Accessibility

Accessibility

How accessible this website is:

The resources within this website have been made with accessbility in mind. In pariticular, we have tried to make the resources as accessible as possible by:

  • including either alt text or audio tracks alongside visual compoents.
  • splitting large blocks of writing into smaller chunks.
  • presenting material in different ways.
  • including subtitles for videos.
  • providing explanations or definitions for difficult words and phrases.

We're confident that our website is largely accessible; however, we know that there may be some issues:

  • although every effort has been made to make documents accessible to screen readers, some documents may not read correctly
  • you may not be able to access all content by using the keyboard alone
  • not all media will have a transcript, or be subtitled, (where possible and applicable audio descriptions and subtitles have been used)
  • some text may not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window or use certain levels of magnification
  • some older documents (PDF, PowerPoint, Word) are (may not be) not fully accessible to screen reader software

Further information on specific services and escalation routes is provided in Appendix 1.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, Easy Read, audio recording or braille, please get in touch:

We’ll reply to reports within as soon as possible and will aim to provide a workable solution as soon as possible and no later than seven days.

You can also write to us at: 

Walter Scott Research Centre,

SLLMVC

University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant Number AH/V011111/1.

It is part of The Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott's Poetry: Engaging New Audiences. It was developed by Dr Anna Fancett as part of the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen with the support of Abbotsford, Scott's home in the Scottish Borders and The Association for Scottish Literature.