4Science’s commitment to increasingly accessible DSpace ecosystems: 4Science solutions based on DSpace align with the community accessibility roadmap and aim to conform to the current WCAG Level AA standards.
The user interfaces of these applications strive to meet WCAG AA criteria and, in some cases, also support WCAG AAA requirements. However, the path toward full accessibility is a continuous, ever‑evolving process that requires ongoing updates, regular testing, and active collaboration across the community. 4Science also works side by side with its clients and partners to accelerate improvements to its solutions through shared projects that directly contribute to the products’ evolutionary roadmap.
4Science’s commitment to increasingly accessible DSpace ecosystems: In the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) context, 4Science provides advanced tools for managing and displaying images and media, designed to offer a more inclusive consultation experience and to improve the accessibility and usability of digital collections. These include text extraction from images, text‑to‑speech for metadata, and the extraction and display of captions for audio and video resources.
Looking ahead, 4Science is also working to enhance the accessibility of the IIIF viewers, in line with emerging international recommendations and best practices, to ensure that all users can access digital cultural heritage content.
Consult the issues labelled “accessibility” in the dspace-angular project on GitHub to explore specific accessibility issues—both open and resolved—and to transparently track ongoing improvements.