What we talked about at the cross-government accessibility meetup
At the most recent cross-government accessibility event we discussed technical accessibility testing, user research, how to create accessible services and more.
Patterns for accessible webchats
Earlier this year we built a custom prototype webchat, as part of the webchat alpha. We looked at which technologies help make webchat software more usable with screen readers.
How to make accessibility easier for service teams
Making services accessible means making services that anyone can use. It means creating and running them so that no one is excluded, whether they have a disability or not. From our discussions around government and from our growing accessibility community, …
Accessibility and me: Dealing with dyslexia
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In this latest post in our Accessibility and Me series, we speak to a case manager at HM Revenue & Customs who has dyslexia and uses voice-dictation software Dragon. We talk to them about access requirements, the technology they use …
Results of the 2016 GOV.UK assistive technology survey
Back in May we launched an online survey which ran for 6 weeks. The survey asked users about what devices, web browsers and assistive technology they use to access GOV.UK. We got 712 completed surveys back, all of whom are from …
Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility
Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimisation to make existing and new services better for our users. Karwai is part of an accessibility group at Home Office Digital, leading on autism. Together with the team, she’s created these …
Related content and links
How accessible is your website?
Public sector organisations have a legal duty to make websites accessible. Find out how your organisation is impacted at GOV.UK/accessibility-regulations
GOV.UK service and product owners need to upload an accessibility page and publishers need to upload an accessible documents policy.
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