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key 1 is our homepage, access key 9 is feedback/contact, access
key 0 is our accessibility statement.
View our accessibility statement Yale University Resource Office on
Disabilities Accessibility statement
This is the
official accessibility statement for Special Needs Awareness and Peer
Services (SNAPS). If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email
me at evan.ortiz@yale.edu. Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to
specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can
press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access
key. All pages on this site define the
following access keys:
Standards compliance
1. All pages on
this site are Bobby AAA approved, complying with
all the
Bobby guidelines. SNAPS believes that all these
pages are in compliance. 2. All pages on
this site is WCAG
AAA approved,
complying wih all priority
1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines. SNAPS believes that all these pages
are in compliance. 3. All pages on
this site are Section 508 approved,
complying with all of the U.S.
Federal Government Section 508
Guidelines. SNAPS believes that all these pages
are in compliance. 4. All pages on
this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict. SNAPS believes that these pages are in compliance. Navigation aids
1. All pages on
this site include a consistent set of global navigation links. Links
1. Many links have
title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text
of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an
article). 2. Wherever
possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page
Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow
the user to browse the list, separately from the page. 3. Link text is
never duplicated; two links with the same link text always point to the same
address. 4. There are no “javascript:” pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser,
even if scripting is turned off. 5. There are no
links that open new windows without warning. 6. Links are
written to make sense out of context. Images
1. All content
images used in this site include descriptive Visual design
1. This site uses
only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text
size" option in visual browsers. 2. If your browser
or browsing device does not support stylesheets at
all, the content of each page is still readable. Accessibility references
1. W3 accessibility guidelines,
which explains the reasons behind each guideline. 2. W3
accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline. 3. W3
accessibility checklist, a developer's guide to accessibility. 4. U.S.
Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines. Accessibility software
1. JAWS, a
screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available. 2. Home Page Reader, a screen
reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available. 3. Lynx, a free text-only web browser for
blind users with refreshable Braille displays. 4. Links, a free text-only web browser
for visual users with low bandwidth. 5. Opera, a visual browser with many
accessibility-related features, including text
zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free
downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux,
and several other operating systems. Accessibility services
1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages
for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial
version is also available. 2. HTML Validator,
a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards. 3. Web Page Backward Compatibility
Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features. 4. Lynx Viewer, a free
service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx. 5. Vischeck, a way of showing you
what things look like to someone who is color blind. You can try
Vischeck online- either run Vischeck on
your own image files or run Vischeck on a web
page. Related resources
1. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to
improving accessibility to online learning materials. 2. Designing More Usable Web Sites,
a large list of additional resources. Accessibility books SNAPS recommends
1.
Dive Into Accessibility, 30
days to a more accessible web site. Accessibility links SNAPS recommends
1.
Google Accessible Search: http://labs.google.com/accessible/ |
