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Accessibility statement for Scottish Jewish Archives Centre website

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Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

This accessibility statement applies to: https://sjac-collection.is.ed.ac.uk/

This website is run Library and University Collections, Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts

  • Magnify content to 500%

  • Navigate most of the application using just a keyboard

  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software

  • Listen to most of the application using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) Experience no time limits when using the site

  • Not encounter any flashing, scrolling or moving text


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

Customising the website

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AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:

AbilityNet - My computer my way


With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance


If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess

How accessible this website is

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

  • There are colour contrast errors are present on the site

  • Reflow is not enabled to 400%

  • Not all images have meaningful alternative text

  • Some information is conveyed by colour only

  • Not all content can be reached by keyboard navigation alone and it can be difficult to tell where you have navigated to when using a keyboard only. Keyboard navigation does not always follow a logical order

  • No skip to main content button on some of the webpages

  • New tabs or windows open without alerting the user

  • Pop-ups open without alerting the user

  • Some URLs have no title HTML attribute, making Screen Readers read out the hyperlink’s full URL, even though the user does not see a naked URL

  • Not all headings are formatted correctly to be recognised by Screen Readers

  • Tooltips do not appear when navigating with keyboard only, or with assistive software

Feedback and contact information

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If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Enforcement procedure

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:

Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

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British Sign Language service

Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8.00am to 12.00am, 7 days a week.

Contact Scotland BSL service details

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

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The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard

Non accessible content

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The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:


We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') on how we are improving our site accessibility.

We are working towards solving these problems and expect significant improvements by February 2025. The site is fully within our control

Disproportionate burden

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We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix

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

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At this time, we believe no content is outwith the scope of the accessibility regulations

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

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We will continue to address and make improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by February 2025

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website

Preparation of this accessibility statement

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This statement was prepared on 15th September 2021. It was last reviewed on 14th March 2024.

The website was last tested in February 2024. The testing was carried out by Library and University Collections, Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a PC, primarily using Microsoft Edge alongside Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:

WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey

The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.

We ran automated testing using WAVE WebAIM and then manual testing that included:

  • Spell check functionality;

  • Scaling using different resolutions and reflow;

  • Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc);

  • Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps;

  • Data validation;

  • Warning of links opening in new tab or window;

  • Information conveyed in the colour or sound only;

  • Flashing, moving or scrolling text;

  • Operability if Javascript is disabled;

  • Use with screen reading software (for example JAWS);

  • Assistive software (TextHelp Read and Write, Windows Magnifier, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, TalkBack and VoiceOver);

  • Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content;

  • Time limits;

  • Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS).