Web
Accessibility: Dear friends, I am landing here with some of my thoughts
about the Website/Electronic content accessibility. This is like a " B
‘day and B ‘day Cake “which everyone should celebrate and taste it or "It
is mandatory for all agencies to make website usable for all type of
users"
I have work out on web
accessibility and got lots of information this is pretty well term to access
website or electronic content for physically challenged peoples. This is
basically an amendment by US Government how to make our electronic content
accessible which comes under section 508.
In August 1998 Us
Government passed one law for electronic content accessibility, which is really
helpful for disable, younger, older age internet users. It help the other users
also whose are temporary disable (Slow internet connection, lack of devices
etc.) It's really emphasized the user to access the content fast as everyone
expect. We can use progressive enhancement also to access usable
content from the internet, which is really helpful for all type of users.
Understanding the Four
Principles of Accessibility:
The guidelines and
Success Criteria are organized around the following four principles, which lay
the foundation necessary for anyone to access and use Web content. Anyone who
wants to use the Web must have content that is:
1. Perceivable
- Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in
ways they can perceive.
o This
means that users must be able to perceive the information being presented (it
can't be invisible to all of their senses)
2. Operable
- User interface components and navigation must be operable.
o This
means that users must be able to operate the interface (the interface cannot
require interaction that a user cannot perform)
3. Understandable
- Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.
o This
means that users must be able to understand the information as well as the
operation of the user interface (the content or operation cannot be beyond
their understanding)
4. Robust
- Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide
variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
o This
means that users must be able to access the content as technologies advance (as
technologies and user agents evolve, the content should remain accessible)
If any of these are not
true, users with disabilities will not be able to use the Web.
I will be back with my next
article for you with some technology of information accessibility, how to
make it for our Websites.
Will be back soon !!!