drupal provides a strong foundation for accessible digital experiences. However, the way the concept, theme, components, modules, and content are implemented is crucial.

We combine many years of Drupal experience with accessibility expertise, considering accessibility at every level – from technical architecture to individual frontend components.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility means designing websites, applications and digital content so that they can be used as independently as possible, regardless of individual disabilities or limitations.

This includes, for example, keyboard accessibility, sufficient colour contrast, clear and understandable structures, alternative text for images and compatibility with assistive technologies.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are internationally recognised guidelines for making web content accessible.

They define testable success criteria covering the perceivability, operability, understandability and robustness of digital content.

The Austrian Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz, BaFG) implements the requirements of the European Accessibility Act into national law. It applies to certain products and services offered to consumers.

Whether and which requirements apply to a specific organisation or digital service must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

No. Automated tools can detect many technical issues, but they cannot reliably assess all accessibility requirements.

That is why we combine automated checks with manual testing, including keyboard navigation, focus management, forms and semantic structure.

No. An accessibility overlay is additional software that is integrated into an existing website and attempts to improve its accessibility automatically. It often provides a visible control panel that allows users to adjust contrast, font sizes, or other display settings.

Some overlays also claim to automatically detect and fix accessibility barriers. However, they generally do not change the underlying technical structure of a website and therefore cannot reliably resolve many accessibility issues.

For sustainable digital accessibility, barriers need to be addressed directly in the design, code, and content. This includes, for example, proper semantic structure, keyboard accessibility, focus management, accessible forms, and compatibility with assistive technologies.

An accessibility overlay therefore does not replace proper implementation according to WCAG or manual accessibility testing.

For more information about how accessibility overlays work and their limitations, see the Overlay Fact Sheet.

No. Drupal provides a strong technical foundation for accessibility, but a Drupal website is not automatically accessible as a result.

The theme, custom components, modules, configuration and editorial content all have a significant impact on the website’s actual accessibility.

An accessible PDF is structured so that the information it contains can also be perceived and used by people with disabilities – for example, with a screen reader or using only a keyboard.

To achieve this, the document needs, among other things, a proper semantic structure with headings, paragraphs, and lists, a logical reading order, alternative text for relevant images, sufficient color contrast, and meaningful link text. Tables and forms must also be properly structured and accessible.

A visually well-designed PDF is therefore not automatically accessible. In addition to its visual design, the technical structure of the document is essential for accessibility.

In many cases, yes. We first analyse the existing platform and identify the relevant accessibility barriers.

We then prioritise the necessary measures and address the issues step by step across the design, frontend, components and content.

Yes. New content, features, modules or design changes can introduce new accessibility barriers.

We therefore recommend treating accessibility not as a one-off check before launch, but as an integral part of development, content management and quality assurance.

Yes. We offer training for developers, designers and content editors, tailoring the content to their specific responsibilities and the existing knowledge of your team.

The Next Step Towards an Accessible Website.

Whether you need an accessibility audit, want to improve an existing website, or are planning a new digital project: we help you identify barriers, prioritize them effectively, and resolve them sustainably.

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