Accessibility beyond WCAG: EAA & EN 301 549
summary
European law requires many digital products and services to meet new accessibility rules: June 28, 2025 for new offerings and full scope by June 30, 2030 (CE marking and national surveillance with fines). EN 301 549 incorporates WCAG 2.1 A/AA and expands to non‑web software, hardware, documentation and authoring tools, adding concrete rules such as real‑time text for two‑way voice, biometrics not sole auth, spoken captions or a spoken caption track, caption/AD controls at the same level as Play/Pause, and respecting system user preferences. Check contracts, suppliers and test accordingly.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:00EAA
- 7:05Who does it apply to
- 13:23EN 301 549
- 17:04General
- 19:11Biometrics
- 20:17Realtime text
- 21:21Spoken subtitles
- 22:35Controls for captions audio descriptions
- 23:50User preferences
- 25:38Authoring tools
- 27:55EAA requirements
- 31:25Other EAA requirements
- 34:13Recommendations
- 36:42Questions
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