Dig’s accessibility consultants and partners write for our blog to share their knowledge and ideas, start conversations, and to learn.
This last week, social media has been taken by storm over #ThatDress, a phenomenon that is dividing tweeps and facebookers – is the dress white and gold, or black and blue? There’s nothing new about the science of colour and ho…
Read more of “Colour contrast and That Dress!”Last night, Grant Broome and I attended Teacamp in London, a monthly networking event for those working in Government Digital Services to get together and discuss best practice. For us, it’s a great way to keep up with what is importa…
Read more of “Teacamp, Feb 2015”We excitedly watched our new brand and website come together in 2014, designed and built by the very nice folks over at fffunction. We loved the new brand so much that we felt we had to give you a sneak preview of the pixels, so we ro…
Read more of “New year, new website!”The web accessibility guidelines are detailed, covering both physical and cognitive disabilities. However, there are some basic checks that anyone can run that may give an idea of the sorts of problems people may face. Keyboard …
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Tesco Hudl 2, part 3: the grocery app
Today, I’m going to see how easily I can use the Tesco Hudl2 to order from the Tesco grocery app using TalkBack – this is by no means a complete accessibility assessment as any app should be accessible to a pan disabilit…
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Tesco Hudl 2, Part 2: the device
In much the same way as the Kindle is preloaded with Amazon products and services, Tesco have preloaded a range of their own applications, to add ease of access to services such as: Tesco apps – groceries, direct, clubcard, real fo…
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Tesco Hudl 2, Part 1: the in-store experience
As a digital inclusion professional, I have been fascinated with the Tesco Hudl since the launch of the original in 2013. Its affordability puts it within reach of many groups for whom digital inclusion might be a problem. The Hudl 2 w…
Read more of “Tesco Hudl 2, Part 1: the in-store experience”Smartphones and tablets have exploded onto the market. Unlike traditional desktop computers, where disabled users need to buy assistive technology, many smartphones and tablets now have in-built technology. Apple, without a doubt, l…
Read more of “What is web accessibility – mobile guidelines”Thanks to everyone who came to see Jon talk about JavaScript for accessible websites at BristolJS and mobile web accessibility at Digpen 7 during September. Ted and Laura will be at the Exam Accessibility Forum hosted by the …
Read more of “Events in October 2014”If you’ve been asked to look at the different guidelines for web accessibility it can get very confusing, the World Wide Web is exactly that, World Wide, yet depending on where you are there are different guidelines you need to …
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