The world wide web is becoming an enabler and
a great source of freedom for all audiences. Because the web is
democratic in nature and accessible to almost everyone, it helps people
from all walks of life, even those with disabilities, participate, share,
and contribute to society.
At Userking, we design and build websites with usability and accessibility
in mind. We know that accessibility makes "conversion" easier for more
visitors which definitely affects the bottom-line. In addition, it helps
with search engine optimization.
Accessibility Must Haves:
- Every image, Java applet, Flash file, video file, audio file,
plug-in, etc. that conveys content has an equivalent alt description
or text description.
- Complex graphics (graphs, charts, etc.) are accompanied by detailed
text descriptions.
- The alt descriptions succinctly describe the content conveyed
by the objects, without being too verbose.
- Descriptions for images used as links are descriptive of the
link destination.
- Decorative graphics with no other function are inserted as background
images using CSS or have empty alt descriptions.
- Style sheets may be used for layout, but the document is still
understandable (even if less visually appealing) when the style
sheet is turned off.
- Separate text links are provided outside of the server-side image
map to access the same content that the image map hot spots access.