{"id":4992,"date":"2023-05-18T08:40:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2023-05-18T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:40:47","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2023\/05\/18\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (18 May) is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a> (GAAD). The purpose of the day, is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital accessibility and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>One of our outcomes for public procurement in Scotland is to be #OpenAndConnected<\/p>\n<p>To be open, we create digitally accessible content that provides all users access to the same information, regardless of any impairments they may have. To celebrate GAAD, we wanted to reflect on some of the measures we have been taking over the past year to make our digital content as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government\u2019s website provides an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/accessibility\/#:~:text=Scottish%20Government%20commits%20to%20making%20its%20websites%20accessible,23%20September%202020%20and%20will%20be%20reviewed%20regularly.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018accessibility statement\u2019<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0<em>\u201cWe\u2019re continuously working to make gov.scot as accessible and usable as possible for all abilities and disabilities. This includes older audiences and those with visual, hearing, cognitive or motor impairments.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Accessibility is recognised as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disabilities\/documents\/accessibility_and_development.pdf#:~:text=Accessibility%20within%20the%20context%20of%20the%20United%20Nations,in%20society%20on%20equal%20terms%20with%20all%20others.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Human right<\/a>, it\u2019s the law to abide by this right.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, around 243,000 people visited our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/public-sector-procurement\/?utm_source=redirect&amp;utm_medium=shorturl&amp;utm_campaign=procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">procurement pages<\/a>\u00a0on gov.scot. Using an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/how-many.herokuapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online tool<\/a>\u00a0we can estimate that of these users, over 51,000 may have some kind of disability and many other impairments. Impairments can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>permanent (blind or partially sight loss\/deaf or partial hearing loss)<\/li>\n<li>temporary (ear infection\/broken wrist)<\/li>\n<li>situational (environment where audio can\u2019t be used \/ screen broken)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the past two years, our team have made it a priority to produce and share accessible content through several different ways. We have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>changed the look and formatting of our Scottish Procurement Policy Notes (SPPN) and Construction Policy Notes (CPN). By removing unnecessary colouring, reducing sentence length and following our Scottish Government style guide to adapt our formatting to be as accessible as possible<\/li>\n<li>adding voiceovers to all animations we share to help those with sight impairments<\/li>\n<li>added subtitles to all of our videos we share<\/li>\n<li>added alt text to all images we share in blogs and social media posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5029\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5029\" class=\"wp-image-5029 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles.jpg\" alt=\"Video on phone with subtitles\" width=\"708\" height=\"432\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles.jpg 1225w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles-750x457.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/05\/video-with-subtitles-689x420.jpg 689w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 708px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 708\/432;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An example of one of our videos featuring subtitles.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>We encourage all content creators to find out more about making accessible content as every user deserves the same experience online with or without impairments. There are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.day\/events\/#this-years-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several in person and online events<\/a>\u00a0run by GAAD organisation this year, to give people a chance to learn more about the importance of accessibility.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please email enquiries to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us online:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotProcurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2908 ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" 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