Good Practices

Renovation and accessible adaptations of heritage-protected building of the former steam power plant from 1911.The gallery provides barrier-free exhibition spaces for performances and educational programs for visitors with various disabilities.

Linda Zwijsen, Manager Customer Experience at Vattenfall, describes how a large organization like Vattenfall succeeded in making their website and app more accessible and how this included many activities like creating awareness, training staff, monitoring, including management into the process...

Due to their visual impairment, blind and visually impaired people are generally at a disadvantage when it comes to modern digital education and training opportunities. The relevant technologies in connection with digitalization include virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)...

The Zero Project Website has received Silver certification by WACA, the Austrian Web-Accessibility Certification body. The audit by WACA also covered the Zero Project Database that provides access to 700+ curated solutions to remove barriers for persons with disabilities...

The main aim of the project is to improve the accessibility of websites, applications or documents and to enable people with visual impairments to work with information in a way that minimises the barriers they have to overcome. It also aims to offer visually impaired people meaningful employment...

As part of the offered services the museum provides sign guides with Spanish sign language subtitle videos, audio guides with audio description and magnetic induction loops for all audio guides. The universal accessibility certificate awarded by AENOR is recognition of the museum’s effort...

TOTUPOINT is an audio tag included in the navigation and information system. It is a small-sized device with independent alarm signalling: tone or voice. Markers warn about danger or guide you to a goal. They can be used to mark building entrances, rooms and other important places...

The goal of the project is to develop and promote a wide cross border network of accessible tourist destinations with natural and cultural heritage in order to reduce reliance on seasonal tourism and promote social inclusion by sharing approaches and methods and by joint-promoting tourism services..

Currently, around 65 percent of all traffic lights in the City of Wien are equipped with additional facilities for visually impaired and blind people. In addition to acoustic signals, tactile signs and floor grooves help you cross the street safely...