Accessibility

This website (pages with addresses located under https://archives.soas.ac.uk/) provides an online search and discovery portal for the collections held by SOAS University of London. It is powered by Epexio, hosted and developed by Metadatis Ltd.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

Use the accessibility tools in your browser to change colours and contrast levels
Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen.
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
Listen to majority of the website content using a screen reader

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

The purpose of this website is to provide information about our historic collections, some of our content we have uploaded may not meet modern accessibility standards. However, this material is provided in addition to the textual descriptions that should be accessible.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

Some digital media (e.g. scanned images and audio) might not have transcripts or text-only versions
Accessing transcripts with a screen reader and keyboard

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format please email us at support@metadatis.com

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you discover any problems not listed on this page or have suggestions on how we could improve the website to address a particular accessibity need, please get in touch. You can contact us via email at support@metadatis.com

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Metadatis Ltd and SOAS University of London are committed to making this website accessible.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

We are aware that certain transcripts are not navigable by keyboard only users (including screen readers). We will aim to fix this by December 2023

We are aware that we need to improve our ARIA landmarks - making sure all landmarks are unique, and all content is covered by a landmark. We will aim to fix this by December 2023

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Where we provide historical material online, a lot of material will not meet accessibility standards. This material includes old PDFs and scanned material. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2. Some of our material may have transcriptions, but this can not be universally provided.

How we tested this website

We test both the underlying product (Epexio) and it's specific use on this website.

Product testing

The last generic accessibility test for Epexio was carried out on 21st September 2022. The test was an internal test undertaken by Metadatis Ltd.

Our latest test report is available at: https://content.epexio.com/reports/accessibility/accessibility-report-21-09-22.html

This statement was prepared on 5th November 2019. It was last updated on 21st September 2022.