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What is Web Accessibility? |
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Some might say that the World Wide Web is the best thing that ever happened to people who are blind or visually impaired. We read newspapers on the day they're published, order groceries and know the prices before we check out, and find out what titles are on a CD before we make our selection.
But not every web page is optimally designed for use by web surfers with visual impairments. When a page is built without regard to proper web design, the technology that keeps users in the Web falls apart.
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Everyone Benefits From Accessible Web Sites |
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| The same good techniques that make web pages accessible to those of us who use assistive technology benefit users of other devices as well. For example, people with... |
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Slow Internet connections |
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Devices that do not show color |
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Devices such as cell phones that have tiny screens |
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| all make use of design features such as alt-text and keyboard access. While a highly motivated and patient person browsing the web with a tiny handheld monitor might find it possible to navigate your site, unlabeled graphics and vast navigation bars filled with indecipherable graphics might well render your site unusable |
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| Web Accessibility Hand Book |
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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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| Accessibility Evaluation |
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Free accessibility evaluation of your website by our Experts ..... |
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| The business and social aspects of Web Accessibility: |
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Enhanced market share and audience |
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Elegant and usable designs |
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Display according to each device; screen, print, handheld, etc. |
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Pages load faster and are less bandwidth intensive than most non standard designs |
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Demonstrate social awareness and responsibility |
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Easier maintenance of sites |
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Improved search engine placement |
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Sites scale font size better to suit individual needs |
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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 |
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Web Accessibility in Singapore: |
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News Section |
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| Disabilities |
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| The major categories of disability types are |
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Visual blindness, low vision, color-blindness |
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Motor inability to use a mouse, slow response time, limited fine motor control |
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Hearing deafness |
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Cognitive learning disabilities, istractibility, inability to remember or focus on large amounts of information |
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