Welcome to [website name]. [Website name] aims to raise awareness of Web Accessibility for the blind and visually impaired users by providing information about Web Accessibility for the blind and visually impaired.
The site contains background information about Web Accessibility and blind and visually impaired users. The background information includes the benefits and myths of Web Accessibility as well as other useful information such as the number of blind and visually impaired users that use the Internet. [website name] also contains information about the various types of assistive technology the blind and visually impaired users use to access the Internet.
Web Accessibility for all disabilities is becoming an increasing important issue. Many companies are now becoming increasingly aware of the legal issues related to Web Accessibility. [Website name] provides information about the legal legislation that in place around the world relating to Web Accessibility. This site also provides information about the standards that companies can follow in order to meet the legislation.
[Website name] provides information about how the various elements on a website can be made accessible to blind and visually impaired users. As well describing the methods, working examples and sample source code are provided.
Once a web developer has completed there site they will require a method of testing the accessibility of there site to blind and visually impaired users. [Website name] provides information and links to tools that a web developer can use to test there site for accessibility, not to blind and visually impaired users but also users with other types of disabilities E.g. deaf users.
HTML is not the only language that web developers use to develop web pages. HTML is increasingly being replaced by other web development languages such as XHTML. [Website name] provides some information about the accessibility features of these web development languages and how these features can be used to make pages written using these languages accessible to blind and visually impaired users.
If you have any questions or would like to make any comments about the content of the site or Web Accessibility for blind and visually impaired users in general, then please email [email protected].