This website is curated, designed and maintained by Lee Ingleton of LeeWay in collaboration with CRiSAP, Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice, LCC, University of the Arts London (UAL) and Electra. This accessibility statement applies to https://hernoise.org/
We commit to ensuring this website is as accessible as possible and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This means that you should be able to:
- access the website regardless of the device and browser you are using
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- utilise the One Click Accessibility tool to adjust text, grayscale, contrast, light, links and font
We have also tried to make the website text as easy to understand as possible although we recognise we have more work to do on this.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know that some parts of the website are not fully accessible:
- our audio and video do not have captions or sub-titles
- our old PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- some of the website coding may cause issues for screen readers and other software
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in an alternative, more accessible format please contact us at info@hernoise.org
Please include details of the content you need and the required format or the service you are trying to access. We will then work with the individual who owns the content or the service to get you what you need.
We aim to provide you with an initial response within five working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your request.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: Lee Ingleton at info@hernoise.org
We aim to provide you with an initial response within five working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your enquiry or complaint.
If you feel we have not answered your enquiry or complaint satisfactorily, please contact us again. We will escalate your enquiry or complaint to the Centre Director at info@crisap.org who will work with the individual who provides the content or the service to get you a response.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
hernoise.org is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to ‘the non-compliances’ which are listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Content that’s not within scope of the accessibility regulations
- none of the PDF documents published before 23 September 2020 are fully accessible to screen reader software
- none of the audio or videos on our website, which were published before 23 September 2020 have sub-titles or transcripts
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
- we are working on third-party functionality including audio and video pages to ensure compatibility. However, updates by said third-parties may impact compatibility from time to time
- all future videos and PDF documents will be created with subtitles and captions, and will be fully accessible to screen reader software
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 9 August 2021.
This website was last tested on 9 August 2021 by LeeWay.
We used the following automated accessibility tools, assistive technology and manual testing methods to test pages of our website. These included:
- Equalize Digital WordPress Accessibility Checker
- One Click Accessibility
- WAVE accessibility evaluation tool
- Manually auditing the alt text of all images
- Manually checking keyboard navigation
All pages on the site were tested.