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EU Consultation

Part of the recent European Commission's consultation process included listening to the experience of disabled users. The results were :

What kind of accessibility problems do you encounter?

  • 10.4% - Totally inaccessible
  • 47.9% - Partially inaccessible
  • 28.1% Generally no problem
  • 13.5% - Other

Do problems exclude you from information

  • 29.7% - Yes, severely
  • 42.9% - Yes, Moderately
  • 6.6% - No, I find other ways
  • 19.8% - websites I use are accessible
  • 1.1% - No, I don't use the Internet

 

Information about Userite

The Userite team has a wide range of experience covering website design, e-government, internet services, training and marketing. Our company was established in 2000 with a mission to provide an independent, flexible service to help website owners and developers make their websites accessible and usable for the widest possible audience. Our passion is making websites inclusive to everyone.

Our team

Our technical department is led by Richard Warren. He has been working on web usability and accessibility for more than ten years and is regularly involved in EU research projects looking at the impacts of new technology on society. One of Richard's important skills is explaining technical issues in a non-technical way !

Our Sales and Marketing department is managed by Peter Fogg who joined us seven years ago after many years working for Honeywell Bull. Peter has over 30 years experience in the IT industry and is very focussed on  listening to what customers want and delivering top quality services.

Our technical team is supported by a user panel consisting of a broad range of disabled users including those who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, motor impaired and who suffer with dyslexia. There is a wide age range and the panel members undertake the tests in their normal environment, either at home or at work.

Feedback from our panel is invaluable in ensuring that our audit reports identify all areas where accessibility problems occur. They frequently find problems that are not specifically related to accessibility guidelines.

 

Some of our recent work

Below we list some recent clients and the services that we have provided.

Client Type of Project
Sultanate of Oman e-government report
Bury Council WAI/AA audit and report
Konetic / Slaughter & May WAI/A/AA certification
MONILINK Accessibility report on secure service.
Imperial College WAI tests and accessibility consultancy
FUJITSU / N.I. Courts WAI Test and training
Wandsworth Council Usability report
Uttlesford Council WAI/AA audit and report
Travelodge WAI /AA test
Borough of Poole WAI/AA report
Worthing District Council WAI/AA report
Eaga Partnership Usability & accessibility training
Spendvision Ltd Internet application accessibility report
Bradford Housing Assn WAI test

 

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Some comments from our customers

“Many thanks for all your help with this.  The efficient and personal liaising with Konetic on ensuring that this was achieved successfully and within the strained deadlines, has been very much appreciated”

Rohima Mirza    Konetic

"thanks a million for all your help along the way; I wouldn’t have been able to make heads or tails of the guidelines on my own. "

Siobhan O'Neill    N.I.Courts

“You've clearly ripped our website to shreds in your report - which is entirely justified and exactly what we were looking for. Your thoroughness is obvious in your work and if your company ever needs a reference or a testimonial please don't hesitate to turn our way.”

John Hammond   CV Centre

“The USERITE (www.userite.com) team has 25 years relevant experience, which includes milestone EU and UK e-government contracts. The positive and negative comments in their report demonstrates editorial integrity.”
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“We have had a very productive meeting this morning concerning the recommendations for Thanet as a result of the recent Accessibility Audit and many of the amendments are already in hand”
Roz Edridge  Thanet DC