What is DigAcc26? Digital Accessibility ‘26 (shortened to DigAcc26) is an annual hybrid conference organised by the University of Nottingham. As the name suggests, the topic of discussion is digital accessibility, with this year’s theme being ‘Preparing for the Future’ – no doubt a subject that is becoming increasingly pertinent in today’s technological climate. The event was […]
Read moreUX Scotland is an annual two-day conference for people working in user-centred design. This year, I went along to the John McIntryre Centre to hear about the latest developments in UX. In this post, I’ll write about my highlights from the conference. Object-oriented UX in action: rebuilding a public sector website with structured content Joey […]
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik reflects on his part-time work as a Digital Accessibility Intern over the past academic year, discussing a few challenges he faced as well as his key takeaways and successes.
Read moreThe carbon cost of using images and videos on a webpage often goes unnoticed but cumulatively can add up. Dono Abdurahmanova and I have presented at both the UCISA digital sustainability conference and the Green Software Foundation Scotland meet up in the last week or so on the topic of sustainable media use. The key […]
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik explains what accessibility statements are, what goes into making them, as well as things he has learned from experience in this domain. He also talks about a tool he has started developing to make the process more beginner-friendly and efficient.
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik explains what accessibility statements are, what goes into making them, as well as things he has learned from experience in this domain. He also talks about a tool he has started developing to make the process more beginner-friendly and efficient.
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik explains what accessibility statements are, what goes into making them, as well as things he has learned from experience in this domain. He also talks about a tool he has started developing to make the process more beginner-friendly and efficient.
Read moreAfter almost 22 years working in a variety of different roles at the University, I’ve made the decision to leave. It’s been a hard decision as there is so much I love about my job but I need a chance to catch up with myself. I’d like to have a …
Read moreContent Improvement Club is our regular meetup for web publishers. In our March session, with a focus on accessibility, we explored how effective use of links and headings can make content easier to navigate and use. Accessible content is effective content Accessible content is simply effective content. If people cannot access, understand or use […]
Read moreAfter Stratos’s blog post last week, I revisited Joshua Mitchell’s experiment asking an AI to simulate what using a screen reader actually feels like, not to replace proper testing, but to generate a transcript of the experience that could be shared with stakeholders who had never encountered one. The results were striking: skip links that […]
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