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Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024

Caroline Jarrett 26 February 2025 15 October 2024
Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024

Many thanks to Vicky Teinaki for collaborating on our workshop – Creating truly accessible forms – at the Service Design in Government conference in Edinburgh, 2024. We used the session to encourage participants to consider running similiar workshops in theirContinue reading… Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024

An app that reads alt-text from pptx

Caroline Jarrett 1 November 2024 22 September 2021
An app that reads alt-text from pptx

We think that it’s really important to make PowerPoint presentations accessible. And that means: writing alt-text for all the images. The PowerPoint Checker app reads a file in .pptx format,  extracts all the alt-text, and gives you a slide-by-slide report on what itContinue reading… An app that reads alt-text from pptx

Please make survey tools more accessible

Caroline Jarrett 8 November 2024 16 November 2020
Please make survey tools more accessible

“Which is the best survey tool for accessibility?” It’s a question that I’m asked quite often, and also that I’ve often asked myself. There are two ways to interpret this question: Which is the best survey tool for creating questionnairesContinue reading… Please make survey tools more accessible

Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Caroline Jarrett 20 November 2024 29 July 2019
Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

I had the honour of working with Ginny Redish on this article on readability formulas. Ginny is a leading authority on writing, accessibility, and content design and usability. I’ve lost count of the number of copies of her excellent book,Continue reading… Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Designing better public services: LibDesign Conference 2016 Prague

Caroline Jarrett 4 December 2024 2 September 2016
Designing better public services: LibDesign Conference 2016 Prague

To design better public services, we need to unite efforts from inside and outside the public sector – and many roles within it. LibDesign 2016 in Prague Last week in Prague, LibDesign 2016 brought together librarians, web designers, civil servants and academics toContinue reading… Designing better public services: LibDesign Conference 2016 Prague

Lessons from Lisbon in accessible design

Jane Matthews 8 July 2019 30 June 2014
Lessons from Lisbon in accessible design

One reason I argue so strongly for designing in accessibility for people with special needs is that accessible design is also good design. Watching people explore a model of Lisbon’s Belem Tower – provided for people with visual impairments – wasContinue reading… Lessons from Lisbon in accessible design

Liverpool 2008 Design to read – workshop proposal

Caroline Jarrett 16 November 2022 28 October 2008
Liverpool 2008 Design to read – workshop proposal

This workshop proposal, co-authored with Kate Grant, William Wong, Nisha Kodagoda and Kathryn Summers, was submitted to the British HCI Group conference in Liverpool, 2008. We were accepted and went on to hold the workshop at the conference.  This versionContinue reading… Liverpool 2008 Design to read – workshop proposal

Design to read framework: audiences and advice

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 17 September 2008
Design to read framework: audiences and advice

At the workshop in Liverpool in September 2008, we learned about: some of the reasons why people may find reading difficult some of the guidelines and design approaches we use: our advice Our audiences: reasons why people may find reading difficult In theContinue reading… Design to read framework: audiences and advice

Liverpool 2008 Design to Read workshop report

Jane Matthews 16 November 2022 2 September 2008
Liverpool 2008 Design to Read workshop report

The first Design to Read workshop was held at the British HCI Group conference “HCI2008 Culture, Creativity, Interaction” in Liverpool, UK, on 2nd September 2008. Read the workshop proposal. Why people struggle to read The content of the workshop reflectedContinue reading… Liverpool 2008 Design to Read workshop report

‘How to’ manual on forms design: guidelines on font size

Jane Matthews 24 August 2023 31 August 1999
‘How to’ manual on forms design: guidelines on font size

This paper presents some of the conflicting advice offered to designers on one particular topic in accessibility: the choice of font size for visually impaired people. This creates practical difficulties for designers when trying to apply the advice. It wasContinue reading… ‘How to’ manual on forms design: guidelines on font size

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