Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the University of Oulu service e-Forms – Electronic forms and has been updated on September 6, 2024. The Act on the Provision of Digital Services obliges us as a public sector organisation to comply with accessibility requirements in our digital services.

We have assessed the accessibility of the service ourselves.

Accessibility status of the digital service

Partially meets accessibility requirements.

Non-accessible content

Website not yet fully compliant

·        Perceivable: Multiple form labels or text equivalent

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

A form control has more than one label associated with it. A form control should have at most one associated label element. If more than one label element is associated to the control, assistive technology may not read the appropriate label.

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  1.1.1 Non-text content

·        Perceivable: Layout table

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

A layout table is present. Layout tables exist merely to position content visually - to create columns, insert spacing, or align content neatly for sighted users. They can introduce reading and navigation order issues. Screen readers may interpret them as data tables (i.e., announcing column and row numbers). This introduces significant overhead on screen reader users.

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  1.3.1 Info and relationships 

·        Perceivable: Content does not scale to portrait on mobile device

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

The drop-down menu for certain form fields is not fully visible if the form is used vertically on a mobile device. It is necessary to change the device to landscape orientation to see the entire contents of the page.

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  1.3.4. Orientation

·        Perceivable: Low contrast of the main user menu

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

A menu that is visible only to an administrator or administrator has very low contrast between text and background colors.

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  1.4.3. Contrast (minimum)

·        Perceivable: Text resizing more than 150 % loses some table headings

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

Some column headings in a table element disappear if the text size is increased by more than 150 %.

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  1.4.4 Resize text

·        Operable: The user is not warned before automatic logoff

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

The service has a 90-minute time-out, after which the user is logged out automatically. It is not possible to adjust the time limit. The user will not receive a separate warning before time expires. (The time-out is informed in notification text on the front page.)

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  2.2.1 Timing Adjustable

·        Operable: Redundant link

Inaccessible content and its shortcomings

Adjacent links in the top bar go to the same URL (the university logo and the text "e-Forms" both redirect to the front page of the service).

Accessibility requirements that are not met

o  2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

Did you notice a lack of accessibility in our digital service? Let us know and we'll do our best to fix it

Contact email

ict@oulu.fi

Supervisory authority

If you notice any accessibility problems on the website, please first give feedback to us, i.e. the site administrator. It may take up to 14 days to receive a response. If you are not satisfied with the response you have received or do not receive a response at all within two weeks, you can file a complaint with the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (opens in a new tab). The website of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland provides detailed information on how to submit a report and how the matter will be processed.

Contact details of the supervisory authority

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland

Accessibility Monitoring Unit

www.webaccessibility.fi

saavutettavuus@avi.fi

Switchboard +358 295 016 000

We are constantly working to improve accessibility

We are committed to improving the accessibility of digital services, and the shortcomings identified in this statement will be corrected in connection with the development of the service.

This website/app has been published on

03.12.2019