With the enhancement in technology, it has become essential that web is accessible to all the people including the disabled. Explore with us some of the important aspects related to Web Accessibility.

1. Making Web Accessible With
Web Accessibility

2. Web Accessibility
Web accessibility facilitates the differently abled people to access the web. In simple
words, the people with disability can easily perceive and understand the content
which is available on the web.
There are millions people who are unable to properly access the WEB. Accessibility
could also be beneficial for old people whose abilities deteriorate due to old age.
With the increase in number of software tools and websites, differently abled people
are able to use the web more effectively.

3. Perceive and
Understand
The Site
Visitor
(disabled one)
01
02
03
Content
available on
Web
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4. Types of Disabilities
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5. Need of Web Accessibility
Web is essential for various domains of life. They could be:
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Education Employment Government Trade Health Transport

6. ● In some countries, web is replacing many traditional resources
which are serving various domains of life.
● Hence, it is required to be equally accessible to those with
disabilities. As a result, it would allow the differently abled people
to participate actively in the society.
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7. WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
In order to provide web accessibility to the differently abled people in an efficient manner,
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has defined some guidelines.
Provisions in WCAG:
● Alternatives to Text
● Alternatives to Video
● Easily adaptable content
● Add Contrast to the visible content
● Keyboard accessibility
● Seizure Content to be avoided
● Proper Navigation to be provided
● Providing proper assistance
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8. WCAG Principles
Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust
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9. Who have to follow WCAG?
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are for the group of people or entities, who upload
information on the web. These include:
• Website Content Developers (site designers, site authors, etc.)
• Web tool developers
• Web accessibility evaluation tool developers
• Those who want to implement the Web Accessibility Standards
• Those who want to implement the Mobile Accessibility Standards
An important thing to note here that WCAG is only a technical standard defined for
making web accessible for differently abled people and not an indoctrination of
accessibility.
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10. Benefits of Using Web
Accessibility
Albeit, the main objective of web accessibility is to
facilitate the differently abled people, but it is also
beneficial for those without disabilities; but they
face difficulty in accessing the web.
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Old people
People using old technologies
Smartphone users
Users who are new and not using internet frequently
Users who are new and not using internet frequently
Users who are new and not using internet frequently

12. Web Accessibility Benefits
to Old People
With the growing age, OLD people are liable to get age
related impairments. Though this can’t be termed as
disabled, they could be said to have deteriorating body
functions.
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13. Visually Impaired people can benefit from the following:
● Foreground and Background colors in Contrast
● Increased font with proper line spacing
● Including styled text rather than bitmap images for better
information transfer
● Avoiding seizure images
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14. Old people having hearing problem or slight deafness
● Transcripts and captions
provided with audio
content
● Contrast in background
sound and foreground
image

15. ● Simple Language
● Certain phrases to be provided with additional explanation
● Seamless Navigation and links
● Designs to be consistent
● Information provided in blocks
● To include text that doesn’t flash too much
● Sufficient reading time for reading content
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Web accessibility for people with low
literacy or cognitive disabilities

16. ● Provide alternatives for images & other multimedia in the form of readable text
format
● Re-coding for information and conveyed in different colors
● Contrast between foreground and background colors
● Use styled text instead of bitmap images to enhance the download speed
● Effective use of style sheets to separate content from presentation
● Reorganization of site to make it readable and understandable without style sheets
● Consistent designs and simple navigation
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Web accessibility for people who use old
technologies and low bandwidth
connections

17. Aspects of accessibility that could benefit new, infrequent and mobile users:
● Simple design and smooth navigation
● Image maps having text links
● The web content to be perceivable, understandable, operable and robust
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Web accessibility for new, infrequent
and mobile users

18. Legal acts by various governments
Governments all over the
world have introduced
laws that would require IT
products to be accessible
by differently abled people.
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19. What is VPAT?
- VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template. It evaluates how
accessible a particular product is according to Section 508 standards. It is a self
disclosing document produced by the vendor. It has been developed by ITI in
partnership with the U.S. government’s central procurement office.
- It includes the following:
● Section 508 is a must after January 2018
● Documentation of product conformance adhering to web accessibility
standards and guidelines
● It would be required by all the purchases that are related to IT industry
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20. Let’s Look at an Example of
portal with Web Accessibility
features incorporated
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23. Where Web Accessibility is Needed the
most?
Web Accessibility implementaion and compliance are required by any private or
government organization dealing in public affairs. For instance,
● PSUs (Public Sector Units)
● NGOs (Non-Government Organizations)
● Government Portals
● Large Municipal Corporations
● Utility Customer Portals
● Customer self service portals
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24. Multidots Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
C-202, Ganesh Meridian, Nr. Sola Over Bridge,
S.G. Highway, Sola Ahmedabad – 380060,
Gujarat, INDIA
+91-79-2970-8121
Multidots Inc.
2301 Gallows Road Suite 205, Dunn Loring,
Virginia – 22027, United States
+1-646-568-5447
inquiry@multidots.com inquiry.multidots
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