Accessibility.

My commitment

Learning a language is challenge enough. The website shouldn’t add another one. That’s why I design and build it with accessibility in mind from the start, not as an extra at the end.

Reference standard

The goal is to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, level AA. Today the site is largely conformant: below I explain what already works and what I’m improving.

What already works

• Keyboard: everything can be used with Tab, Enter and Esc, with the focus always visible.
• Skip to content: a link at the top of every page takes you straight to the main content.
• Clear structure: headings in order, landmarks (header, menu, content, footer) and breadcrumbs to find your way.
• Images: photos have alternative text; decorative elements are hidden from screen readers.
• Contrast: text colours have been checked to reach at least 4.5:1.
• Less motion: if your system asks for reduced motion, animations are switched off. The moving false-friends strip can be paused.
• Resizable text: you can zoom up to 200% and the site adapts to screens from 320 pixels wide without sideways scrolling.
• Languages: every page declares its language, so screen readers use the right pronunciation.
• Test and exercises: they work with the keyboard, with no time limit, and feedback is given in text, not only with colour.
• No extra barriers: no captchas, forms or sign-ups.
• Cookies: the notice works with the keyboard and closes with Esc.
• Back to top: a button takes you back to the top of the page and moves the keyboard focus there too.

What I’m improving

Accessibility is never finished: it’s ongoing work. Right now I’m working on:

• Marking Spanish phrases inside the Italian and English versions, so screen readers pronounce them in Spanish.
• Adding a button to skip the welcome animation on the home page.
• Improving how the site looks in Windows high-contrast mode.
• Making the level test even clearer with screen readers.

My students’ reviews are shown in their original language, Italian, in every version of the site.

How I check it

I review the site with automated accessibility tools and, above all, by hand: navigating with the keyboard only, with the VoiceOver screen reader, with zoom and on screens of different sizes. Every new change goes through the same checks.

Found a barrier?

If something doesn’t work well for you, let me know. You’ll help me improve, and I’ll reply as soon as possible, with the content in another format if you need it.

Email: luisf.spanishlessons@gmail.com · WhatsApp +39 366 905 0198.