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Individuals are accessing the Web using
increasingly diverse technologies. For example, visitors to your site
may...
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use a monitor with low resolution (e.g., 640 x
480)
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use a monitor with high resolution (e.g., 1400
x 1050)
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use a small-screen single-color handheld
computer
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interact with your site using a telephone-based
Web service, and press buttons to navigate
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interact with your site via the mobile Internet
system installed in their car, using speech input and output
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listen to your site using an electronic screen
reader
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use a computer without sound, or due to a
disability may be unable to hear sound
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use a computer with no mouse, or due to a
disability may be unable to use a mouse.
This list could go on and on. In order to ensure
that all users can access your Web Content, it is important to (a) be
aware that individuals will access your content using a variety of
technologies, and (b) follow basic principles of accessible web
design.
The following collection of resources is intended
to help you in understanding accessible web design principles. For
additional information, please contact Terry Thompson, technology
accessibility specialist and visiting scholar at Woodring College of
Education. Terry can be reached by phone at (360) 650-2136 or by email
at Terry.Thompson@wwu.edu
General Information
Guidelines and Standards
Microsoft FrontPage Resources
Evaluation & Repair Tools
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