Accessibility in sight: designing for low vision | Event Details

Summary

Session 1/5 in the VerseOne Accessibility series 

Friday 6th November | 11:00 - 11:45 AM 

Tailored specifically for Housing comms, digital, marketing, and web teams.

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Your website looks fine to you. But what does it look like to a resident with low vision?

• Light grey text floating on a white background.

• A call-to-action button that blends into the background banner.

• An event poster uploaded as a flat image, with crucial details written inside that blur and break when the screen resizes.

• A photo with no alt text, leaving anyone who can't make it out with zero context.

None of these look like problems - until you see your site the way your users do.

In this live session, we'll focus entirely on the visual side of accessibility: colour, contrast, and imagery, and how each one directly impacts the residents and staff trying to use your services.

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What we'll cover

• Colour contrast: Why text that looks crystal clear to you can be entirely unreadable for someone with low vision.

• The reality of images: How visual elements and photographs actually come across to people with various visual impairments.

• Mastering alt text: How to write concise, meaningful alt text that tells users what an image actually shows (without keyword stuffing).

• The "text-in-images" trap: Why embedding text inside graphics causes massive readability issues, especially when images resize or zoom on mobile devices.

Who this session is for

This masterclass is designed specifically for public sector professionals, including:

• Communications Managers & Officers

• Digital and Marketing Leads

• Content Managers, Editors & Creators

• Website and Digital Project Leads

• UX and Service Designers

• Anyone responsible for accessibility, compliance, or user experience on their organisation's website

Who's running it

VerseOne has deployed thousands of digital solutions and spent 20+ years working hand-in-hand with the NHS and housing associations .

This session isn't based on theory - it's grounded entirely in the real-world issues, accessibility barriers,  and user feedback we see working with 50+ housing partners.

If people can't see it clearly, they can't use it.

Come and find out what your website really looks like to your users and learn practical ways to fix it.

Ready to make your digital platforms truly accessible?

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