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Accessibility
This website uses accesskeys as well as a variety of other techniques for facilitating access by persons using adaptive technology. H T M L topics are also written as phonetic tags, except in sample code.
Accesskeys
Accesskeys in the site are as follows (use "alt" plus the key for PCs, "control" plus the key for Macs):
C = Jump to page content
0 = Accessibility information about the site
1 = Home page
2 = What's new
3 = Site map
4 = Go to search
9 = Comments
U = Tutorial section
F = Formats section
G = Tags section
L = Tools section
R = Resources section
Q = Questions section
B = Site description (About)
E = Email to webmaster
P = Jump to section navigation
Numbered accesskeys reflect recommendations by the UK Government (http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-government/resources/handbook/html/2-4.asp).
Other Techniques
Besides accesskeys, this site utilizes numerous other accessibility techniques:
- Tab Indexes: Ensure logical ordering of links.
- Skip Links: Provide jumps to search, content and accessibility information.
- Headings: Provide hierarchy of page content.
- Alt Tags for Graphics: Describe content of images.
- Numbered Lists: Provide context to adaptive technology users.
- Table Column Headings, Summaries and Captions: Allow cell content to be associated with headings, provide descriptions of tables.
- Cascading Style Sheets: Relative font sizes enable users to enlarge text in their browsers.
- Link Titles: Provide additional information about links.
- Descriptive Text for Charts: Enables verbal description of chart content.
- Form Labels, Legends and IDs: Allow screen readers to associate labels with content.
- Phonetic Tags: Provide common pronunciation of alt tags.
- Examples of Accessible Code: Enable developers to duplicate code used in this website.
Phonetic Tags
Tags that are described in this website generally do not have brackets and are broken into words so they will be pronounced correctly by screen readers. This is true except for examples of code.
