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Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |2 | WHO's context UN Convention for the rights of people with disabilities WHO task force on disabilities: to make WHO more accessible to people with disabilities, and to mainstream disabilities in all our activities.

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4 |4 | WHO's web publishing context

Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |5 | How did we evaluate accessibility? Hired an external company (Webcredible) to evaluate the site (2005) Main focus was on visual impairment The websites are tested against best practice guidelines –the World-wide Web Consortium (W3C) –the company's in-house research

Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |6 | Results – what was good WHO site offered reasonable accessibility Where there were problems, tend to be the same throughout (i.e. wrong but consistent) Some recurring problems were very simple to correct Many changes have been made, not obvious to non-disabled users

Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |7 | Results – what we have done Alternative texts for images Non-standard use of the web system (hardcoding) Skip tags for screen readers Transcripts of audio files Training materials updated Advocacy with users of the web publishing system Woman lying on a sofa These were difficult for many screen readers

Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |8 | Results – what we still need to fix Home page – layout is table-based Colour contrast (headings, links) Resizable text Accessible pdfs Subtitling of videos Writing for the Web – top pages are still very complicated and difficult Accessibility training

Accessibility and WHO's web site | 2 Feb |9 | Everyone wins! Accessible site are easier for all Non-disabled people Search engines Cross-browser compatibility