Websites often only achieve limited compliance with the ‘perceivable’ criterion. For these latter websites, follow-up manual evaluations are needed to verify full compliance. Only 16% of the websites pass all 8 criteria and at least comply with part of the 50 criteria. Web accessibility by no means the defaultĭisappointingly, a vast majority (84%) of public sector websites assessed are not compliant and violate one or more WCAG criteria. Robust, measured by: Unique IDs, Aria hidden.Understandable, measured by: Language attribute, Valid language code.Operable, measured by: Page/document title, Link name.Perceivable, measured by: Alternative text, Color contrast.Selected criteria give a first impression of to what extent websites are: Using the axe browser extension, the websites were assessed on 8 of the 50 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ( WCAG 2.1) success criteria, which form a significant part of the European Standard supporting the Web Accessibility Directive. To further complement this analysis, a two-year web accessibility pilot assessed more than 14,000 eGovernment websites. The measurement covers the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. It is led by Capgemini, with support from Sogeti, IDC and Politecnico di Milano. The eGovernment Benchmark is the European Commission’s annual study into the availability and quality of digital government. It is clear from both of the above, that EU Member States still have much to do to deliver inclusive citizen-centric online experiences for all. In addition, Capgemini has piloted large-scale web accessibility evaluations under the eGovernment Benchmark 20 (forthcoming). So, what progress has been made? In January 2022, the EU Member States published their first-ever Web Accessibility Directive – Monitoring reports to assess progress against the Web Accessibility Directive. A strong need for more accessible public sector websites Blog: Capgemini CTO Blog
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