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Accessible Media

Generating Innovative and Inclusive Media for Everybody

Direct Access produces accessible and inclusive media in a variety of formats, crafting everything from large print social guides, to bespoke sign language videos for major universities, to Easy Read documents for some of the busiest rail services. Our recording studios and tactile production facilities are stationed within the Accessible Media and Innovation Centre, managed by a devout team of disabled people who aim to empower others through equal access to information.

Explore the full range of our Accessible Media Department’s variety of services below. Whether you require a tactile map of your site, an accessible “social” guide, or a comprehensive analysis of your website’s accessibility, the Direct Access media division is here to help your service become inclusive and accessible to all.

A photograph of the front cover of the Access Guide which Direct Access produced for Cannock Chase. The cover has a dark green colour scheme with a mixture of yellow and white text. It reads "Cannock Chase access guide. Welcome to the Access Guide for Cannock Chase". Underneath this text is the Cannock Chase logo. A photograph on the cover shows a young white woman with downs syndrome riding a bike with stabilisers joyfully. Next to her getting in close for a photo is a white male companion who is off his bike and holding it with one hand. He is also smiling happily. Behind them is a bike trail through some woods.

Access & Sensory

Guides

Blind middle-aged man with gray hair and beard wearing sunglasses holding cane and phone using text-to-speech function. Horizontal outdoor shot.

Audio description

and transcription

A male sign language interpreter demonstrating sign language for Courtyard in a Direct Access sign language video

Sign Language and

Captioned Videos

A scan of the COP28 UAE site map with a key and corresponding translations of map elements in a braille format.

Tactile and

Sensory Maps

A wide shot photograph of a Tactile Map Board as seen at night time within the Al Wasl dome. A small garden can be seen behind the map board.

Tactile Braille

Map Boards

Cheerful adult man with down syndrome using laptop at home.

Website

Accessibility

A white miniature model for the Expo Museum in Dubai made to replicate the shape and texture of the unconventionally shaped building. A smooth, flat base and roof surrounded at the sides by zig-zag shaped walls.

3D Printed

Tactile Models

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