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These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>This website is managed by the European Research Council. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>You should be able to:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span>e.g. zoom up to 200% without problems</span></span></li> <li><span><span>navigate most of the website using just a keyboard</span></span></li> <li><span><span>navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone). </span></span></li> </ul> <p><span><span>This website is designed to comply with the <a href="https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf">technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549, v.3.2.1</a>. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1</a>.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span><span><span>Compliance status</span></span></span><br /> </h3> <p><span><span>This website is <strong>partially</strong> <strong>compliant</strong> with <a href="https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf">technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1</a> and the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA</a>. See ‘<a href="#_Non-accessible_content">Non-accessible content</a>’ for more details.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The website was last tested on 13/11/2023.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span><span><span>Preparation of this statement</span></span></span></h3> <p><br /> <span><span>This statement was reviewed on 15/11/2023.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages by a qualified accessibility expert, using a combination of manual and automated testing.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span><span>Feedback</span></span></h3> <p><br /> <span><span>We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Research Council (ERC) website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span>[E-mail]</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">: </span><a href="mailto:erc-webmaster@ec.europa.eu"><span>erc-webmaster@ec.europa.eu</span></a></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span>[Feedback form]</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">: </span><a href="https://erc.europa.eu/support/contact-form"><span>https://erc.europa.eu/support/contact-form</span></a><span> </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span><span>We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span><span><span>Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology</span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <p><span><span>The European Research Council (ERC) website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span>the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;</span></span></li> <li><span><span> in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3><span><span><span>Technical specifications</span></span></span><br /> </h3> <p><span><span>The accessibility of the European Research Council (ERC) website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span>HTML</span></span></li> <li><span><span>WAI-ARIA</span></span></li> <li><span><span>CSS</span></span></li> <li><span><span>JavaScript</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3><span><span><span>Non-accessible content</span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the </span>European Research Council (ERC) <span lang="EN-GB">website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Known limitations for the European Research Council (ERC) website:</span></span></span></p> <ol> <li><span><span><strong>Colour contrast:</strong> some pages have certain elements with not enough colour contrast.</span></span></li> <li><span><span><strong>Focus indicator visibility:</strong> in some instances, the focus indicator may not be visible.</span></span></li> <li><span><span><strong>Links:</strong> Some links are redundant or don’t have readable text.</span></span></li> <li><span><span><strong>Multimedia:</strong> Some decorative images may have alternative text descriptions that are not valuable.</span></span></li> <li><span><span><strong>Semantic heading structure:</strong> many pages do not have a clear semantic heading structure defined.</span></span></li> <li><span><span><strong>Screen reader accessibility:</strong> some content such as the navigation menu 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