JISC TechDis Blog

Research on dyslexia and voting systems

Simon Ball — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:23:49 +0000

A few months back we received a Helpdesk request asking if we knew of any research around the use of voting systems with dyslexic students (for example, the issue of them not getting ‘extra time’ – which may have been agreed as part of their study strategy – when questions are on screen for a [...]

London BookFair 2013 – fishing in an ocean of opportunity

Alistair McNaught — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:51:53 +0000

Time flies. In 2009 the London Bookfair had its first ever accessiblity strand. We were present with the “Books Are Brilliant” video which has since done the rounds in many publisher events. Four years later the accessibility session is popular enough that even in a room at the end of a labryrinth on the first [...]

Design For All Award Winners Announced

Simon Ball — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:42:03 +0000

The fourth Design For All Foundation Award Ceremony took place last week, to recognise some of the most useful and innovative developments in Design For All (and accessibility) across Europe. Entries were received from a total of 17 countries and whittled down to a shortlist of finalists in each of four categories. The winners were:

What’s the biggest lie on the web?

Emma Millard — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:30:53 +0000

According to the website Terms of Service; Didn’t Read it is “I have read and agreed to the terms”. A lot of the terms and conditions we agree to are long and complex and many people don’t or can’t read them. How many of us really know what Facebook does with our data, or [...]

SBRI product launches at BETT 2013

Emma Millard — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:30:05 +0000

BETT 2013 saw the launch of two new technologies resulting from our SBRI competition – Azzapt by Iansyst and Navitext by System Associates. We would like to thank Iansyst for this guest post, reflecting on the launch of Azzapt.

Wednesday 30th January saw the opening day of BETT 2013, based in its [...]