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Accessibility statement
We want everyone to be able to learn a language with Lingium. Here is what we do to make that possible, where we still fall short and how to tell us about a problem.
This statement at a glance
Last updated
10 October 2026
Our goal
WCAG 2.1, level AA
We meet it in part today.
Applies to
lingium.com and the Lingium web app
Report a problem
01Our goal
Our goal is for Lingium to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA. These guidelines describe how to make websites usable for people with disabilities, including people who are blind or have low vision, people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and people with motor or cognitive disabilities.
We are not there everywhere yet. Lingium meets this goal in part: the sections below say what already works, what does not work well yet, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
02What we do
These are the things we build into our website today.
Keyboard focus
You can move through links and buttons with the Tab key. The one you are on gets a clear outline, so you can always see where you are.
Text alternatives
Images have a short description that screen readers read out. Shapes and icons that are only decoration are hidden from screen readers.
Color contrast
We checked the text colors on our website against the WCAG AA contrast ratios: at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.
Links you can spot
Links inside running text are underlined, so you do not have to tell them apart by color alone.
Clear structure
Our pages use one main heading, with the headings below it in a logical order. Each page states its language, so screen readers pronounce the text correctly.
Room to tap
Buttons and stand-alone links are at least 44 pixels tall, so they are easier to hit on a touch screen.
Your own language
The website and the app are available in 7 languages, and course instructions and explanations can be shown in your own language.
03The accessibility toolbar
Every page of our website, and the lesson player, has an accessibility toolbar. Open it with the round accessibility button in the corner of the screen. It lets you change how Lingium looks and reads.
Ready-made profiles
Turn on a set of options in one step, made for visual impairment, epilepsy, color vision deficiency, ADHD, dyslexia or learning.
Text
Make text bigger, add space between letters, words and lines, or switch to a more readable font or a dyslexia-friendly font.
Color and contrast
Choose high, dark or light contrast, more or less color saturation, monochrome, or inverted colors.
Highlighting and reading
Highlight headings, links and buttons, and keep your place in long text with a reading mask or a reading guide.
Pointer, motion and images
Use a big cursor, show tooltips that describe what is under it, stop animations or hide images.
Your settings stay
The toolbar remembers your choices on this device, and in your account when you are signed in.
The toolbar works with a keyboard too. While it is open, the Tab key moves through its options and the Esc key closes it. Reset all settings puts everything back the way it was.
04Known limitations
Some parts of Lingium do not work well for everyone yet. These are the ones we know about.
- Some interactive exercises. Exercises where you match, turn over or find items on the screen, such as the memory game and word search, may not work fully with screen readers.
- Speaking activities need a microphone. Listen and repeat, read aloud, speech cards, free speaking and AI voice conversations ask you to speak out loud, and they score or answer what you say.
- Listening activities rely on sound. Dictation and other listening exercises play audio and ask you to respond to what you hear.
- The toolbar has limits. It changes how pages look and read. It does not replace your own assistive technology, and it does not solve the problems on this list.
- Work in progress. Our checks so far have focused on the website. We have not yet checked every exercise and every part of the app in the same way, so you may find problems that are not listed here.
05Report a problem
If something on Lingium is hard or impossible for you to use, tell us. Your report helps us decide what to fix first. It helps if you include:
- the page address, or the course and chapter you were in
- what you were trying to do, and what went wrong
- your device and browser, and any assistive technology you use, such as a screen reader or a screen magnifier
Email us
Describe the problem in your own words. A screenshot helps, if you can take one.
Use the contact form
Prefer not to use email? Send us a message from our contact page.
Go to the contact page06About this statement
This statement covers lingium.com and the Lingium web app, including the lesson player. We wrote it on 10 October 2026. It is based on our own checks of the website, not on an independent audit.
We will update this statement as we fix the limitations above, and change the date at the top when we do. You can read the guidelines themselves on the W3C website: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
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