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Key to successful web : Accessibility and usability
Forum on E- Accessibility in Singapore: Jointly organized by Design AFA and DPA on 22nd June 2007
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Relation between Usability & Accessibility

 “An accessible web is more usable, and a usable web is more accessible because both promote good design”  
Accessibility improve usability for other users; usability improve accessibility and both are essential for "Universal Design"
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Importance of Usability & Accessibility in E-Governance

 An E-Government will be successful when it will accesses by all types of disabled user, elderly citizen as well as users having slow internet connection or lowest configuration of PC.An E-Government for all will not only provide access to all but it will also enhance USABILITY. World Accessibility
Universal Accessibility is important and a government website in particular should be designed in such a way that it is accessible to all of its users. In other words, support has to be provided for users with physical, environmental and / or technical limitations. Physical limitations include varying degree of vision, hearing, mobility or cognitive impairment. Environmental limitations include poor lighting and a noisy work place, and technical limitations stem from lower version (or text only) browsers, low display resolutions and low settings for number of colours displayed etc.
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Web Accessibility Hand Book
Download Web Accessibility Handbook size - 527KB Universal Web Accessibility Hand Book
Published by DPA, Singapore with the support of MCYS.
Launched on 18 October 2003 by Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, Minister of State for Ministry of Health & Transport.
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Accessibe to All
The business and social aspects of Web Accessibility:
  Enhanced market share and audience
 Elegant and usable designs
 Display according to each device; screen, print, handheld, etc.
 Pages load faster and are less bandwidth intensive than most non standard designs
 Demonstrate social awareness and responsibility
 Easier maintenance of sites
 Improved search engine placement
 Sites scale font size better to suit individual needs
 Reduce legal liability by providing online access to goods, services and info, required of government, educational, corporate and business sites to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities
 

Web Accessibility in Singapore:

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First website in Singapore to take initiative in Web Accessibility. DPA website can be access by all.
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Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports; First Government website accessible for all.

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 Web sites are locking out the disabled
 Where Are Some Good eGovernment Websites?
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Disabilities
The major categories of disability types are
Vision blindness Visual blindness, low vision, color-blindness
Motor inability Motor inability to use a mouse, slow response time, limited fine motor control
Hearing deafness Hearing deafness
Cognitive learning Cognitive learning disabilities, istractibility, inability to remember or focus on large amounts of information
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