Accessibility
How this platform stays usable for everyone — what already works, and where it still falls short.
The people who use this platform deal with bureaucracy — often under pressure, in a foreign language, sometimes with a disability or illness. Accessibility is therefore not a feature we bolt on at the end; it is a normal part of how we build.
We do this out of conviction, whether or not a legal obligation applies to us.
What works today
High contrast
A high-contrast mode for low vision — switchable in the accessibility menu in the header.
Large text
Scales the entire interface up. The layout is built to withstand it instead of breaking.
Read aloud
Read-aloud for the current page — switchable in the accessibility menu, with an adjustable speech rate. When your system has built-in voices, those are used directly on your device; otherwise a compact server voice (espeak-ng) takes over — the page text is then sent to our server solely for speech synthesis and is not stored. Optionally you can install a high-quality neural voice (Piper): downloaded once, stored on your device, working entirely offline in the browser — and removable at any time.
Keyboard navigation
Everything works without a mouse. A single tap of Alt jumps between page areas, and ? opens an overlay with all shortcuts.
Skip link
The first Tab stop on every page is a link that jumps straight to the main content.
Reduced motion
Switches animations and transitions off — with the toggle in the accessibility menu in the header, or automatically when your system requests reduced motion.
Semantic structure
Landmarks (header, navigation, main content, footer), heading hierarchy and alt texts for screen readers.
Four languages
The whole platform in English, German, Russian and Ukrainian — switchable in the header.
Navigation shortcuts
Press a digit key 1–4 on its own — no modifier needed. The keys are layout-independent, so they also work on Cyrillic keyboards.
- Home page1
- Projects section2
- FAQ3
- This page4
The shortcuts pause while a form field has focus, so they never interfere with typing. Press ? at any time to see an overlay with all keyboard shortcuts.
Known limitations
An honest list of what does not work well yet:
The interactive graph visualizations (Amtsgraph, Lexgraph) are canvas-based and not fully accessible to screen readers. The underlying data is available via the open API and as tables.
PDFs generated by our tools may carry limited tagging for assistive technology.
Some external sources we link to are not accessible themselves; we have no control over them.
We treat these gaps as defects and prioritize fixing what is in our hands.
Found a barrier?
If something here does not work for you, tell us — a short note is enough. Reports of barriers are handled with priority:
contact@sntiq.com