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As a public body pursuant to Section 2 Hessische Verordnung über barrierefreie Informationstechnik (HVBIT) (Hessian Ordinance on Accessible Information Technology) in conjunction with Section 9 (1) Hessisches Gesetz zur Gleichstellung von Menschen mit Behinderungen (HessBGG) (Hessian Law on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities), 51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt endeavors to make its website and mobile applications accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Hessian Law on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (HessBGG) and the Hessian Ordinance on Accessible Information Technology (HVBIT) implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

This Accessibility Statement applies to the website but not to other websites outside the central content management system of 51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt.

The website does not currently comply with the . 

Non-compliances with and/or exemptions from accessibility requirements  

• The existing audio description for blind users cannot be switched on and off via a user interface element in the video player. In addition, there is no full-text alternative.
• For editorial reasons, not all font graphics have alternative texts.
• The directions displayed as an image have neither an alternative text nor is there another text elsewhere on the website that describes these directions.
• There are layout graphics that all have the same – superfluous – placeholder text (lorem ipsum) as an alternative text.
• The existing headings are not marked according to the logical hierarchy levels. 
• Not all paragraphs are marked as such.
• There are empty sections on some web pages.
• The cookie consent banner does not appear first when using the keyboard but only at the very end.
• There is too little contrast in the main navigation labels and between the individual items themselves and the background. 
• The same applies to the breadcrumbs.
• When zoomed to 200%, the main navigation is condensed into a hamburger menu, but the user can no longer call it up via the keyboard. 
• When zoomed to 400%, some texts are line-wrapped incorrectly and partially obscured/overlapped as a result.
• If the text spacing is adjusted/enlarged, text in user interface elements (e.g. “Select Faculty" in the pull-down menu) is truncated.
• The focus is too low in contrast in many places on the website or not discernible at all.
• It is not possible to stop advertising banners displayed on the website.
• There are no marked sections that can be skipped entirely.
• The linked graphics are not recognizable as such for sighted people because the descriptive texts are not additionally marked (e.g. by underlining).
• There are graphic links that have either a completely encrypted alternative text or an encrypted sub-name attached to their name.
• The links to YouTube videos are not recognizable as such.
• There are terms/text passages on some pages that are not marked as being in a foreign language. This leads to screen readers reading content out incorrectly.
• Use of the search function leads to a new window without screen reader users noticing. Returning to the previous window is difficult.
• Navigation varies greatly from faculty to faculty.

This statement was prepared on 14.06.2024, the website was last checked on 10.06.2024.

The website was checked by the (Competence Center Digital Participation for All) of the foundation . 

Stiftung Pfennigparade conducts checks in accordance with the essential requirements of EU Directive 2016/2102. The relevant checkpoints of the EU accessibility requirements for ICT products and services according to the harmonized European standard EN 301 549, version 3.2.1 are applied. Table A.1: Web content.

Explanation

The content management system currently used is not technically capable of implementing key accessibility principles. In addition, 51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt has a very extensive and diverse website, which is edited and maintained decentrally by around 2,000 editors from different organizational units. 

Measures

51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt is aware that action is urgently required and is striving for an accessible website through the current tender for a comprehensive web relaunch in conjunction with a re-organized editorial team. This is stated as a requirement in the implementation concept. Implementation will start successively from the beginning of 2026.

Simultaneously, editors are now being sensitized towards accessibility, and technical adjustments to the current content management system are being expedited as far as possible.

Would you like to notify us of an existing accessibility barrier or request information about the implementation of accessibility measures? Then please write to us, stating which web page you have visited and the browser you used:

Report an accessibility barrier: barrieremeldung@rz.uni-frankfurt.de

You have the possibility to submit an online application within an enforcement procedure.

Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration
Seat: Giessen Regional Council

Professor Erdmuthe Meyer zu Bexten
State Commissioner for Accessible Information Technology in the State of Hesse
Head of the Enforcement and Monitoring Unit

Landgraf-Philipp-Platz 1-7
35390 Giessen

Tel.: +49 641 303 - 2901
Email: Durchsetzungsstelle-LBIT@rpgi.hessen.de