About

We’re a small, but busy digital content consultancy and training provider.  Based in northern Victoria, we work with clients around Australia. We’ve been in business since 2006.

Our 'team' of one

4 Syllables is now a one-person, home-based operation (after a ‘tree change’ at the end of 2014).

Hire us and you’ll be working with Dey Alexander.

Dey has worked on digital projects since 1989 when she ran a bulletin board system called Euphoria. Her first digital content project was Philosophy in Cyberspace. Published on gopher, then on the web in 1993, it was also published in two print editions.

Starting out as a developer, Dey’s focus soon shifted from making websites to making them work well. She led a small user experience design team at Monash University in the early 2000s.

Since 2006, Dey’s work has focused on digital content.  She’s a big fan of simplicity, universal design, and plain language.

Dey is a co-founder of the Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities, and a member of the Information Architecture Institute,  the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group and Plain Language Association International.

Our partner

We partner with Vision Australia, offering workshops as part of their accessibility education program.

Vision Australia: Blindness, Low Vision, Opportunity

Our 10+ year partnership demonstrates our commitment to, and expertise in, web accessibility.

Our clients

We’re lucky enough to work with some great people and organisations, all around Australia.

In 2019, we’re working with:

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  • Department of Jobs and Small Business
  • Monash University
  • Municipal Association of Victoria
  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Queensland
  • Victoria SES