Digital accessibility isn’t a one-time task — it’s an ongoing process. Regular accessibility testing ensures that new content, updates, and design changes continue to include all users, not just some.

For public authorities and educational institutions, this has been a requirement for years. Since June 2025, the same obligation also applies to businesses. Ongoing testing helps you meet the requirements of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) reduce risk, and continuously improve usability for every target group.

For both public-sector bodies and private sector companies the key regulation, the European Accessibility Act (EAA), base their accessibility testing on WCAG 2.1 (Level AA) to meet the requirements of the EN 301 549 norms.

Eye-Able helps you implement these standards effectively and make your digital presence accessible to all users, so you can address legal requirements in a structured and targeted way.

Automated tools are highly efficient and can instantly detect around 80% of common technical issues. However, achieving truly comprehensive accessibility requires additional manual testing.

Aspects such as logical reading order, meaningful structure, or how content is interpreted by screen readers can be assessed far more accurately through human expertise. That’s why we recommend a hybrid approach: combining automated testing with manual checks to ensure the highest quality when testing for accessibility.

To maintain lasting accessibility and legal compliance — for example under the EAA — the right balance between continuous monitoring and in-depth reviews is essential:

• Continuous monitoring (automated): Accessibility testing should be an integral part of your editorial and development workflows. Eye-Able supports this by automatically scanning your website for barriers every seven days. This weekly monitoring ensures that new content doesn’t introduce unnoticed accessibility issues for users.

• Ad-hoc checks (when changes occur): Whenever new page templates are released or major functional changes are made to the code, accessibility should be tested directly within the development process.

• Comprehensive audits (strategic): In addition to ongoing monitoring, a manual expert audit is recommended for major updates or relaunches. While software quickly detects technical issues, an expert audit ensures that complex interactions and navigation structures are logically accessible, especially for screen reader users.

This combination helps you stay compliant while continuously improving the accessibility of your digital services.

Yes, and it’s a critical part of a truly accessible website. Accessibility doesn’t stop at HTML - all documents you provide for download must also be readable by assistive technologies such as screen readers.

Here’s how we can support you:

• PDF/UA compliance checks: We analyze your PDF files based on the international PDF/UA standard (ISO 14289-1) and relevant WCAG criteria.

• Structural analysis: Our scans verify whether documents are correctly tagged. This is essential for screen readers to understand reading order, heading hierarchies, and table structures.

• Metadata & image descriptions: We check whether document titles are properly set and whether all images include meaningful alternative text.

• Seamless integration: During automated website scans, Eye-Able also detects linked PDF documents and lists all accessibility issues directly in your dashboard.

Why this matters: In official accessibility reviews (for example by public authorities), non-compliant PDFs are among the most common issues. Regular PDF testing ensures your information remains fully accessible to everyone, with or without disabilities.

Since mid-2025, not only public authorities but also many private companies are required to provide an accessibility statement for their digital services. Regular testing is the foundation for doing this properly.

Professional audits and ongoing tests give you clear, documented evidence of where your organization currently stands. Based on these insights, you can create a transparent accessibility statement that shows which areas are already accessible, and where you’re actively working on improvements. This not only meets legal requirements, but also clearly demonstrates your commitment to equal access for all users.

No. Our goal is to make accessibility test results easy to understand and actionable for everyone involved. The Eye-Able Dashboard is designed so both editorial teams and IT can work with it right away.

Clear explanations, practical guidance, and code examples are included, enabling your team to implement improvements quickly and confidently, without long onboarding or prior accessibility expertise.