The regulatory landscape in Australia
Aletheia does not make a third-party site compliant and does not relieve an institution of its own obligations. This section is context for a buyer, not legal advice, and each instrument below is named with its source.
| Instrument | What it requires | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Disability Discrimination Act 1992 | Makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of disability in the provision of goods, services, facilities, education, and employment. Inaccessible digital services fall within its scope, and complaints are made to the Australian Human Rights Commission. | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Commonwealth of Australia) |
| Australian Human Rights Commission digital accessibility guidance | Sets out the Commission's expectations for accessible digital services under the Disability Discrimination Act. | Australian Human Rights Commission, digital accessibility guidance, April 2025 |
| AS EN 301 549 | The Australian adoption of the European ICT accessibility standard, used in Australian government procurement. Aletheia publishes a clause-by-clause EN 301 549 mapping, which is the same clause set. | Standards Australia, AS EN 301 549 (Australian adoption of EN 301 549) |
What Aletheia offers an Australian institutional buyer
Australian universities, government agencies, and employers face continuous exposure under the Disability Discrimination Act rather than a phased deadline, so an accommodation that works today is worth more than a remediation programme that finishes next year.
The specific thing Aletheia is good at is the gap between when access is owed and when it is delivered. An institution running a multi-year remediation programme still has a disabled employee or student today, reading a scanned PDF that no one has tagged yet, or a form with no labels. Aletheia is an accommodation that can be given to that person immediately: it runs on their own device, it does not require the publisher to act, and it does not require the institution to have finished anything.
- An accommodation you can grant today. A seat can be assigned to a specific person who needs it, without waiting on the remediation queue.
- Nothing leaves the device by default. Documents are processed in the reader's browser and stored in a local library on their device. That keeps the data-protection footprint of an accommodation small, which matters when the person receiving it is identifiable as disabled.
- Procurement-ready documentation. A VPAT, an EN 301 549 mapping, a pre-completed HECVAT response, a DPA template, a sub-processor list, a DPIA, scoped SCCs, and a Transfer Impact Assessment are all published rather than sent on request.
- Honest conformance reporting. Aletheia is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA and says so, with the criteria it has not finished proving named individually.
Pricing in Australia
Aletheia's published per-seat pricing is in United States dollars, and billing is in United States dollars. Aletheia does not currently publish a AUD price list or bill in AUD. For a quote in local currency, including any applicable tax treatment, contact sales.
The published USD baseline, for reference:
- Campus (schools and higher education, volume pricing sized by enrollment): from $12.99 per seat per month at the first band, minimum 50 seats. See Campus for the full band table.
- Enterprise (employers, healthcare, government, large nonprofits, graduated pricing sized by seat count): from $24.99 per seat per month at the first band, minimum 25 seats. See Enterprise for the full band table.
Accessibility of Aletheia itself, for Australian buyers
Aletheia exists to remove accessibility barriers from other people's content, so the tool has to meet the standard it helps people enforce. It is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA. Self-evaluation. No third-party accessibility audit has been conducted, and no SOC 2 or comparable certification is claimed. A formal audit by an independent third party is planned and has not yet been carried out.
Aletheia's EN 301 549 Conformance Mapping maps the same clause set that AS EN 301 549 adopts, so an Australian procurement reviewer can read it directly. The VPAT covers WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA criterion by criterion.
The statements that apply here, in the form a reviewer in Australia is most likely to want:
- Accessibility statement, in plain language, with every known limitation listed.
- VPAT accessibility report covering every WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criterion and the Revised Section 508 standards, also available as a tagged PDF.
- EN 301 549 conformance mapping, clause by clause.
- European Accessibility Act conformance statement under Directive 2019/882.
- EU Accessibility Statement in the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523 template.
If you find an accessibility barrier in Aletheia, tell us at support@lonia.ai. Accessibility reports are treated as defects, not feature requests, and we aim to respond within five business days.