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Accessibility

This is an English translation for convenience. The German version is the original.

Stories are for everyone. This page states openly what the site already offers for that, what is still missing and how to report a barrier. As of 25 September 2026.

Does the law apply here?

Since 28 June 2025, the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) also covers e-books and online shops. Micro-enterprises that provide services are exempt (§ 3(3) BFSG), and the operator of this site is one. This statement is therefore voluntary. The benchmark is the same all the same: WCAG 2.2, level AA.

Compliance status

The site is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 AA. Most criteria are met as measured; the known exceptions are listed further down.

What can be adjusted

Via the “Display and readability” button in the header:

  • Font size: larger or smaller, the whole page scales with it.
  • Reading typeface: Classic, Sans-serif or Highly readable (Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface designed for legibility that helps, among others, with low vision and dyslexia).
  • Text spacing: larger line and letter spacing for calmer reading.
  • Contrast: Normal or High; muted text becomes much stronger.
  • Light & Dark: switchable; without a choice, the page follows the device setting.
  • Reduce animations: a switch stops clouds, transitions and smooth scrolling or hides crows and twinkling stars, even without a matching setting on the device. If the device already asks for it, the switch stays on and says so.

What is taken into account automatically

  • A skip link to the content, on the first press of the Tab key.
  • A visible focus outline. The collapsed menu is truly gone for the keyboard, and Escape closes it.
  • Anyone who has set reduced motion in the system gets no animations and no smooth scrolling.
  • Zooming is not blocked; at 320 pixels width no page scrolls sideways.
  • All images have a text alternative, one main heading per page, menu groups are marked up as groups.
  • The contact form has a label on every field, lets name and email be filled in automatically and announces errors and success.
  • Menelaus’ replies in the conversation are announced once they are written.
  • The English version is marked up as English, the German one as German.

The books

Every purchase includes the book as an EPUB: clear structure, chapter navigation, freely scalable text. This is the more accessible edition; the PDF edition is designed to reproduce the book layout faithfully. Whether the EPUBs fully meet the requirements for accessible e-books has not yet been checked.

What is not yet accessible

  • Contrast in light mode: some small texts fall below 4.5:1: the texts of the three pillars on the home page (4.3:1), on the Menelaus page the send button (3.9:1) and the role label (4.2:1), and on the English pages the link in the language notice (4.3:1). Dark mode has no findings, and the high-contrast setting in the menu also helps.
  • Keyboard: in the menu drawer on narrow screens, focus does not move into the menu on opening, and the Tab key does not move on from the last entry; Escape or Shift+Tab lead out.
  • Invisible button: on short pages, the hidden “back to top” button can be reached with the Tab key.
  • English version: the language notice and the update card are in German there and not marked up as German. The close button of the language notice is only 21×21 pixels.
  • In the Kontor (shop) the main heading is followed directly by a third-level heading.
  • Third parties: the security check on the form and the conversation (Cloudflare Turnstile) and the payment provider’s checkout page have not been tested with assistive technology here. Anyone stuck there can reach us by email or phone (below), also to place an order.
  • There is no version in Easy Language and none in sign language.

How it was checked

The assessment is a self-assessment, not an expert audit. It was measured in a running browser: the accessibility tree, keyboard operation, contrast in light and dark mode and the layout at 320, 375, 768 and 1280 pixels width, in German and English. A run with a screen reader such as NVDA or VoiceOver and a test by people with disabilities have not yet taken place.

Report a barrier

If any part of this site or one of the books cannot be used, that should not fail because of a technical hurdle. A short message with the address of the page is enough:

Reported barriers are fixed or, where that is not possible right away, made accessible another way.

Market surveillance

The authority responsible for enforcing the BFSG is the Marktüberwachungsstelle der Länder für die Barrierefreiheit von Produkten und Dienstleistungen (MLBF), Carl-Miller-Straße 6, 39112 Magdeburg, Germany, email kontakt@mlbf-barrierefrei.de. The exemption above applies to this site, so the first step is a report to us.