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Everything related to digital Accessibility in Luxembourg. Managed by the Information and Press Service (SIP) of the Government. #luxembourg #accessibility […] [bridged from mas.to/@AccessibilityLU on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Version 2 of the RAWeb and RAAM accessibility evaluation frameworks is coming in early 2027 Here we are: the latest version of the European standard EN 301 549 has been finalized. We’re getting to work to: - incorporate the new features of the standard, including […] [Original post on mas.to]
Close up of a young plant sprouting from the tropical green ground with green bokeh background. Stock photo. Photo: frank600 / iStock / Getty Images
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
This is the chart that was missing from the Digital Accessibility Observatory: the year-over-year trend in the compliance rate, both overall and by administrative level. Now that this oversight has been corrected, here it is: lnkd.in/eZKu75BR
Trends in compliance rates for public sector websites and apps in Luxembourg from 2021 to 2025: the trend is positive across all types of audits. To view the details in the table, click the link in the post.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
[En vidéo] Nous étions invités fin juin à l’édition 2026 des VoxxedDays : l’occasion de présenter en détails comment s’est déroulée l’aventure qui a donné naissance à Mia et Mil, deux synthèses vocales luxembourgeoises compatibles avec les technologies d’assistance […] [Original post on mas.to]
Alain Vagner et Dominique Nauroy présentent le projet de synthèse vocale en luxembourgeois lors des VoxxedDays à Mondorf-les-Bains.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
[EN] The Digital Accessibility Observatory now has an API! Six years’ worth of audits, the current status of accessibility statements, the up-to-date inventory of public websites and apps, the mediation services provided by the SIP, and other data are available […] [Original post on mas.to]
Image d'illustration. Photo de Deng Xiang sur Unsplash.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
To make it easier to discover the Luxembourgish voices Mil and Mia for screen readers, we've included a short demonstration in their dedicated article on accessibilite.public.lu. You can type your text in Luxembourgish and listen to the audio without needing to […] [Original post on mas.to]
one form with three fields, one to input text in Luxembourgish, one to select a voice and the last to select the speaking rate. There are then two buttons, one to listen to the voices and the second to download a sound file.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
😵‍💫 “An accessible website is a boring website.” 😭 “Making data visualisations accessible is a nightmare.” Have you heard these statements before? What if they were simply untrue? For the Digital Accessibility Observatory, we put them to the test: 🔢 Data structured […] [Original post on mas.to]
Illustration image. Graphic by Deng Xiang on Unsplash.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
Congratulations to luxembourg.lu, ccss.lu, inra.public.lu and accessibilite-infrastructure.public.lu, each of which has been awarded a silver medal for their efforts in the field of digital accessibility. 🎖️ The portals securite-alimentaire.public.lu and […] [Original post on mas.to]
Group photo. From left to right: Chloé Miche and Tiago Gonçalves (accessibilite-infrastructure.public.lu), Luc Nickels (tresorie.public.lu), Miriam Fougeras (securite-alimentaire.public.lu), Anne Grulms (ccss.public.lu), Claude Dessouroux (inra.lu), Sven Knepper (luxembourg.lu). Photo: Rebecca Hemmer, SIP
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @mgifford.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
I just released pdf-crawler, a tool to audit PDF accessibility at scale! This is a direct "remix" of the brilliant work by the Luxembourg government's #accessibility team & their #simplA11yPDFCrawler - it’s a testament to the power of #OpenSource: a tool built for one #gov can be adapted to […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
"Deaf or hard of hearing in a multilingual country: welcome to Luxembourg" Jackie Winandy, founder of the Daaflux association, sheds light on the daily lives of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the Grand Duchy. What are the main obstacles they face? Do they see any […] [Original post on mas.to]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026
La réponse à la question parlementaire 3491 à propos du bilan de l'accessibilité des sites Internet publics au Luxembourg vient de paraître : www.chd.lu/fr/question/30146 N'hésitez pas à la consulter si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur l'état de […] [Original post on mas.to]
Capture d'écran du site de la chambre des députés : question parlementaire 3491, question écrite avec réponse, bilan de l'accessibilité des sites internet publics au Luxembourg
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026
👌 Auditors, experts, message received! 📃 Our web and PDF accessibility assessment frameworks, RAWeb and RAPDF, are moving to version 1.1. On the agenda: your suggestions for improvement, as well as support for the European Accessibility Act (EAA), less ambiguity […] [Original post on mas.to]
Screenshot of the GitHub repository ReferentielAccessibiliteWeb
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026
Just because the Digital Accessibility Observatory is online doesn't mean we've put down our pens! 📝 Here is the 2025 report on the accessibility of public service websites and apps in Luxembourg. 💡 What lessons can we learn from our latest audit campaign? Is the […] [Original post on mas.to]
Graphic assembly of various symbols related to accessibility, sign language, visual impairment, blindness, cognitive disability, etc.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026
The iOS and macOS versions of RHVoice are now open source! github.com/louderpages/Apple-RHVoice #screenReader #openSource
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GitHub - louderpages/Apple-RHVoice: Run-time RHVoice Apps for iOS/iPadOS/macOS
Run-time RHVoice Apps for iOS/iPadOS/macOS. Contribute to louderpages/Apple-RHVoice development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026
🔎 The Digital Accessibility Observatory is now online. observatoire.accessibilite.public.l… 📊 Thanks to data collected over more than five years of assessments, it offers you a unique insight into the digital accessibility of public services in […] [Original post on mas.to]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
🗣️ Welcome Mia and Mil, two new voices designed to read texts in Luxembourgish using screen readers. They are making progress, but sometimes still struggle a little with Dicks' language. 🔧 Would you like to help them? Come and test them out, and let us know what you think: gd.lu/15pM9q
Photo of a blind person using a smartphone with a screen reader
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026
Des captchas pas vraiment accessibles, des menus "accessibilité" qui ne le sont pas davantage et le RAAM 1.1 : voici les 3 articles les plus lus sur notre portail de l'accessibilité numérique en 2025. Nous vous invitons à les (re)découvrir ici : ▶️CAPTCHA, quand la […] [Original post on mas.to]
Composition d'images présentant le mot "Robots" sous forme de néons lumineux, un homme à une table de restaurant en train de consulter le menu et un téléphone mobile tenu à bout de bras.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025
Les CAPTCHAs demeurent un problème d’accessibilité majeur. On fait le point sur cette technologie et son impact sur l’accessibilité en général et au Luxembourg en particulier => accessibilite.public.lu/fr/news/202…
Photo affichant le texte suivant : Do not trust robots
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025
Vous avez déjà entendu parler de la norme européenne sur l'accessibilité numérique et vous voulez en savoir plus sur le sujet ? @dnauroy et @AlainVagner vous expliquent tout, dans cette présentation réalisée à l'occasion des Voxxed Days Luxembourg en 2025 […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2025
⏱ L'Acte européen sur l'accessibilité entre en vigueur dans 18 jours ! Cette évolution majeure cible toute une série de produits (terminaux de paiement, matériel informatique...) et de services (commerce électronique, e-banking, livres numériques...). Dans ces […] [Original post on mas.to]
Photo d'illustration montrant un homme en train de retirer de l'argent d'un guichet équipé d'indicateurs tactiles. Photo: iStock / Getty Images / Motortion
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025
📢 Nous recrutons un spécialiste en accessibilité numérique. 🚩 La mission que nous vous proposons est riche, variée et suit un but : s'assurer au quotidien que l'information numérique des services publics est accessible à tous. Vous pouvez candidater comme employé […] [Original post on mas.to]
Photo d'une femme organisant ses notes sur des post-its. Photo : © Getty Images / istockphoto.com / Rawpixel
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025
Rétifs aux textes administratifs ? Des versions en langage facile apparaissent peu à peu. C’est le cheval de bataille de Klaro. Nous sommes allés à leur rencontre, ils nous expliquent comment ils vous aident à rendre votre communication accessible à tous […] [Original post on mas.to]
Christopher Schmitt et Béa Brosius dans les locaux de Klaro. Photo : Dominique Nauroy
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
Digital accessibility in Luxembourg is evolving, but is this always in the right direction? RTL interviewed @AccessibilityLU, responsible for monitoring public sector websites and apps. Many thanks to Maurice Fick for the interview. today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2290…
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Bridging the digital gap: Luxembourg public services improving digital accessibility for disabled people
Almost 15% of the population live with a disability and face barriers in accessing state and local authority web content or mobile apps, and while digital accessibility is improving, experts at the Information and Press Service (SIP) say there is still much progress to be made.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2025
The mission: develop a text-to-speech system in Luxembourgish. The challenge: adapt the product to the requirements of screen readers used by blind people. The name : ScreenReaderLB #SpeedUP Do you have the necessary assets? Here is the brief […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2025
L'accessibilité numérique au Luxembourg évolue, mais est-ce toujours dans le bon sens ? RTL a posé la question au Service information et presse, en charge de la surveillance des sites et apps du secteur public. Un grand merci à Maurice Fick pour l'interview […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2025
Les Web Content Accessibility Guidelines avaient bénéficié d'une actualisation en octobre 2023 : cette version 2.2 des WCAG est depuis cette semaine disponible en français. @AccessibilityLU est heureux d'avoir participé au comité de traduction de ces Règles pour l’accessibilité des contenus Web […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2025
What exactly is behind an accessibility menu? Some site owners can see it as a quick win for improving the quality of life of people with disabilities... but is it always the case? accessibilite.public.lu/en/news/202…
Illustrative photo of two people reading the menu in a restaurant. Photo: © Getty Images / istockphoto.com / StefaNikolic
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025
It's quite an event: every three years, the EU Member States present the state of digital accessibility of their public services. This is the second exercise of its kind, so it also reflects trends since 2020. Read the reports […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025
Experts in mobile accessibility, here is some good news for you! We have just updated our Mobile App Accessibility Assessment Framework: the RAAM 1.1 gets clearer tests and methodologies, and an expanded glossary. It is also linked to the APPT documentation, which […] [Original post on mas.to]
Illustration of a happy man, holding a smartphone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. Photo: © Getty Images / istockphoto.com / PeopleImages
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025
La radio 100,7 diffusait ce matin une séquence sur les principaux enjeux de l'accessibilité numérique au Luxembourg et le travail de contrôle et de sensibilisation effectué au Service information et presse. Un grand merci à Carole Schimmer pour l'interview ! > […]
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2025
Happy new year! It's high time to unveil our yearly report on digital accessibility in Luxembourg: how did public websites perform? What about mobile apps? Is full compliance really possible? When a user calls for an accessibility issue, does he/she always get a […] [Original post on mas.to]
Illustrative image of a blind person checking information on his phone at a bus stop. Photo: Getty Images / istockphoto.com / SilviaJansen
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025
Finally! The digital accessibility portal available in English. Long requested, the multilingual version is finally online. For the frameworks, we have taken up, as much as possible, the terminologies present in WCAG and in the European standard => gd.lu/7P7Nnm
Closeup of English dictionary page with word ACCESSIBLE. Photo : © Getty Images / istockphoto.com / 1001gece
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025
Finally! Le portail de l’accessibilité numérique disponible in English. Longtemps demandée, la version multilingue voit le jour. Pour les référentiels, nous avons repris les terminologies présentes dans WCAG et au sein de la norme européenne. gd.lu/7hSSvz
Photo d'une page de dictionnaire, centrée sur le mot anglais 'accessible'. Photo : © Getty Images / istockphoto.com / 1001gece
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2024
C’est le moment de faire ses vœux ! En cette fin d’année, on vous a concocté la liste des sites et apps qui bénéficieront d’un audit d’accessibilité en 2026. Et vous, pensez-vous à un site public luxembourgeois qui pourrait en profiter ? => […] [Original post on mas.to]
Photo d'une femme organisant ses notes sur des post-its
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024
accessibilite.public.lu is a 100% accessible portal. Behind what sounds obvious, it took a bit of work to tighten a few bolts and achieve full compliance with the European standard. But the goal can be reached without any... disproportionate burden.
Two colleagues congratulate each other. Image d'illustration.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2024
Invited expert at the W3C and facilitator of the Mobile Accessibility Task Force, Jan Jaap de Groot, Dutch expert in mobile app accessibility, was invited this month to speak on the subject at the GovTech Lab. Discover his view on app accessibility -> gd.lu/sjwrG
Photo of Jan Jaap de Groot at the Information and Press Service, in November 2024
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2024
🎉 Well done! Luxembourg government websites come second on digital accessibility podium, according to the 2024 edition of the Web Almanac from the HTTP Archive portal: almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/acc… Thanks to Mike Gifford for the analysis.
Bar chart showing the most accessible national government websites : in 2024, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Finland are in the top three places.
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2024
Avec Nicolas Ambroise, expert accessibilité au CTIE, nous avons discuté des défis à venir dans le domaine de l'accessibilité numérique mais aussi, au quotidien, de la manière avec laquelle le service Web&UX accompagne ses clients pour veiller à une meilleure […] [Original post on mas.to]
Nicolas Ambroise, dans les locaux du Service Information et Presse, en octobre 2024
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2024
What have we learned after several hundred accessibility audits? That's what we'll be unveiling on 7 November at the GovTech Lab, alongside experts in mobile accessibility audits. CTIE will be offering its feedback, and OSAPS will present its missions. More info: gd.lu/fH5GMZ
People taking part in a hackathon session at the GovTech Lab
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Accessibility Luxembourg @accessibilitylu.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2024
Nous avons participé à cette traduction de WCAG 2.2 en français. N'hésitez pas à envoyer vos commentaires ! social.a11y.fr/@access42/1133216347…
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