--- title: "Accessibility Statement | SparkFabrik" url: "https://www.sparkfabrik.com/en/accessibility/" lang: "en" type: "page" lastmod: "2022-06-22" description: "Accessibility statement for the SparkFabrik website. WCAG 2.1 AA conformance status, non-accessible content, assessment methodology and contact information." keywords: "accessibility, WCAG, digital accessibility, European Accessibility Act, inclusion" --- # Accessibility Statement _Accessibility statement pursuant to Directive (EU) 2019/882_ ## Conformance status This website (www.sparkfabrik.com) is **partially conformant** with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, due to the limitations listed below. ## Non-accessible content The following content is not fully accessible for the reasons indicated. ### Non-conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA At the time of writing, there are no known non-conformances with WCAG 2.1 AA. All issues identified during the March 2026 audit have been corrected (see "Audit results and corrections applied"). ### Content not subject to the legislation - **Third-party videos**: videos embedded from YouTube and Vimeo are subject to the accessibility policies of their respective platforms and are not under our direct control. - **Third-party widgets**: the cookie banner (Iubenda) and analytics tracking (Google Tag Manager) are managed by external providers. ### Disproportionate burden - **PDF documents**: some older PDF documents are not fully accessible. Full conversion is planned but not yet started. ## Preparation of this statement This statement was prepared on 16 March 2026 based on a technical audit conducted with the following tools and methods. ### Assessment methodology The accessibility assessment was conducted by combining: - **Automated testing**: audit with Pa11y (WCAG2AA standard) on 11 representative pages, which identified 118 errors and 1,664 warnings - **Analysis tools**: axe-core, Lighthouse, WAVE - **Manual verification**: full keyboard navigation, screen reader testing, colour contrast verification, HTML semantic structure review ### Audit results and corrections applied (March 2026) The following corrections were applied following the audit: - **Menu keyboard navigation**: desktop menu categories (About, Services, Case Studies, Resources) are now reachable via Tab and can be activated from the keyboard. Submenus open via `:focus-within` in addition to mouse hover. - **Search button**: the search icon in the header was a non-interactive `div` element. It has been converted to a `button` with an ARIA label. - **Buttons without accessible names**: added `aria-label` attributes to the menu close button and the "Back to top" button in the footer. - **Images without alternative text**: added `alt` attributes to contact photos in CTA sections and on the Contact page. - **Insufficient contrast**: corrected the text colour on orange navigation menu badges, bringing the contrast ratio into compliance. - **Duplicate IDs in the DOM**: removed duplicate `id="Layer_1"` attributes from inline SVG icons. - **Carousel labels**: replaced placeholder labels "Splide Basic HTML Example" with meaningful descriptions in Italian and English. - **Team map navigation links**: `` elements were replaced with `