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Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

 

This accessibility statement applies to The International Society for Anthrozoology Conference 2023 website: https://www.isaz2023.com/. This means it applies to all pages under this web domain. Any other ISAZ pages that exist outwith this domain (eg. any pages under https://isaz.net/) or any pages hosted on a third-party platform (such as https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/3877/program) are the responsibility of ISAZ and if there are any concerns regarding their accessibility, please contact them directly.

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This website is run by The International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) in collaboration with the School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • using your browser settings, customise the website to change colours, contrast levels and fonts

  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard

  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS)

  • no information will be conveyed by just colour or just sound

  • use the website without encountering any time limits

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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Customising the website:

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external website with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:

AbilityNet - My Computer My Way

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess

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How accessible this website is:

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • The website is not fully compatible with voice recognition assistive technology on all browsers

  • Not all non-text content has meaningful alternative text

  • It can hard to tell where you have navigated to when using a keyboard

  • Not all links include correctly formatted hypertext

  • Not all colour contrasts meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard

  • It is not possible to magnify content beyond 175% without loss of content

  • The text will not reflow in a single column when the size of the browser window is changed or magnified

  • Not all moving content can be paused or stopped by the user

  • Some text size is small

  • The website is not fully compatible with mobile accessibility functionality

  • Not all links alert users before opening in a new tab or window

 

Feedback and contact information:

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

  • email health@ed.ac.uk

  • call 0131 651 3969

  • British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via Contact Scotland BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service:

Contact Scotland BSL

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

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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:

  • email health@ed.ac.uk

  • call 0131 651 3969

  • British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via Contact Scotland BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service:

Contact Scotland BSL

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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, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly.

Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

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Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language:

British Sign Language service Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Contact Scotland BSL service details

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Technical information about this website’s accessibility:

The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard

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Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

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Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:

  • There may not be sufficient colour contrast between font and background colours, there are issues where text size is very small

Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution, or significant improvement, will be in place by July 2023. At this time, we believe all items are within our control.

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Disproportionate Burden:

At this time, we are not claiming any disproportionate burden.

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Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations:

At this time, we do not believe that any content is outside the scope of the accessibility regulations.

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What we’re doing to improve accessibility:

We will continue to address and make adequate improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by July 2023.

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged.

As this site is for a conference taking place in 2023 and will no longer be required after the conference has ended, we plan to archive the website once it is no longer required.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement:

This statement was prepared on 24th March 2023. It was last reviewed on 26thh April 2023.

This website was last tested on 22nd March 2023. Both automated testing (using WAVE WebAIM) and manual testing was carried out by the Communications and Marketing Team, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh. This was primarily carried out using the browsers Mozilla Firefox (102.7.0esr), Microsoft Edge (110.0.1587.41), and Google Chrome (110.0.5481.77) for comparative purposes.

Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:

WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey

The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.

All pages under the website domain were tested to ensure breadth and variety as there was only a small number of pages on the website.

We ran automated testing using WAVE WebAIM then manual testing on that included:

  • Spell check functionality;

  • Scaling using different resolutions and reflow;

  • Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc);

  • Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps;

  • Data validation;

  • Warning of links opening in new tab or window;

  • Information conveyed in the colour or sound only;

  • Flashing, moving or scrolling text;

  • Operability if JavaScript is disabled;

  • Use with screen reading software (for example JAWS);

  • Assistive software (TextHelp Read and Write, Windows Magnifier, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, and TalkBack);

  • Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content;

  • Time limits;

  • Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS).

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