Tag: accessibility

18 June 2025

Easy Read – All you need to know

You’ve definitely heard of Easy Read before but you’re not entirely sure what that entails, who it is for or what it looks like. Then you’ve landed in the right place, in this blog, you’ll be able to test your knowledge and find out more about the format which is in really high demand. First …

two documents - one original form with lots of information is crossed out with a red cross, the other one a more simple and visual version (Easy Read) has a green tick on it.

9 June 2025

How to make your Social Media accounts accessible

By Talia Morse   With the rise of the use of so many new social media and networking sites, all offering different features, we’ve written an updated guide to making your posts online as accessible as they can be for everyone! We will take a look at the accessibility side of some key features such …

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19 May 2025

What people think about AI in the Accessibility Industry

A few months ago, we asked our customers and consumers to share their views on Artificial Intelligence in relation to accessibility. We were keen to understand how the impact of AI is perceived and if people have already taken it on board. So let’s dive in and see what our respondents answered on this very …

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1 May 2025

A2i’s new staff member – Introducing Elle

Elle joined the A2i team in September 2024. Elle is originally from Brighton and moved to Bristol when she started Uni in 2019. Before joining our team she was a secondary school teacher and really enjoyed working with children and making a difference in their life. Since joining, Elle has acquired some new skills in …

A photo of Elle on a beach on a sunny day, with a big pier in the background. Elle is wearing black jeans and a blue and white checked shirt, and sunglasses. She is smiling at the camera

27 January 2025

Top tips: employing someone with a disability

In this article we’ll explain what you need to know about employing someone with a disability, as well as tell you about personal experience from both the employer’s and employee’s points of view. A2i has experience of working with people with disabilities for many years, and so we’ve summarised the main things you need to …

Susie (employer) has a print booklet, Dave (employee) is reading a Braille booklet. They are at a meeting table.

20 January 2025

How to make your e-text documents and Accessible PDF’s accessible

What does accessibility mean and why is it important? Accessibility simply refers to how user-friendly something is. If your document is accessible this means it can be read and understood by everyone. Different formats are accessible for different reasons and to people with varying disabilities. For individuals who are blind or have a visual impairment, …

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19 December 2024

Looking Ahead: A2i’s Vision for the Future

Our Director, Susie Fisher, tells us about her vision for the company’s future, and how she plans to continue innovating and growing over the next 25 years.   25 years of A2i As we come to the end of 2024 and I look back over a year of celebrations and 25 years in business, it’s …

Susie Fisher

2 December 2024

Unravelling A2i’s guiding principles

By Susie Fisher, Director     People often ask me how we’ve created such a good atmosphere at A2i, and why our employee retention is so high. I think it all started with our first employee. When I hired our first employee many years ago, I realised it was important to establish A2i’s company culture. …

Susie and several A2i team members exchanging ideas and smiling in a meeting.

3 October 2024

Tactile diagrams – how they are made and used

by Dave Horwood Whether you need a graph to accompany a scientific article, a map of your local neighbourhood or a tactile image of the solar system, we can help! Read on to find out how we produce our tactile products here at A2i and what other methods are available for creating tactile information.   …

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7 August 2024

Tactile diagrams say so much that words cannot say

By Dave Horwood Since I lost my sight at the age of three, tactile diagrams, charts, images and maps have been useful to me in so many ways. Read on to find out how I use tactile diagrams in my daily life and how A2i can help with your tactile projects. Why are tactile diagrams …

A tactile map with Braille annotation
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