Hello, I am Elisabeth and I specialise in
A11y is short for accessibility: the a is the first letter, the y the last – and the 11 in between stands for the eleven letters »ccessibilit«.
I build accessible websites, run workshops and test digital products against WCAG 2.2 – so that as many people as possible can use them.
How can I help?
Depending on the nature and size of the project, I deliver my services as a sole trader or in cooperation with partners and agencies from my network.
Web implementation
I build accessible websites and online shops, or improve the site you already have. You get support from the first idea through design and concept to the finished website. Search engine optimisation included.
How I workAccessibility audit
As a Certified Web Accessibility Expert I test digital products against international guidelines such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You get concrete recommendations sorted by urgency.
How an audit worksWorkshops
So your team can do accessibility themselves: my workshops are aimed squarely at the different roles in a web project – editorial, front-end, design or strategy.
See the workshopsAn accessible website is always a better website.
Together we can make the digital world a little more inclusive!
Upcoming dates
Workshops by the craft in a project – and a public online hour every week.
Accessibility Hour every Friday
In my Accessibility Hour we talk about digital accessibility without any formality, in German or in English, with no obligation and free of charge.
- Would you like to talk about the barriers on a website?
- Do you need a tip on how to build something accessibly?
- Would you like to see how a screen reader works?
Agency, freelancer, managing director or simply curious about the subject – I am glad when you join.
Open the room (External link, opens in a new window) meet.jit.si/AccessibilityHourWEBInklusiv
There's no date fixed yet for the next workshops. I'll announce new dates here as soon as they are set. Interested in a workshop? Just get in touch.
Get in touchMore conversions through accessibility
When an online shop is not accessible, it loses customers – it just does not notice. A checkout that cannot be finished with a keyboard looks like an ordinary abandoned basket in the statistics. Nobody goes looking for the cause there.
of disabled people click away as soon as a site gets difficult.
tell the site owner. The other 92 % buy elsewhere, without a word.
have paid more to buy on an accessible site rather than cheaper somewhere else.
The figures in detail, with sources
Accessibility keeps customers, it does not cost you them. An accessible online shop encourages exactly that loyalty: a shop with a step in front of the door will not have customers with a pram or a wheelchair – on the web it is no different. The most common faults I find on websites are missing keyboard operability and too little contrast in the places that matter. Once you know that, it is often quite simple to fix.
What does the law say?
Since 28 June 2025 the Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz, BaFG) has applied in Austria, the national implementation of the European Accessibility Act. For many digital B2C offerings, accessibility has become an obligation – with administrative fines of up to 80,000 euro.
But: micro-enterprises providing services only are exempt. And even if you are not covered legally: accessibility is a mark of quality.
What digital accessibility means and what applies in Austria
About me
I am Elisabeth Zeilinger, a web developer and certified expert in digital accessibility (External link, opens in a new window). At home in Emmersdorf, where the Wachau begins, but I mostly work wherever the laptop happens to be open. I have been building and designing for the web for almost twenty years now – long enough to know what is behind it when a site does not work for everyone.
