Novius
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Created in 1996 in Lyon, Novius is a web agency that incorporates RGAA criteria into its website creations and conducts compliance audits.
Created in 1996, Novius is headquartered in Villeurbanne, in the Lyon conurbation, and has an office in Paris. Around thirty people work there; developers, designers, project managers, accessibility experts and systems administrators. Its teams design bespoke tools and host their clients' websites themselves.
For audit missions, the company submits a report structured as intervention tickets and an accessibility statement ready to publish. The support phase schedules corrections in stages to remove major barriers without delay.
Deliverables meet the requirements of the RGAA and WCAG, with over 25 official RGAA audits completed. Technical verifications are carried out with specialist software, supplemented where possible by testing with users who have disabilities.
Committed by contract to 70 per cent compliance at delivery at no extra cost, the agency has notably undertaken work for Euronews and Viatris. It also counts the Cinémathèque française and Les Echos among its references, as well as Le Parisien and the International Ski Federation.
Accessibility services offered
Audit, Training, Consulting and support, Accessible development, Inclusive design
Audit
The evaluation analyses the website against the 106 criteria of RGAA 4.2 over roughly a month. It delivers a report broken down into tickets, a statement ready for publication and a presentation ranking actions.
Training
The agency includes training and skills transfer in its service catalogue. The detail of the programmes is not specified in the available sources.
Consulting and support
The approach takes place in stages, with a fast initial phase, removal of major barriers then a multi-year plan. A preliminary 30-minute meeting is used to assess the situation and the scale of effort.
Accessible development
Technical integration applies RGAA 4.2 and WCAG 2.1 AA: semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, focus management, keyboard navigation and screen readers. Functional acceptance testing includes specific monitoring of sensitive elements.
Inclusive design
The graphic phase integrates accessibility rules into wireframes: typeface, contrasts, visual hierarchy and user flow. According to the agency, these parameters guide graphic choices rather than restrict them.
Quote from the provider website
“Novius vous accompagne sur l'ensemble du sujet : audit RGAA, mise en conformité, ou intégration dès la conception.”
Client references
Moulin Rouge, Fédération Internationale de Ski, Les Echos, Le Parisien, Intex, Bioderma, Cuisines AvivA, CARE France, École de Conduite Française, Gerflor, Institut Lumière, Viatris.
