Most web designers and developers recognise the importance of using semantic markup; when screen readers are used by blind users, the content is still understandable. To do this, we often view our sites with CSS and JavaScript disabled, or use a screen reader emulator like Fangs. However, by concentrating on blind users, we may be [...]
Last year, the University of Nottingham extended the campus I have all my lectures on and added a number of new buildings. These look funky and modern, but whoever designed them seems to have forgotten one key detail: no-one can use the doors. What would you expect to do to open these doors? I go [...]
7.5 million people in the UK, or about 13% of the population, have some form of hearing impairment which may reduce their ability to enjoy video content. Subtitles or closed captioning are now available on most programmes and films shown on TV, in pre-recorded and live broadcasts. However, as more media becomes available online through [...]