Assistive technology tools you can test with at no cost
Assistive technology tools you can test with at no cost
Posted by:
Anika Henke, Posted on: 27 September 2018
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Categories:
Accessibility, Assistive technology, Testing
GDS’s Accessibility Empathy Lab is open to anyone from the public sector. Since we blogged about the lab, we’ve seen a huge increase in visitors coming in to use it as an assistive technology space.
We know that some public sector organisations, especially local government, can struggle to get access to assistive technologies. There can be financial barriers to testing and it can seem overwhelming.
By coming into the lab people not only see and test the technologies, but also learn what testing they can do in their own workspaces for free.
Here’s some advice on what free assistive technology tools are available. Testing on these technologies does not replace an accessibility audit, but by testing early on you can spot potential issues, improve your service and save money.
Service Manual recommendations
In the Service Manual we require that central government, or a supplier doing its audit, tests in the most common [...]