associlang is a vocabulary-learning app: the website associlang.com and the iPhone and Android apps, which show the same site — so everything here applies to them too. The service is provided online only, with no office or premises open to the public. We want everyone to be able to learn here, including people who use a screen reader, the keyboard alone, larger text or their device's motion settings.
A voluntary commitment
associlang is run by a sole trader who is an exempt dealer (“osek patur”) under Israeli VAT law. Regulation 35F(g) of the Israeli Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities (Service Accessibility Adjustments) Regulations 2013 exempts an exempt dealer from the accessibility adjustments those regulations require of websites and apps. We make them anyway, by choice, and publish this statement to say exactly what has been done and what has not.
Standard and level
We follow Israeli standard IS 5568, which is based on WCAG 2.0, at level AA, and test the site against the newer WCAG 2.1 at level AA, which includes everything in 2.0.
What was checked, and when
The latest check was made on 30 September 2026 by the site's developers, not by an external accessibility auditor. It covered the home page, sign-in, the dashboard, a lesson and its "more info" window, the stories page, a story and its word window, the coins page and the window shown after a purchase, settings, the terms, the privacy policy and this statement — in all five interface languages (Hebrew, English, French, Spanish and Italian), on a computer screen and a phone screen, in Chrome:
- An automated scan (axe) for every WCAG 2.1 level A and AA requirement that can be checked automatically.
- Tests written for what a scan cannot find: keyboard use, visible focus, the skip link, pop-up windows, reduced motion, enlarged text, narrow screens, page language and button size.
These checks run again on every code change. Automated checks find only some problems. Not yet checked: use with screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack) by a person, other browsers such as Safari and Firefox, and the apps with the phone's own accessibility settings.
What the site does
- It can be used with the keyboard alone, including to sign in, take a lesson, read a story, buy coins and change settings. Keyboard focus is always visible.
- Every page starts with a "Skip to content" link that moves the focus to the main content.
- A pop-up window takes the focus, closes with the Escape key and returns the focus to where it was opened from. A window that covers the page keeps the focus inside it until it closes.
- Every form field has a label that screen readers announce.
- Text contrast is at least 4.5:1, and at least 3:1 for large text.
- In stories, words you have not learned yet are also set a little bolder, so they differ from the words you know by more than colour.
- Each page declares its language and direction, and words and stories in the language being learned are marked with their own language, so a screen reader reads each in its own voice.
- Text can be enlarged to 200% and the site shown on a screen 320 pixels wide without losing content, and zooming is not blocked on phones.
- When your device asks for reduced motion, animations stop.
- The pictures that accompany associations have a text alternative; purely decorative images are marked as such.
- Every recording is of a word or sentence that is also written on screen, and sound can be muted.
- Every button is at least 24 by 24 pixels, or far enough from other buttons.
Reporting a problem or asking for an adjustment
If something on the site or in the app is not accessible to you, or you need information from the site in another way, write to us at [email protected] and we will do what we can to give it to you.
To help us find and fix it quickly, tell us if you can which page it is, which device, browser and assistive technology you use, and what you expected to happen. We will get back to you and fix it as soon as we can.