Accessible Web-Design is not just about disabled users, and enabling their access to the website; It increases usability which ultimately benefits all users of the Website weather disabled or not. Additionally, Accessibility has important, beneficial implications for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO); many of the same features which make a website truly accessible also increase the visibility of a website to search engine 'robots'- improving their search ranking in popular search engines, most especially Google.
I offer a variety of services to ensure your website is accessible;
Unlike many larger accessibility testing firms I can, as a freelance tester working from home, operate with very low overheads and thereby offer a high value but expert service to my clients at a fraction of the cost when compared to larger firms and the extortionate free-lance 'day rates' charged by some testers.
My pricing is specific to a given project, and represents the complexity and nature of the work to be undertaken, rather than operating on a 'flat fee' based day or project rate.
Testing can range from full scale Accessibility audits, to give a website the nationally recognised accreditation to the WCAG guidelines, to preliminary testing protocols, which give an idea of a sites existing Accessibility, and suggested ways in which the site can be made to meet WCAG guidelines. I can also perform User-testing; as a blind individual myself, and if required may be able to arrange for full-scale user testing; involving multiple users with a range of disabilities, knowledge and experiences. This last type of testing should only occur once a site has been Audited, and is not recommended in the vast majority of cases; in many ways it moves as much into ''usability' as it does into 'accessibility', as of course the two are highly related.
I can either conduct my testing remotely from home, or if it is desirable travel to your offices and work directly with your in-house web team.
This site is laid out in a rather linear fashion, from here you can find out general information regarding Accessibility - The What and the Why. From this it may be of interest to read about Accessibility - the Legal perspective You can find out about the various services I offer to test the accessibility of websites (currently in the process of being updated), locate my contact information, and also find a short bio, or about section which gives some information on my previous experiences in the fields of web accessibility as well as a brief summary of my previous work.
This website is currently under development, it is hoped to be expanded beyond that brief information currently carried on the site. It is expected as part of the site development to switch to HTML/CSS from plain HTML.
On each page of my website there should be a link displayed to demonstrate that each page is written in valid HTML: From time to time I may edit pages and break links, insert bad HTML etc., I should normally notice this straight away and fix the problem before the issue is live on the web; If I don't please feel free to E-Mail me and point out my error and I will fix it. Additionally, external links can become out of date, again I should notice this but if you find anything at all on the site which is not as it should be please don't hesitate to contact me and I shall fix the problem.
My personal web site, devoted to audio music recording can be found here: Music site
