What is digital accessibility?
Digital accessibility refers to a website’s ability to be used and understood by everyone, including people with disabilities.
This particularly applies to people with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive impairments.
An accessible website allows everyone to:
– Navigate using a keyboard or voice assistance
– Understand content, even with a reading disability
– Interact with forms and buttons
In other words, an accessible site is a fair site, designed for 100% of users, not a minority.
Why is digital accessibility so important?
Digital accessibility isn’t just a best practice: It’s a legal requirement, particularly in France.
– It’s a lever for inclusion, allowing everyone to access information.
– It’s also a factor in SEO performance: a clear, well-structured, and fast website ranks higher on Google.
Improving accessibility means improving the user experience for everyone, while respecting your regulatory obligations.
The June 2025 law: a new RGAA compliance obligation
The new French law, which came into force in June 2025, requires a greater number of stakeholders (companies, private and public establishments) to comply with the RGAA (version 4.1.2).
What the law says:
- All public sites and companies with a turnover of more than 2.5 million euros are affected.
- You must publish a visible accessibility statement
- A multi-year action plan must be put in place and updated
- Sanctions are now provided for in the event of obvious non-compliance
To learn more about the RGAA and legal obligations regarding digital accessibility, you can consult the official government website: accessibilite.numerique.gouv.fr
The RGAA: the French reference for digital accessibility
The General Accessibility Improvement Framework (RGAA) provides a list of technical criteria that must be met to make a website truly accessible. Key points include:
- Adding text alternatives to images
- Keyboard navigation without blocking
- Clear organization of titles, sections and buttons
- Readable contrasts between texts and backgrounds
The RGAA is no longer limited to public bodies.
All businesses are now encouraged (and sometimes required) to comply with it.
FreewayTeam helps you be compliant on time
At FreewayTeam, we support organizations in their RGAA compliance through a clear, efficient, and automated approach.
Our platform allows you to scan all of your pages for non-conformities and quickly view problems (contrasts, titles, navigation, HTML structure, etc.)
🎯 Whether you are in the audit phase or already in the process of remediation, FreewayTeam helps you achieve RGAA compliance before it becomes a legal or reputational risk.
📩 You have until June 2025 to be compliant. And after that?
After this date, controls will be strengthened, as will penalties.
But beyond the legal framework, digital accessibility is above all a strong commitment to your users and your brand image.
Don’t leave it out.
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