Accessibility statement
This accessibility statement applies to the service www.metropolia.techboost.fi and was updated on 04.03.2025
The Big-Flash website is subject to the EU Accessibility Directive and the Digital Services Act, which requires that public online services must be accessible. The goal is equality for people in the digital society and uniform accessibility requirements.
Accessibility requirements have been taken into account in the development of the website and we are constantly working to improve accessibility. The information in the accessibility statement is based on the accessibility guidelines of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Digital service accessibility status
The metropolia.bigflash.fi website partially meets accessibility requirements.
The website needs improvement in the following areas:
• video subtitles
• text equivalents of images
• social media feeds
Did you notice an accessibility issue in our digital service? Let us know and we will do our best to fix it.
We respond to feedback within five (5) business days and actively strive to correct any deficiencies in accessibility.
By email
bigflashhanke@gmail.com
Supervisory authority
If you notice any accessibility issues on the site, please first provide feedback to us, the site administrator. It may take up to 14 days for a response. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive or do not receive a response at all within two weeks, you can file a report with the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland (link opens in a new window). The Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland website provides detailed information on how to file a report and how the matter will be handled.
Contact information of the supervisory authority
Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland
Accessibility Monitoring Unit
www.saavutettavusäsämäset.fi
accessibility(at)avi.fi
telephone number switchboard 0295 016 000
Unavailable content
1. Not covered by legislation
• office software files (e.g. doc, pdf, odt) published before September 23, 2018
• online content archived before September 23, 2019
• video or audio recordings published before September 23, 2020
3. The website is not yet fully compliant
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.1.1 Non-textual content
Text equivalents may be missing from images.
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.1.1 Non-textual content
Irrelevant text equivalents of images as a disadvantage of screen readers
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.1.1 Non-textual content
There are no text equivalents or subtitles for the videos.
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
Not all videos are subtitled.
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.2.2 Subtitles (recorded)
• 1.2.1 Audio only or video only (recorded)
No role assigned to key UI components
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
The site has key components that do not have an accessible role assigned to them that conveys the functionality of the user interface element to the screen reader, there are symbols among the social media feeds that do not have an accessible name assigned to them, and some of the tables are incompletely titled.
The success criteria are not met in at least the following components:
• Anchor links
• Symbols in social media feeds
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.3.1 Information and relationships
Lack of alternative link representation
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.4.1 Use of colors
Lack of textual equivalent in infographics
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
The website contains infographics, the content of which is presented not only in the image but also in its text equivalent, the format of which is not suitable for presenting complex information.
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 1.4.5 Images presenting text
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 2.1.1 Keyboard
Keyboard alignment not displayed
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
There are some UI elements on the site that do not display a border around the element when the keyboard cursor is over it.
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 2.4.7 Visible alignment
There are errors in the HTML markup language.
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
The site has HTML markup language errors such as non-unique IDs.
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 4.1.1 Structure
The effect of search filters is not passed on to the screen reader.
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 4.1.2 Name, role, value
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 4.1.2 Name, role, value
Accessibility requirements that are not met
• 4.1.2 Name, role, value
Unreachable content and its shortcomings
Link elements consisting of text and images do not have an accessible title that conveys the link’s target page to screen readers. The accessibility criterion is not met for links leading to company homepages.
