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Web accessibility

Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality. For example, when a site is coded with semantically meaningful HTML, with textual equivalents provided for images and with links named meaningfully, this helps blind users using text-to-speech software and/or text-to-Braille hardware.

Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.

 

Use keyboard shortcuts

 

  • Many features and commands are available directly by using the keyboard. You can press the TAB key and SHIFT+TAB to move back and forth between elements on any page. You can also find keyboard shortcuts for many commands.
  • This page lists the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7. These are useful for people who have difficulty using a mouse or want to reduce the amount they use the mouse.

 

Images, alternative text, and display settings

People with visual disabilities cannot see images (such as files in JPEG, GIF, or PNG formats), and rely on the use of alternative text for images on a site. Without well-written and informative alternative text visually impaired users have no way to understand the meaning of the images on a page.

The alternative text also appears in visual browsers if the image does not load or if the rendering of images is not enabled for a browser.

 

I am blind

You can make your computer talk in a number of ways, which can be a valuable facility for people who have difficulties with reading, for someone who can't see very well or at all, and for those who need to give their eyes a rest.

Navigation

The page and navigation elements on the portal follow a logical and intuitive tab order. The tab order is the order in which you move the focus from one UI element to another by pressing the TAB key. In addition, the portal use breadcrumb navigation links that identify where the current page or site fits into the overall hierarchy of portal.

 

I can't see very well

 

  • Use Magnifier now , the built-in magnification feature in Windows 7.
    You can start Magnifier at any time by pressing the Windows key and '+' (plus), which is also the shortcut for zooming in.
  • Use Zooming In and Out ,
    • Pressing the Ctrl Key and '+' (plus), which is also the shortcut for zooming in.
    • Pressing the Ctrl Key and '-' (plus), which is also the shortcut for zooming out.
    • Pressing the Ctrl Key and '0' (plus), which is also the shortcut for Reset to the default browser size.