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Introduction to Accessibility Conformance Reports
An Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) is a document that formally summarises the extent to which an information and communications technology (ICT) product or service conforms to an agreed set of international accessibility guidelines and standards.

Browsing with a mobile screen reader
Posted on by Henny Swan in User experience
In our second post from our browsing with assistive technology series, we discuss mobile screen readers.
You can also explore browsing with desktop screen readers, browsing with a keyboard, browsing with screen magnification and browsing with speech recognition.

Browsing with a desktop screen reader
Posted on by Henny Swan in User experience
In our first post from our browsing with assistive technologies series, we discuss desktop screen readers.
You can also explore browsing with a mobile screen reader, browsing with a keyboard, browsing with screen magnification and browsing with speech recognition.

An inclusive approach to video production
Posted on by Ela Gorla in Design and development
Some people find accessing audio or visual content in video challenging or impossible; for this reason, providing alternatives is a requirement of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. It is a common belief that producing alternatives are expensive and time-consuming. This can be the case when accessibility is not considered at the planning stage of video content.
This article describes an inclusive approach to video production that allows you to create accessible videos without expensive add-ons.

Sustainable accessibility
Posted on by Léonie Watson in Strategy
It takes time and effort to embed sustainable accessibility into an organisation. It cannot be achieved through disconnected activities like assessments or training (although such things can be useful in their own right); sustainable accessibility needs a co-ordinated and evolving plan that encompasses every aspect of the organisation.

Choosing the right type of accessibility assessment
This article gives an overview of what an accessibility assessment is, when it is beneficial, and when another service such as an Insight Report may be better suited.

Representative samples for accessibility assessments
When a website is assessed using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), it is rarely feasible to test every single page. Instead, the assessment can be based on a sample of pages that are representative of the website as a whole, to keep things as efficient and cost-effective as possible.

WCAG primer
Posted on by Léonie Watson in Standards
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of recommendations for making websites and apps accessible to people with disabilities. This article explains WCAG and how to use them.

Public sector accessibility regulations
Posted on by Léonie Watson in Standards
A new law concerning the accessibility of public sector websites and mobile apps came into effect in 2018. This article explains what the Public Sector Accessibility Regulations mean, what’s included and what isn’t, and the deadlines by which all public sector websites and mobile apps must comply.

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