Why videos on GOV.UK use the YouTube video player
This blog post explains why YouTube was the most suitable video player for GOV.UK. In a future blog post, we will explain more about how to make your video accessible for the YouTube player.
Accessibility
Training people to do accessibility reviews
I created a fictional service called ‘Record a goose sighting’ using the GOV.UK Design System. I then broke it to introduce accessibility issues based on real issues I’ve seen, such as missing alt text and broken heading hierarchies.
Making GOV.UK Pay more accessible
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Katie Bates GDS Senior Product Manager, Tim Paul, GDS Head of Interaction Design and Tingting Zhao, GDS Lead User Researcher, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility Regulations
GOV.UK Pay aims to offer public sector organisations the most accessible payment service. Here’s how we’ve made it accessible with the latest version of the GOV.UK Design System. GOV.UK Pay is a simple, secure way to pay for government services …
How DWP used the easy read format to make its content more accessible
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Ben Railton - Senior Easy Read Design Manager, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Posted on:
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Access needs, Accessibility, Easy Read
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Accessibility Design Team is transforming the way disabled people access information that is important to them. One of the most exciting projects we have been working on recently is the introduction of …
Accessibility lessons: dealing with a large amount of form inputs
On GOV.UK we’ve been looking at ways of improving our finder pages, like services and news and communications. Finder pages allow users to search for specific kinds of content using facets such as topic and organisations to narrow their results. …
Using persona profiles to test accessibility
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Anika Henke, Posted on:
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Access needs, Accessibility, Assistive technology, Testing, User research
At the Government Digital Service we've created a series of accessibility persona logins, so that people can experience different conditions and test their services. Here's how they work.
Related content and links
By 23 September 2020 public sector organisations must make their websites accessible or risk breaking the law
For information on how your organisation is impacted, visit GOV.UK/Accessibility-Regulations
Service and product owners for the government’s central website, GOV.UK, need to upload an accessibility page and publishers need to upload an accessible documents policy.