Accessibility
At ams OSRAM we believe that everyone should have equal access to our website and its content. That's why we're actively working on making our product/online offering available under products and subsequent pages fully accessible in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and other applicable laws and regulations. Our goal is to ensure that all users, regardless of their abilities, can navigate and interact with our site with ease.
Keyboard Navigation
Our website supports keyboard navigation across most areas. We are actively identifying and addressing remaining gaps to ensure full keyboard operability site-wide.
Alternative Text
We are in the process of auditing and updating our website to ensure all meaningful images include descriptive alternative text, and decorative images are appropriately marked to be skipped by screen readers.
Color Contrast
We are reviewing our website’s color schemes and design elements to ensure sufficient contrast between text and backgrounds, in accordance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards.
Form Accessibility
Our forms are being updated to include clear labels, keyboard accessibility, and meaningful error messages to help users complete them correctly. We are reviewing all forms to ensure consistency with WCAG guidelines.
Responsive Design
Our responsive design ensures the site is usable across a wide range of devices, and we test compatibility with common assistive technologies used on mobile and tablet platforms.
Videos
Some of our videos, hosted on YouTube, currently do not include audio descriptions. While we aim to make all multimedia content accessible, we have determined that providing audio descriptions for all existing videos would impose a disproportionate burden under current accessibility regulations. We continue to explore feasible solutions for future content.
Documents
Our PDF documents and other file type documents are not accessible. PDF documents are not tagged thereby they cannot be adequately captured and used by screen reader users. Adapting all our documents imposes a disproportionate burden. Please contact us if you are facing difficulty with specific documents so we can investigate barrier-free alternatives.
Further information
For the parts of our online offering that is not accessible, we would like to highlight that a full technical overhaul to meet accessibility standards represents a disproportionate burden as the cost of technical implementation, the necessary resources and marginal use by individuals requiring assistive technologies within our business customer base is not proportional to the revenues generated by our online offering which is primarily oriented to serving the needs of our business customers for sample products.
Despite this, we continue to evaluate and introduce improvements in line with technical and financial feasibility.
Based on our current understanding, the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) and the related national implementations — such as the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) in Germany and the Barrierefreiheitsgesetz (BaFG) in Austria — generally apply to services and products offered to consumers. Our online/product offering is primarily aimed at business customers. Direct contracts are not concluded with consumers through our website or our online offering. Therefore, we consider that the mandatory accessibility requirements of the above laws are generally not applicable to our offering. That said, we recognize that the legal framework is still evolving and that interpretations may vary. We thus aim to implement accessibility features wherever possible and appropriate, in the spirit of inclusive access.
We are continuously improving, updating, and expanding the offerings and services on our website. Ensuring accessibility is a top priority for us. We welcome feedback on the accessibility of our website. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us at opticalsolutions@ams-osram.com. We will review your request and get back to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and support as we make these important updates.
ams-OSRAM AG
Tobelbader Strasse 30
A-8141 Premstaetten
Austria