DCMS trial new service to widen access to web site
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport are trialling a new service - delivered by phoneanything.com - designed to make their web site more accessible:
DCMS Becomes First Government Department To Open Its Website To Non Computer Users
New initiative also helps open up Government information to the blind and partially sighted
Our website, containing details of DCMS activities, changes in the law and job vacancies has been made available by telephone, to people without access to a computer. The DCMS is the first Government department to do so.
The blind and partially sighted, around 90 per cent of whom do not have computers, will also benefit.
From 4 May anyone will be able to ring 0845 333 0850 (local rate charges) to gain voice access to the entire content of the DCMS website from any telephone. The service will begin with a three-month trial.
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