Accessibility Statement

VAN NOTEN ANDRIES NV is committed to providing a Website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We aim to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA, that are promulgated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) through a process of cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world with the goal of developing a shared standard for Web content accessibility.

Although the WCAG guidelines cover a wide range of issues, they are not able to address the needs of people with all types, degrees, and combinations of disability. We are constantly working to ensure that our content is readily accessible to as many visitors as possible and, as part of an ongoing accessibility initiative, we are using the Siteimprove Intelligence Platform and the EqualWeb Premium Plan widget to help identify and prioritize accessibility issues on our Website.

If you experience any difficulty in accessing any part of this website, please contact us by emailing contact@driesvannoten.com so that we can evaluate and work to improve the webpage or navigation area where you encountered an accessibility issue.

Conformance Status

The website has been reviewed by software developers and is continually monitored in order to reasonably meet the standards set by the WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1) at the AA level.

The WCAG 2.1 AA level covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. WCAG 2.1 AA level guidelines include specific details on how to develop accessible Web content. As a result, this website`s content has been made more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combinations of thereof.

Measures Taken to Make this Website More Accessible

EqualWeb's Automatic system, team of developers, designers and content accessibility experts has reviewed, remediated, and tested this website by performing multi-layered accessibility testing and analysis of the new and updated accessibility measures and web content. As part of the process to make this website more accessible, adjustments were made which include JavaScript & CSS work. The process also included accessibility modifications for assistive technologies (e.g., NVDA, JAWS etc.).

Using the accessibility widget is subject to EqualWeb’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which can be found at EqualWeb's website. EqualWeb is committed to promoting digital accessibility for people with disabilities and, as such, is continually improving the user experience for all site visitors to help ensure an excellent user experience, regardless of the assistive technology being used to access this site.

Below is a list of accessibility modifications and functionalities that can be made using the accessibility widget:

- Enables keyboard navigation

- Enables smart navigation

- Blinks Blocking

- OCR Image description

- Fonts - Ability to increase and decrease the site font, adjust, align etc,

- Voice command the browser using your voice

- Change color contrast based on dark background

- Change color contrast based on a light background

- Change the Site's colors

- Matching and monochrome option for color blind people

- Change the font for readability

- Increase the cursor and change its color to black or white

- Increase the display to 200%

- Highlight links on the site

- Highlighting headers on the site

- Display an alternative description of the images

- Increase the content chosen by the cursor, showed in a tooltip

- Describe words by mouse selection

- Displays the site's contents in a new window clearly and readable

- Enables users to type contents using the mouse

Technical Specifications

EqualWeb’s goal is to be able to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible. Therefore, EqualWeb supports a wide range of systems, including Chrome, Firefox, edge, Opera and Safari VoiceOver on a MAC. EqualWeb has also addressed JAWS and NVDA assistive technologies for Windows and MAC.

Accessibility of the 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:

- HTML

- WAI-ARIA

- CSS

- JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations, Alternatives and Disclaimers

We continue our efforts to improve site accessibility as much as possible, with the belief and moral commitment to enable the site to be used by the general population, including people with disabilities. Despite our efforts to ensure accessibility of the Website, there may be some limitations.

Below is a description of known and possible limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below or if you encounter any of these issues and still need assistance.

- Use of Third-Party Sites & Components: Use of 3rd party components or websites to access our website, which are not controlled by us, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, chats and others, may present challenges for individuals with disabilities that we are not able to remedy. If you experience such an issue, please close out such 3rd party components or websites and attempt to access our website directly.

- This is a Dynamic Website: Our website is constantly changing and being updated with new product and features. As such, although we continually monitor the site for accessibility issues, some pages may yet to be accessible, or the appropriate technological solution has not yet been found. It is also possible that some pages or sections on this website have Human mistakes, for a variety of reasons. If you encounter such an issue, please let us know so that we can address it with our accessibility vendor and development team. We are dedicated to keep improving the accessibility features and interface of our product.