Website Accessibility - MobileBroadbandInfo.co.uk

Our committment

mobilebroadbandinfo.co.uk is committed to making all its website and output as accessible as possible to all audiences (including those with visual, hearing, cognitive or motor impairments) not only to fulfil our statutory obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act but also to maximise our client's return on investment.

What is accessibility?

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is affiliated with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and works with organisations around the world to increase the accessibility of the web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.

As part of this work the WAI published the first version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in 1999. These are accepted as the definitive set of international guidelines used for building accessible websites. All other guidelines and standards are derived from these.

The guidelines currently in use globally are WCAG1. These comprise of 65 checkpoints broken down into four conformance levels; "A" (A), "Double-A" (AA), and "Triple-A" (AAA):

• A - The most basic standard. Websites must comply with all of the priority one checkpoints to achieve this standard.
• AA - A higher standard than A. Websites must comply with all of the priority one and two checkpoints to achieve this standard. A Web content developer should satisfy this checkpoint.
• AAA - A high standard of accessibility. Websites must comply with all priority one, two and three checkpoints to achieve this standard. A Web content developer may address this checkpoint.

What are the guidelines?

• Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content.
• Don't rely on color alone.
• Use markup and style sheets and do so properly.
• Clarify natural language usage.
• Create tables that transform gracefully.
• Create tables that transform gracefully.
• Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes.
• Ensure direct accessibility of embedded user interfaces.
• Design for device-independence.
• Use interim solutions.
• Use W3C technologies and guidelines.
• Provide context and orientation information.
• Provide clear navigation mechanisms.
• Ensure that documents are clear and simple.

 

mobilebroadbandinfo.co.uk aims to implement all of these standards.