Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the website of the Finnish Terminology Centre (Sanastokeskus). This statement was prepared / last reviewed on 22 September 2020. The website is subject to the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (available in Finnish and Swedish). Under the Act, public online services must be accessible, which means that everyone must have equal access to them.

We have carried out a self-assessment of how our website meets accessibility requirements.

Accessibility of the service:

The website meets accessibility requirements for the most part.

Non-accessible content

3. Some parts of the website are not fully accessible

  • Perceivable: Deficiencies in mobile accessibility

    Non-accessible content and deficiencies

    The accessibility of the website with mobile devices is not optimal. The website will be fully renewed not later than the end of 2021, and the accessibility of the website with mobile devices will be taken into account in the renewal.

    Failure of success criterion
    • 1.4.10 Reflow
  • Perceivable: Membership application form is not accessible

    Non-accessible content and deficiencies

    The membership application form is published in PDF format, and it is meant to be printed out and filled in by hand, which makes it non-accessible. The application form will be converted into a web form by the end of 2020.

    Failure of success criteria
    • 1.1.1 Non-text Content
    • 1.3.1 Info and Relationships
    • 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence

1. Content not covered by the applicable legislation

  • Office software files (e.g., doc, PDF, odt) published before 23 September 2018

The website contains terminologies in PDF format published before 23 September 2018, and they have deficiencies in the coding of the documents and in texts describing pictures.

Have you noticed any accessibility concerns?

If you find an issue with the accessibility of our service, please inform us in the Terminology Centre about it by e-mail toimisto@sanastokeskus.fi, and we will do our best to resolve it.

Accessibility supervision

If you find issues with the accessibility of this website, please let us in the Terminology Centre know first. We will reply within two weeks. If you are not satisfied with our reply or if you do not receive a reply within two weeks, you can file a report with the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (in Finnish). The Agency website contains detailed instructions for filing a report and information on how the matter will be handled.

Contact information of the Regional State Administrative Agency

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Saavutettavuuden valvonnan yksikkö (supervisory unit for accessibility)
Accessibility requirements web service (available in Finnish and Swedish): www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
saavutettavuus(at)avi.fi
tel. (switchboard) +358 295 016 000