Making every document an accessible document
A pretty unbelievable accessibility faux pas this week has marred the solemn occasion of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for visually impaired people.
The faux pas in question is when rail websites went uniformly greyscale overnight—an appropriate and even touching tribute and mark of commemoration in one way, but in another an …
Anyone who gets at all involved with the fight for accessibility soon learns just how hard we make things for our differently-abled fellow humans—either through sheer negligence or just a lack of care.
For example, guess what: all that pivoting to online learning by Universities has so far left blind students’ needs at the bottom of …
The Publisher’s Association works to ensure the value of publishing, and the contribution it makes culturally and to the UK’s economy, is understood.
Part of its important outreach is a set of special publisher communities, made up of members from a particular function who provide specialist and technical advice to councils and staff. A key one …
2020 has certainly been a year like no other, with the world brought to its knees by a raging pandemic as the search for a vaccine continues apace. Despite all we faced, the year also saw a wide range of UKAAF activities and news which we thought would be worth rounding up in case you …
November 26th, 2020 – Things may be less than ideal for everyone right now but a brighter future lurks and here to kick-start your day is the latet issue of Format Matters edited by the very fab UKAAF board member and editor, Jim McCafferty.
This latest issue features a selection of UKAAF news stories, updates from …
UKAAF will host ten sessions on accessibility during the course of the event
UKAAF’s lunch-and-learn sessions are aimed at providing essential facts and information about accessible information standards.
UKAAF board member, Tim Nelms, will host a panel on the Future of Accessible Information with participants from The DAISY Consortium and the PDF Association
London …
October 19th – The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is jointly hosting the General Assembly of the International Council on English Braille (ICEB) with UKAAF (UK Association for Accessible Formats) from 18 – 22 October.
The Assembly was originally scheduled to be held at the Google Academy in London in May but had to …