Accessibility Abroad: EU Duties Beyond the German BFSG
One directive, four transposition acts: what differs when selling into Austria, Ireland and Spain compared with the German BFSG, documented in law.
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One directive, four transposition acts: what differs when selling into Austria, Ireland and Spain compared with the German BFSG, documented in law.
Application flows fall outside the BFSG but inside the AGG and SGB IX. Where uploads, required fields and session timeouts cost you applications.
Speech input fails when the accessible name omits the visible text. How success criterion 2.5.3 works and how to test this way of operating your site.
ATAG 2.0 audits the tool, not just the website: Part A covers the editing interface, Part B the guardrails that make accessible content the likely outcome.
Paid online courses fall under the BFSG, universities under BITV 2.0. How to make the learning journey from booking to certificate genuinely accessible.
Automated scans stop at the sign-in form. How a WCAG audit covers the protected area: scope, test accounts, session timeouts and screen reader testing.
Auto-rotating carousels without a pause violate WCAG 2.2.2 and lock out keyboard and screen reader users. How pause, keyboard and ARIA make sliders accessible.
96% of automatically detected WCAG errors come from six patterns - all in building blocks. Solve focus, keyboard and ARIA once in the component instead of on every page.
Plain language vs. easy language: lower comprehension barriers without extra budget and reach more people - a building block of your BFSG conformance.