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Accessibility... The Basics.Alan Cole An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access the infomation contained within it. An inportant subset of accessibility is allowing people with visual, aural, or physical disabilities full access to the information and services available in the same way as able-bodied people. Ensuring that your website is not dependant on particular hardware or software is also an important consideration when building accessible websites. Is it worth it
Few organizations can afford to deliberately miss this market sector. On top of this, accessible web design contributes to advantages for able-bodies users too. Accessible websites:
Other extremely important benefits that make accessible websites worthwhile are that:
What does it entail Many techniques involved in making your website accessible will have no effect whatsoever on the final look and feel of your site for the majority of users. It will however allow users with disabilities to use assitive devices such as screen readers to read text out aloud to them and assistive input devices for people with physical disabilities to access and use your site. Some of the key concepts are:
Other benefits The robots that search engines use to catalogue your website are essentially blind visitors to your site. Accessible websites are therefore more search engine friendly and result in better search engine rankings and ultimately more visitors to your site. Other advantages include:
I believe accessibility is beneficial for all involved and should be a consideration of every website.
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