National Trust virtual tours win national award

Monday 8 December 2008

The National Trust's virtual tour project, designed, developed and produced by Corvidae, has won the prestigious 2008 Jodi Award for Excellence in Accessible Digital Media.

The judges' notes praised the tours highly, saying that "the standardised layout of the interactive Virtual Tours enable a consistent and reliable experience for disabled people". They also praised Corvidae's team, who represented the Trust's Access for All office during the assessment of the tours, saying they were "outstanding in the way they worked with (and received constructive criticism from) our on-site accessibility testers, and have exhibited a genuine institutional and informed commitment to this project and the values at its core." The assessors described the result as a “visually gorgeous experience” that “surpasses anything else we have experienced of a similar nature”, concluding that "we really cannot imagine anything which could come so close to representing the physical journey".

You can now view a special on-line version of the tour of Dunham Massey on this site.

About the Jodi Awards

The awards are presented in memory of Jodi Mattes (1973-2001), who worked at the British Museum and put immense efforts into ensuring that web content was accessible to all users. Originally awarded specifically for on-line projects, since 2007 the awards have also recognised excellence in accessible digital media installed on site at museums and heritage sites.