Accessibility
Accessibility and usability statement for the Conservatório de Música de Loulé — Francisco Rosado website, in accordance with Decree-Law no. 83/2018 of October 19.
The Conservatório de Música de Loulé — Francisco Rosado is committed to making its website www.conservatoriodeloule.pt accessible, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of 19 October, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.
I Conformance status
The website www.conservatoriodeloule.pt of the Conservatório de Música de Loulé — Francisco Rosado is partially conformant with Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of 19 October. The non-conformities and/or applicable exemptions are listed below.
II Preparation of this accessibility and usability declaration
This declaration was created on 2026-05-15.
In accordance with Article 9 of Decree-Law No. 83/2018, entities must adopt the monitoring procedures outlined below. Procedures A) and B) are mandatory. Procedure C) is recommended.
A. Automated assessments carried out
(2026-05-15). Report: WCAG 2.1 AA Conformance — Multi-page automated assessment
Pa11y v8.x (HTML CodeSniffer / WCAG2AA)
8 pages (all templates)
Key results (summary):
| Page | Errors | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Homepage | 1 | Text contrast over hero image (1.4.3) |
| News | 10 | Sidebar contrast — headings and counters (1.4.3) |
| Events | 2 | Calendar prev/next buttons without accessible name (4.1.2) |
| Courses | 1 | Text contrast over hero image (1.4.3) |
| Contacts | 1 | Google Maps iframe missing title attribute (2.4.1) |
| Instruments | 0 | ✓ No errors |
| Faculty | 0 | ✓ No errors |
| Gallery | 0 | ✓ No errors |
| ERASMUS+ | 3 | Hero contrast (1.4.3), filter without submit (3.2.2), iframe without title (2.4.1) |
Pages with no errors
Total errors (mostly contrast)
Note: Most contrast errors (1.4.3) refer to white text over background images — a visual context where the text is always legible (dark images), but which automated validators cannot properly assess as they do not analyse the luminosity of the underlying image. The 2 errors on Events refer to calendar navigation buttons whose fix is planned.
B. Manual assessments carried out
(2026-05-15). Report: Static source code analysis (templates, CSS, JavaScript, React)
Tool: Antigravity (Google DeepMind — Advanced Agentic Coding) + manual expert inspection
Sample: Entire source code: 8 page templates, 4 React components, 8 partial components, 1 main stylesheet, 3 error templates.
Key results:
50 WCAG 2.1 success criteria (level AA) were evaluated, organised by the 4 principles (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust).
Conformant
Partially conformant
Not applicable
Non-conformant
Partially conformant criteria:
- 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) — Some secondary text in the footer and news sidebar presents a ratio marginally below the recommended level.
- 1.4.4 Resize text — Logo elements use absolute units (px) instead of relative units (rem).
C. Usability testing with people with disabilities
The website has not yet been tested with users with disabilities. Usability testing with visually impaired users is planned for the 2026/2027 academic year.
III Contact and information requests regarding the website
To get in touch, send suggestions, file complaints, or request additional information regarding the content and/or features of the Conservatório de Música de Loulé — Francisco Rosado website, please use the following channels:
289 373 590
secretaria@conservatoriodeloule.pt
Loulé, Faro, Portugal
IV Other evidence / efforts
In addition to the assessments above, the Conservatório de Música de Loulé has implemented the following accessibility measures:
- "Skip to content" link on all pages, visible when navigating by keyboard (WCAG 2.4.1)
- Visual focus indicators (
:focus-visible) on all navigation links (WCAG 2.4.7) - ARIA attributes (
aria-haspopup,aria-expanded) on dropdown menus (WCAG 4.1.2) aria-liveregions for dynamic content announcements — forms, chatbot and search (WCAG 4.1.3)- Accessible labels (
aria-label) on all form fields (WCAG 1.3.1) - Descriptive alternative text on all content images (WCAG 1.1.1)
- Full dark mode support and bilingual internationalisation (PT/EN)
- Granular cookie consent in compliance with the GDPR
V Reporting discrimination
In accordance with Article 13(1) of Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of 19 October, whenever a person with a disability is subject to less favourable treatment than that which is, has been or will be given to another person in a comparable situation, constituting discriminatory practice against persons with disabilities as provided for and punishable under Article 4 of Law No. 46/2006 of 28 August, that person may file a complaint in accordance with Decree-Law No. 34/2007 of 15 February.
The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.) provides a form to report discrimination, forwarding complaints to the competent authorities. Annually, the INR, I.P. publishes a report on the application of the law prohibiting and punishing discrimination on grounds of disability and aggravated health risk (Law No. 46/2006 of 28 August).
This Accessibility and Usability Declaration was prepared in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of 19 October, following the model of AMA — Agency for Administrative Modernisation (WAI-Tools PT Generator).
The automated assessment was carried out with Pa11y v8.x (HTML CodeSniffer / WCAG 2.1 AA) and the manual assessment with Antigravity (Google DeepMind).