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[webproducers] Re: Website accessibility

From: Anders Ramsay <anders@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:14:54 -0400

Hi Keren - 

One of the most commonly referred resources is
http://www.section508.gov/
Which describes web accessibility guidelines for government sites.

Another major one is W3C's accessibility guidelines:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

-Anders

On 7/12/02 1:06 PM, Keren Solomon at kerensolomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> Hi all.
> 
> Can anybody point me to some links about website accessibility?  What's
> required under the ADA, what are best practices when trying to make a site
> accessible, etc.  There's tons of information out there, but I feel like
> much of it is outdated.  I'm trying to create an executive summary for a
> client, and I want to be able to say something like "Recent ADA-related
> legislative initiatives require that websites be accessible to users who
> blah blah blah.  When designing a site, these rules should be followed --
> include ALT tags for people who view websites in text-only mode because blah
> blah blah,  use of red-green colors schemes may make it difficult for
> color-blind users to see, blah blah blah"
> 
> If you guys could help me fill in the blah blah blahs, it would be much
> appreciated!
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> keren
> 
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