https://seviranta.com/en/blog Digital accessibility: WCAG, EAA and practical guides. en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/ada-demand-letter-what-to-do https://seviranta.com/en/blog/ada-demand-letter-what-to-do An ADA demand letter is serious but common, an estimated 35,000 to 50,000 were sent in 2025. What it means, why an attorney comes first, and what to do next. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/ada-website-lawsuit-statistics https://seviranta.com/en/blog/ada-website-lawsuit-statistics 3,117 website lawsuits in 2025, up 27% from 2024, plus demand letters, state hotspots, and what the data says about overlays. All numbers sourced. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/eaa-enforcement-in-numbers https://seviranta.com/en/blog/eaa-enforcement-in-numbers The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. But is anyone actually enforcing it? Yes: from the Dutch ACM's investigation of the 100 largest webshops to the court-confirmed €90,000 Vueling fine. The facts per country, with sources. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/offering-accessibility-as-an-agency https://seviranta.com/en/blog/offering-accessibility-as-an-agency Since the EAA took effect, clients are turning to their web and marketing agencies for accessibility. How do you offer it without hiring a WCAG specialist, and what's the business model? Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/selling-to-us-customers-ada https://seviranta.com/en/blog/selling-to-us-customers-ada Thousands of US lawsuits per year over inaccessible websites, and the Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't stop at the border. What a non-US business selling to American customers needs to know, explained honestly. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/accessibility-statement-example https://seviranta.com/en/blog/accessibility-statement-example An accessibility statement publicly sets out how well your site meets WCAG 2.1 AA, what isn't accessible yet, and how visitors can report a problem. Here's an example to copy plus the steps to fill it in for your own site. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/make-your-woocommerce-store-accessible https://seviranta.com/en/blog/make-your-woocommerce-store-accessible WooCommerce inherits the accessibility of your WordPress theme, your plugins and your content, and that is exactly where most issues hide. This guide walks the key points, from theme colours to the block checkout. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/i-already-have-an-accessibility-widget https://seviranta.com/en/blog/i-already-have-an-accessibility-widget You installed an accessibility widget and assume you are covered. You probably are not. Here is how to check whether your site truly complies, and how to switch safely to a fix that holds up. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/overlay-audit-or-code-fix https://seviranta.com/en/blog/overlay-audit-or-code-fix There are three ways to make your website accessible: an overlay widget, a one-time audit, or fixes in your own code. Only one of them holds up under scrutiny or a claim. An honest comparison. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/prove-accessibility-to-a-regulator https://seviranta.com/en/blog/prove-accessibility-to-a-regulator With accessibility, enforcement is not only about 'are you 100% compliant', but about 'can you show you are making a structural effort'. A keepable record is your strongest defense. Here is how to build it. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/sued-despite-accessibility-widget https://seviranta.com/en/blog/sued-despite-accessibility-widget An accessibility overlay promises to protect you from lawsuits. The numbers say the opposite: in 2024, more than 1,000 sites running a widget were sued anyway, and a US regulator fined a major vendor 1 million dollars. Here is the evidence. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/color-contrast-wcag-requirement https://seviranta.com/en/blog/color-contrast-wcag-requirement WCAG requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. What that means, why it's the most common mistake, and how to measure and fix it yourself. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/make-your-shopify-store-accessible https://seviranta.com/en/blog/make-your-shopify-store-accessible Shopify gives you much of the basics, but an accessible webshop takes a few targeted steps. This guide walks through the key points, from theme colours to alt text. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/writing-alt-text-that-works https://seviranta.com/en/blog/writing-alt-text-that-works Good alt text briefly describes what an image shows. That makes your product photos readable for blind customers and understandable for Google. Here's how to get it right. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/accessibility-is-seo https://seviranta.com/en/blog/accessibility-is-seo The things that make your site accessible, alt text, headings, descriptive links, a clean structure, are exactly what Google and AI answer engines need. One fix, two kinds of gain. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/does-my-webshop-need-to-comply-with-the-eaa https://seviranta.com/en/blog/does-my-webshop-need-to-comply-with-the-eaa Selling to EU consumers? Then your webshop has had to comply with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) since 28 June 2025, unless you're a micro-enterprise. Walk through it in five questions. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/most-common-accessibility-mistakes https://seviranta.com/en/blog/most-common-accessibility-mistakes Most webshops fail on the same handful of accessibility mistakes. These are the 10 we see most often, who they shut out, and how to fix them, often theme-wide in one go. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://seviranta.com/en/blog/why-an-overlay-widget-does-not-protect-you https://seviranta.com/en/blog/why-an-overlay-widget-does-not-protect-you An accessibility widget promises to make your site 'compliant' with one line of code. In reality it doesn't repair the underlying code and doesn't protect you against claims. Here's what really happens. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT