Accessibility – ptworld.net

ptworld.net (which should be pronounced ‘p t world.net’) is a website that has been designed and developed to be accessible. The site should properly serve the needs of everyone, including those with sight loss and disability in mind. As we don’t have vast resources, the foundations depend substantially on the accessibility in WordPress itself, which is overseen by its own accessibility team. At the same time, for our own content and other additions, we tend to keep the presentation restrained in styling and interactive elements.

To help with the continual improvement of the accessibility of our website, we will seek to keep up-to-date with best practice. This includes compliance with WorldWideWeb Consortium (W3C) technical standards on valid markup, so that the site is technically fit for use. To assist in this process, every page is processed by HTML Tidy.

Apart from the technical channels, we depend mainly on feedback from website visitors – until we have sufficient resources for regular audits. We particularly welcome feedback by blind and partially sighted people.

Web accessibility conformance statement

We at ptworld.net are committed to testing and delivering all web content on the website to WCAG 2.1, level A and AA compliance, so as to meet organisational responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 and the EU Web Accessibility Directive. This is work in progress.

The checkpoints we are testing against are taken from the technical standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG), published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Limitations

To help ensure conformance, our general approach is to prioritise information over cosmetic presentation and to minimise dependence on third party providers for content and delivery. We are not responsible for the content of external websites, nor any accessibility issues that may be present on those sites.

Platforms

We try our best to ensure we test with a wide range of platforms, i.e., the suite of technologies – such as operating system, web browser, extensions and assistive clients – that together make up the user’s web browser agent.

As the permutations of such components are vast, we focus on testing with more recent technology, as this generally provides greater security and improved accessibility features and accessibility support for users.

Technology we use for testing

We test the website using the following browsers and assistive technology in various combinations:

Desktop operating systems: macOS / Windows 10 / Debian Linux

Mobile OS: Android / iOS (with VoiceOver and Magnification)

Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, MS Edge (with built-in magnifiers, readers and contrast tools)

Tools: JAWS (Freedom Scientific)
https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/

NVDA screenreader
https://www.nvaccess.org/download/

WebAim WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
https://wave.webaim.org

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Legacy support

While we try to ensure support for platforms with older components, it is not always possible or feasible to continue this support.

We urge those on legacy systems to upgrade, as this will provide the most optimised and secure browsing experience.

Document downloads

This site includes various kinds of documentation, typically the products of scholarly research, which are typically made available in Adobe’s PDF format. Please refer to the Adobe Accessibility Features, particularly the information on setting preferences, so as to maximise their usability
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/reader/using/accessibility-features.html

Even with these settings, PDF documents may present accessibility challenges to users of assistive technology. If this is reported as the case, then we will provide an alternative format alongside the respective PDF documents distributed.

Reporting a web accessibility issue

If you experience any accessibility issues while using our website, please contact us.