Digital Accessibility Matters

Hear from HeX’s Creative Director on why digital accessibility matters to him and what organisations can do to become more inclusive.

The design of digital platforms for people who are colour blind is often overlooked, even though 4.5% of the population need adjustments to be able to interact with online content. This blog looks into ways to use inclusive colours to enable digital accessibility.

Around the world, millions of people with hearing loss still lack access to their basic human rights when online. Making inclusive adjustments to your digital content can give back independence to your users and allow them to freely access your information and services.

World Usability Day is an annual event, which aims to make life a bit easier for people with disabilities both on and offline. It does so, through raising awareness on the need for services, products, and spaces being easily accessible for everyone.

The words digital accessibility and PDF documentation don’t go hand in hand. This is due to the fact that PDFs are notoriously difficult to adapt to become inclusive. However, there are some alterations that you can implement to make these documents usable for your readers. This blog talks you through basic PDF accessibility features that you need to be aware of to work to web standards.

In this blog, we explore how HeX Productions have supported educational institutions in removing digital barriers and how these methods can assist in providing equal access to learning.

With the end of year swiftly approaching, the HeX team are starting to wrap up their 2023 project work. Before we do so, we take a look back over some of the exciting tasks that we’ve accomplished throughout the year.

Today, marks the end of our Digital Accessibility Matters campaign, which launched in August. Over the past few months, we’ve explored the issues affecting millions of people online due to poor accessibility and shared ways to remove digital barriers.

In our latest blog, find out what good digital accessibility means to Delivery Manager, Emma Marmion, and what she’s learned since joining HeX Productions.