Did you know:
The combined estimated spending power of disabled people in the UK is £40-50 billion.
Source: The Employers Forum on Disability
Clarifeye offers a range of services with the aim of making your IT environment user friendly and accessible.
- Free Accessibility Summary
- Accessibility and Usability Audits
- Website Watch
- Consultation
- Training Presentations
- Accessible Website Design
Free Web Page Accessibility Summary
This service is of great use for an initial step if you are not aware of web accessibility and are therefore not sure if your website is compliant with accessibility standards.
We will analyse the page through automated software and have it tested personally by one of our users of assistive technologies. One of our consultants will then contact you by email informing you if a website audit is necessary and if so the types of WAI violations on your page, the type of people you are excluding from accessing your site and a recommendation of a suitable package that will ensure you are legally covered and are increasing the user base to your site.
However the free summary does not specifically detail the problems with the page.
Accessibility and Usability Audits
We offer a range of comprehensive web auditing services tailored individually to each client's needs. Our usability and accessibility audits are conducted using our comprehensive checkpoint system that ensures rigorous testing at both a technical and user point of view. Whether you are at the initial stages of setting up a website or you already have a developed website the audit can benefit you.
A key qualitative element of our service is our belief that there is no alternative to real user testing. This is why part of the accessibility audit involves a user test of your website by a group of individuals including those with varying disabilities and internet experience.
With the final audit report, 2 hours of consultancy are available which allow time for discussion of the issues highlighted. The discussion can be with managers, with executives and with web designers and developers. We can have those discussions on conference calls or in person.
Website Watch
Having completed an audit on a web site and subsequent design changes taken place, the site would be compliant to the specified standard as initially agreed upon. However, we understand that your online presence is continuously evolving as time goes by and your needs change. Hence we offer tailored, cost-effective programmes in order that your website is kept up to standard at all times.
Consultation
We can provide guidance on a user-centred redesign of your product grounded in our expertise and just as importantly on empirical testing. This can include consultancy on issues of accessibility and usability of your website and in-house software together with advice on implementation of required changes for compliance with international standards.
The purpose of this service is to work together with your organisation to develop a strategy/ policy that aims to make the IT environment within your organisation as user-friendly and accessible as possible. Giving you the ability to break free from your everyday involvement with your project and see things from a new light and perspective, that of the user's.
Training Presentations
We offer various workshops and presentations that are highly customisable taking into account the exact needs of your organisation to ensure the desired results.
Some of the areas that we can cover include:
- Technical issues with the design of usable and accessible websites
- Demonstration of access technologies which are used by people with disabilities to access the Internet
- Overview of website standards and the law
- Benefits of having usable websites
The training is always carried out by an individual who has first hand experience with a particular area, so a presenter of access technologies would actually be a consultant who uses them on a daily basis.
The presentations are able to disseminate within a short span of time life long insight into how people with disabilities access the Internet and the general IT environment. The presentations are also able to highlight at a technical level that usable and accessible web design doesn't mean that websites become bland and lose functionality. The presentations should leave the participants empowered and more comfortable in dealing with accessibility considerations within their developments.
Whether you are embarking on a drive for a more accessible website or you already have some initiative in place, the presentations will aid you to shape and strengthen your efforts.
Accessible Website Design
Thinking of a site redesign or looking to get your first site made? We can offer you creative and inspiring website design that is inherently compliant with international standards on accessibility and that is a pleasure to use. Whether you want a site that is solely informational or whether you want a buzzing e-commerce giant, Clarifeye's careful selection of partner companies ensures that we have the vital experience when taking on a project.