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Accessibility Audit for Your Website
Accessibility Audit Benefits for Your Company
What does the Accessibility Audit offer? Discover the benefits, the legal requirements you can meet with accessible content on your website, and how to cater to your users’ needs.
Inclusion
If your products or services are accessible to people with disabilities, you promote inclusion and enhance your company’s image.
Access New Markets
By ensuring digital accessibility, you can reach more people who would otherwise be excluded – helping to increase your market share.
Legal Compliance
Avoid fines and legal consequences by complying with the Accessibility Strengthening Act and meeting the legal requirements.
Improved User Experience
Accessible products offer a better user experience for all people, regardless of whether they have special needs.
Better SEO Performance
Accessible websites may be favoured by search engines, increasing your visibility and potentially driving more organic traffic.
Companies should act now, as there is often much to be done to adapt their products and services to the upcoming Barrier-Free Strengthening Act by the end of June 2025. It is equally important to build internal structures that ensure long-term accessibility. It's like juggling; if you only throw the balls up once, they will fall back down.
How We Can Support You
We help you sustainably implement accessibility standards. The Accessibility Audit is the first step. Based on our audit standards, we work with you to optimise your website and remove barriers. By doing so, you will be setting an important milestone in terms of accessibility and complying with the regulations effective from June 2025.
Accessibility Audit
We evaluate your product for accessibility (e.g., contrast and keyboard navigation) according to WCAG standards. The process includes a kick-off, analysis, documentation of results, and a personal presentation with recommendations.
User Testing
We observe and interview people with disabilities as they use your website. Problems are identified, documented, and discussed. The process includes test preparation, execution, evaluation, and discussion of the results.
Digital Accessibility Workshop
In our accessibility training, we teach your team the fundamentals of digital accessibility. You’ll learn why accessibility is important, who benefits, what assistive technologies are used, how to design accessible digital products, and how to integrate accessibility into your processes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should companies implement inclusion and equality digitally?
Inclusion and equality are implemented on digital channels through various measures, such as alternative texts for images (alt texts), adjustable font sizes, sufficient contrast, and clear structures that make it easy to navigate the website. Additionally, inclusive or gender-neutral language, and technically, an accessible software design are key. As part of our Accessibility Audit, we conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current status and develop examples and measures to optimise your website.
Why is better usability important?
An optimised usability and user experience (UX) enable positive user experiences, which are crucial for your success: they lead to higher satisfaction among users and thus to a higher conversion rate. In the long term, improved UX increases customer retention and strengthens new customer acquisition.
What are WCAG?
WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The WCAG are the leading international standards for implementing web accessibility.
What does BITV stand for?
BITV stands for the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance. It implements §12 of the Equality of Persons with Disabilities Act (BGG) and includes the technical standards for the accessible design of information and communication technology.
Which guidelines must companies adhere to?
In Germany, private companies are required to follow EN 301549. Public institutions must comply with the provisions of BITV 2.0.
What needs to be made accessible?
Among other things, all online commerce for consumers must be made accessible, including websites, apps, and documents such as PDFs or emails.
What is the European Accessibility Act?
The European Accessibility Act is a directive from the European Parliament and the Council on the accessibility requirements for products and services. It requires member states to make all online commerce accessible to consumers. In Germany, it is enforced through the Accessibility Strengthening Act.
What are the costs and time involved in making a product accessible?
This depends on what and how much needs to be improved in your digital product. An audit is the best way to determine this. At the same time, it’s important to equip your team to implement the optimisations as quickly as possible.
Why UDG?
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