Accessibility Statement
This statement applies to this website (human-liver-map.bham.ac.uk)
The website is managed by the Research Software Group at the University of Birmingham. We are committed to improving accessibility and are actively working to enhance the user experience for everyone.
How accessible is the website
While we aim to make the website as accessible as possible, we are aware of some areas that are not currently fully accessible:
- Downloading the dataset directly from the app is currently not possible. However, the data are published alongside the paper upon which this website is based. If you require access to the dataset, please contact the research team for assistance.
- The UMAP plot’s Plotly toolbar buttons are not focusable using keyboard navigation alone. This is a known limitation of Plotly in R, and we are monitoring for improvements in future releases.
- The barplot visualisation uses color as the primary means of distinguishing groups. While we explored using shapes, this is not currently supported by Plotly in R. To improve differentiation, we have added black outlines between bar segments.
Despite these limitations, users should be able to:
- Zoom in up to 300% without problems
- Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- Use most of the website with a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver)
- Understand data tables and charts, which include descriptive labels for clarity
- View content with color contrast designed to meet accessibility guidelines
How to request content in an accessible format
If you need information from this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email bear-software@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or you think we’re not meeting the accessibility requirements, contact us.
Enforcement procedure
If you are unhappy with the response you have received from the University about your accessibility-related issue, you can make a complaint to the University by emailing accessibility-complaint@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website's accessibility
The University of Birmingham is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
We are working towards full compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard.
Non-accessible content
Some content is not fully accessible, as outlined above.
Disproportionate burden
There are no accessibility problems on this website that we wish to claim would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
We have not excluded any content from the scope of the accessibility regulations.
PDFs and other documents
Some documents may not be accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure.
Contact us to report any problems or request documents in an alternative format.
How we test this website
The website was tested internally for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) V2.2 level AA.
For more information about how we perform testing, and how we recommend others should perform such testing, please see the Advice page.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are continually testing all of our websites to improve accessibility. Future developments will be designed with accessibility as a priority.
If you know of any way that we can improve the accessibility of this website, please contact us.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was first prepared on 7 October 2025. It was last updated on 7 October 2025.