Accessibility
You can find more information about accessibility on the dedicated Accessibility in government blog.
...advocating for people to receive training in accessibility. GDS offers regular accessibility training which is open to anyone in central government. You can see dates and details on how to...
...the entire playlist, rather than just one video. Each new series was given a designated colour for use in their thumbnails, for example pink for transformation and black for GOV.UK....
...Read is a format that uses pictures to support the meaning of text. It uses short sentences and simple words to focus on the core information. It was developed for...
We're not huge fans of PDFs on GOV.UK. We hope this post will help publishers explain to colleagues the problems with using them and support moving towards an HTML-first culture.
The challenges of building effective services for all and some of the work we're doing to make services as inclusive as possible.
...magnification) iPhone and iPad (for using the VoiceOver screen reader and other accessibility settings) Android phone and tablet (for using the Talkback screen reader - being setup) Mac (for using...
A poster showing advice for designing for screen reader users. The posters are available to download. This year the UK is implementing the EU Directive on the accessibility of public...
The GDS Accessibility team is here to make it easier for departments to build digital services that are accessible for everyone. We want to ensure that there are no barriers...
...Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple In May, Alistair Duggin blogged about the work he’d started on making GOV.UK accessible. He explained how he wanted to ensure people...
...default response and they have to remember which hand signals to use. We now use hand signals on a daily basis in discussions involving more than 3 people. They are...