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Joomla! Accessibility

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Joomla! Accessibility

Overview of this book

Understanding how to create accessible websites is an essential skill these days . You may even be obliged by law to create websites that are usable by the widest audience, including people with a range of disabilities.This book looks at what accessibility is and the various reasons, such as legislative or legal, as to why you really need to understand accessibility and then create websites that can be used by everyone. This book therefore examines the diverse range of user requirements that need to be considered for humans to successfully use web technologies.If you have no experience of being around, or working with, people with disabilities then it can be very difficult to successfully design user interfaces that cover their needs. This book will show you how you can both understand some of the various needs of people with disabilities and the technology they use to interact with computers and the Web.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Joomla! Accessibility
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface

Summary


In this chapter we looked at various types of disabilities as well as the variety of assistive technologies that are available. We also looked at how you can modify your browsing experience in order to try and gain a greater understanding of what it is like for people with disabilities when they go online.

We also looked at various tools you can use with your browser and some fun 'No Frills' exercises. In the next chapter we will look at the various techniques screen reader users have at their disposal when they access online content.