Audit of what exists
Automated tests plus manual review with keyboard and screen reader. The result is a prioritised defect list with the effort per item.
Since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act obliges many companies to make their digital offerings usable by everyone. Public bodies have been bound by the EU Web Accessibility Directive for far longer. We build websites that meet the requirement from the first draft, because accessibility bolted on afterwards is expensive and rarely complete.
Automated tests plus manual review with keyboard and screen reader. The result is a prioritised defect list with the effort per item.
A colour system with verified contrast values, readable typography, a visible focus indicator, controls with an adequate target size.
Semantic markup, a sensible heading structure, ARIA only where needed, forms with associated labels and clear error messages.
An accessibility statement, a feedback mechanism and documentation you can answer follow-up questions with.
The most common defects are created long before anyone writes code: contrast that is too weak, controls reachable only with a mouse, form fields without an associated label, images without a meaningful alternative text. Split design from engineering and you find out at test time and then you have to reopen the visual identity. We do both in house, so the decision happens where it belongs: in the draft.
Since 28 June 2025 it covers many consumer-facing products and services, among them online shops, booking systems and banking services. Microenterprises providing services are exempt. Whether it applies to you is something we clarify in the first conversation. Binding legal advice comes only from a law firm.
The Web Accessibility Directive binds public bodies; the European Accessibility Act addresses the private sector in consumer business. Technically both lead to the same place: the harmonised standard EN 301 549, which references WCAG at level AA.
No. The most common requirements are simply good design: sufficient contrast, readable sizes, clear structure, a visible focus. This website is the proof: it meets WCAG 2.2 AA and does not look like a government form.
No. These widgets promise conformance by script and do not deliver it. Several vendors have been sued over exactly that in the US. They hide defects instead of fixing them. We don't use them.
Yes. That is the more common case. The audit is part of the website review and works regardless of who originally built the site.
No, and we don't claim to be. We implement the requirements and test against the same criteria. Where a formal attestation is needed, in public procurement for instance, we work with an accredited testing body.
A first conversation takes half an hour and costs nothing. If you would rather have the existing site checked first, the website audit is the smaller way in.