Accessibility Statement for the Websites of Berlin Tourismus und Kongress GmbH in Easy-to-Read Language

Accessibility is important to us.
This means:
Everyone should be able to understand our websites.
Everyone should be able to use our applications.
Applications are programs for mobile phones or computers.
The short word for application is: app.

We are working to make our websites accessible in line with the latest rules.

This Accessibility Statement applies to the website www.convention.visitberlin.de

This statement is dated 9. 2. 2021.

The company XIMA MEDIA GmbH checked whether the website follows the current accessibility rules.
The check was carried out according to the rules of the BITV test.

According to the current rules, this website is partly accessible.
The website is not yet fully accessible.

One reason for this is:
There are many texts, images, forms and videos on the website.
This makes it difficult to make the whole website accessible.

We are working to improve the website.
When we create something new for the website,
we make sure it is accessible.
Accessibility is an important topic for us.

Here you can read:

Which parts are not yet accessible.

• Why these parts are not yet accessible.

• Whether there is an accessible solution.

   

• Videos:
  Some videos do not have subtitles.
  Subtitles show what you can hear in a video.
  Subtitles are important for deaf people.
• Some videos do not have audio descriptions.
  Audio description means: a spoken description.
  You can listen to the audio description while watching the video.
  The audio description explains what you can see in the video.
  Audio descriptions are important for blind people.
• Alternative texts:
  Blind people use a program that reads websites aloud.
  These programs are called screen readers.
  A screen reader reads the text on a computer screen aloud.
• A screen reader cannot read pictures and symbols on a website.
  It needs alternative texts for these pictures and symbols.
  An alternative text describes a picture or symbol.
  You cannot see the alternative text on the website.
  But a screen reader can read the alternative text aloud.
• The pictures on this website have alternative texts.
  We are still checking some of these alternative texts.
• Link texts:
  A link is a special part of a text.
  A link is usually blue and underlined.
  When you click on a link with your mouse,
  another text or website opens.
• Blind users need link texts.
  A link text explains what happens when you click on a link.
  The links on our website have link texts.
  We are still improving these link texts.
• Website structure:
  Structure means:\
  • How the website is organised.\
  • How you find a particular text on the website.
• The structure must be clearly marked for blind users.
  For example, every heading must have a special marker.
  Screen readers can recognise this marker.
  This helps blind users find all the headings.
  They can skip the text under a heading.
  For example, if the text is not interesting to them.
  The structure is not yet marked clearly enough.
  We are improving how the structure is marked.
• Contrasts:
  Contrast means difference.
  Here, we mean the difference between colours.
  Some texts have a coloured background.
  Sometimes there is not enough contrast between the text and the background.
  This makes the text difficult to read.
• PDF documents:
  Some texts are not written directly on the website.
  These texts are in a separate document.
  This type of document is called a PDF document.
  You can usually open these documents by clicking on a link.
  Some PDF documents are not accessible.
  This mainly affects these PDF documents:\
  • PDF documents that were not created by Berlin Tourismus und Kongress GmbH\
  • PDF documents that were created before 23. 9. 2022
• Forms:
  A form is a page where you can enter information yourself.
  For example, you can use a form to order something.
  You enter your order and your name in the form.
  Some forms are not accessible.
• Keyboard navigation:
  Some people cannot use a computer mouse.
  For example, blind people.
  These people use the keyboard to control their computer.
  Some parts of our website are not yet easy to use with a keyboard.

These parts of the website are also not accessible:

• Parts of the website that were not created by Berlin Tourismus und Kongress GmbH.
• Parts of the website that are considered archives.
  Archives are websites that are no longer changed and where no new content is added.

Is there something on our website that you do not understand?
Then you can write to us.
To do this, fill in the form report barrier.

You can also send us a message.
Send your message by email to:
barrierefrei@visitBerlin.de 
This will help us improve our website.

Have we not replied to your message?
Or have we not improved the website?
Then you can ask for help.
Contact the State Commissioner for Digital Accessibility.
The State Commissioner can help you with your questions about accessibility.
Here you can find more information and the State Commissioner's email address.