How to create content that works well with screen readers
The video below shows a screen reader in use on the GOV.UK homepage: Screen readers are applications that turn on-screen content into speech or show it on a Braille display. Most screen readers are...
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Accessibility and me: Rani Nayyar
Ranni's desk set-up In this latest blog post in our Accessibility and Me series, we speak to HMRC employee Rani Nayyar about how Dragon accessibility software helps with her work. Tell us about...
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What working on GOV.UK navigation taught us about accessibility
A poster showing advice for designing for screen reader users. The posters are available to download In the GOV.UK Publishing Frontend team we’ve worked to turn small, repeated elements of our pages...
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Assistive technology tools you can test with at no cost
GDS’s Accessibility Empathy Lab is open to anyone from the public sector. Since we blogged about the lab, we’ve seen a huge increase in visitors coming in to use it as an assistive technology space. We...
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Using persona profiles to test accessibility
In 2017, the Accessibility Team at the Government Digital Service (GDS) created accessibility personas to highlight common barriers faced by people with particular conditions and provide tips on how...
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Five lessons from making DBS services accessible
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Author Lonpicman on Wikimedia Commons licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en You’ll likely remember where you were when...
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How we made our accessibility empathy lab virtual
Today is World Usability Day. This day is commemorated across the public sector and in businesses, as it aims to ensure that the important services and products which people use day to day are easier...
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Remote accessibility persona testing
We have found there is not enough awareness about the different experiences and diverse access needs our users have. We want to highlight barriers that people encounter when using digital services....
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Making great accessible mobile apps
Accessibility regulations were made UK law on 23 September 2018. The aim of the regulations is to make public sector websites and mobile apps accessible to all users. The deadline for public sector...
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How to open a budget Accessibility Simulation Lab
What do I think an Accessibility Simulation Lab is? An Accessibility Simulation Lab (sometimes known as an Accessibility Empathy Lab) is a space that allows employees and visitors to experience how...
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Talking, thinking and learning about digital accessibility and inclusion
The 10th anniversary of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) was on 20 May 2021. To mark this anniversary, HMRC wanted to really engage with colleagues across the business and get everyone...
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Websites need to be accessible to be inclusive
To celebrate National Inclusion Week, we thought we would share how GDS enables inclusion through digital accessibility. Digital accessibility is an important part of inclusion: many users change their...
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