Accessibility Statement for https://www.statmt.org/ (Statistical and Neural Machine Translation)

This website is run by the School of Informatics. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We've also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. The University also provides a page on how to alter your browser to improve the accessibility of web pages - www.ed.ac.uk/about/website/accessibility/customising-site

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

Page regions are not always indicated
Keyboard navigation may not always work
Alt text missing from some images
Pre 2019 PDFs may not be as accessible

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please contact us using our contact page or call us on 0131 650 4503. We'll consider your request and get back to you as soon as we can.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this service. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us using the details on our contact page or call us on 0131 650 4503.

email webmaster@inf.ed.ac.uk
or use the support web form

Enforcement procedure

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).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

The Informatics Forum is on the AccessAble accessibility guide. Search for "Informatics".
The building is fully wheelchair accessible, and the front reception desk has an induction loop.
Find out how to contact us at www.ed.ac.uk/informatics/about/contact

Technical information about this website's accessibility

The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:

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Missing alternative text - buttons
- 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)
  - Chrome Extension - pause.svg
  - Chrome Extension - cancel.svg
Empty button
- 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)
- 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)
  - Chrome Extension - pause.svg
  - Chrome Extension - cancel.svg

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We acknowledge that this website contains PDF documents published before 23 September 2018 which do not meet current accessibility standards. These documents are exempt from the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 due to their age. We are not required to make these specific documents accessible, though we aim to provide accessible alternatives where feasible upon request.

We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') on how we are improving our site accessibility.

Disproportionate burden

We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they're accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix archive material such as news articles published before 2018.

Regulations for PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We regularly review the content on our site, and fix and improve any issues discovered.
We respond and investigate any accessibility issues brought to our attention.
Remove old content that is no longer required.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 06/08/2026. It was last reviewed on 40/09/2026.

This website was last tested on 06/08/2026. The test was carried out by our own computing staff. With a mixture of automated (Lighthouse and WAVE chrome extension) and manual testing.

Change log

04/09/2026 - Improved autoindex generated content to include language and remove HTML table markup.