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WCAG in Plain EnglishAaardvark's plain-language guide to the WCAG accessibility guidelines.
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WCAG in Plain EnglishAaardvark's plain-language guide to the WCAG accessibility guidelines.
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Accessibility Guidelines from The Lyme MuseumThese guidelines - developed by The Lyme Museum - provide guidance and advice for creating inclusive physical and virtual spaces and ensuring that lived experiences are amplified and celebrated.
Beginner Read Webinar recording – End-to-End Access: A digital approach to inclusivity for deaf visitors
In this one-hour webinar, Oliver Webster, Head of Systems and Services at Stagetext, will present how to make your online resources and events accessible to deaf audiences.
Beginner Read Webinar Recording – The Missing Lens: Enhancing user experience for hidden impairments
This webinar will introduce you to challenges visually impaired people face when navigating websites. It will offer practical tips to review and improve your website accessibility.
Beginner Read Access All Areas: Making ticketing more accessible for everyone
Accessible ticketing is critical for promoting inclusivity and diversity in the UK’s creative and cultural sector. Under the Equality Act 2010, service providers must make reasonable adjustments so that disabled individuals have equitable access to services. In this resource, Tech Champion Adam takes you through how to enhance your ticketing inclusivity and ensure equal access for all.
Beginner Read What is the Social Model of Disability and how can you use it to improve digital accessibility?
Society should be designed to meet the needs of everyone living in it. The social model of disability holds how people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their medical condition or disability. This resource will explain how you can use the social model of disability to improve digital accessibility.
Beginner Read Using digital solutions to make your facility more accessible: Ensuring visitors feel confident
Visual assets like videos and images can help demonstrate how your venue or facilities have been designed to be inclusive and accessible, empowering all visitors to feel confident that the environment is suitable for them and when they visit. This resource explains how videos and images are a great way to communicate your access offer, making sure every visitor feels confident in enjoying the space without the worry of how they'll navigate it. Making digital solutions to enhance your accessibility is easier than you may think.
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How to write good alt textWhat makes good alt text? This article by Steven Morris on the Sense website offers some top tips, based on their own experiences, for writing great alt text.
Beginner Read How to create accessible PDFs
Creating accessible PDFs can be difficult because there are many factors to consider, and only a few software options can do the job. This article will help you get to grips with PDF accessibility, including the steps to take and the tools and resources you’ll need to create and evaluate accessible PDF documents.
Beginner Read Webinar recording – Everything you wanted to know about subtitling (but were afraid to ask)
A webinar for those working in the creative and culture sector to learn about digital subtitling.
Beginner Read How SENSE Arts Made Dance Film Accessible Using SubPac Technology
We are always excited to share different ways that organisations create accessible content. We spoke to film director Sima Gonsai, who has been working with SENSE Arts and their disabled artists. We explored the work they have been doing and their innovative use of SubPac technologies to create accessible and inclusive dance film experiences.
Beginner Read How to create an accessibility statement for your creative or cultural website
When creating work for the public, you’ve got a responsibility to make sure everyone can use it the way you intended them to. This article will detail step-by-step how to create an accessibility statement for your website.
Beginner Read Webinar recording – 101 Webinar series: What is Digital Accessibility and why is it so important?
A webinar to introduce creative and culture organisations to digital accessibility and the role it plays in creating successful content.
Beginner Read Digital Accessibility: A Diagnostic Checklist
There are so many advantages to creating content that is digitally accessible. Not only is it inclusive, it can help your content convert better as well as appear in relevant searches. For creative and cultural organisations, it's also a wonderful way to make sure you can reach your audiences. To help you get started we've created a simple diagnostic checklist for digital accessibility with links to further resources.
Beginner Read Top Tips for Digital Accessibility for the Creative and Cultural Sector
There are so many different things that can affect the way we use and interact with digital content, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why we have put together these simple tips for things you can do right away to help you improve the digital accessibility of your content.
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Coffee Break with Roberta our Digital Accessibility Tech ChampionIn this video, you'll learn all about Roberta - our Tech Champion for digital accessibility. With a broad career in tech, Roberta can support creative and cultural organisations and individuals to make their digital presence accessible.
Beginner Read What is Self-Describing and why is it Important?
In terms of presentations, videos, training sessions, and public speaking, an easy way to increase accessibility and inclusivity is to 'self-describe'. Discover what self-describing is, why it is important, and how to do it effectively in this article.
Beginner Read Digital Accessibility Innovation with 3D Holographic Technology – Access Perspectives
In this interview with Joe Strickland we take a look at the innovative work being done by DaDa with digital accessibility and 3D holographic technology.
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WAVE accessibility browser extensionsThe WAVE Chrome, Firefox, and Edge extensions allows you to evaluate web content for accessibility issues directly within your browser.
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How to perform an accessibility website auditA brief look into a process of checking a website for accessibility.