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Accessibility Statement

This is the official accessibility statement for Plus web site. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email the developer and owner of the web site at ibaritakis[at]runaway|gr.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

You can see in the link of every page (menu on top, submenu on the right and quick menu at the bottom) that there is an underlined letter, this is the access key for the corresponding page. Please note that in order this feature to work, your browser must be Javascript enabled.

However the main pages on this site define the following access keys:

Standards compliance

  1. All pages on this site are Bobby AA approved, complying with all the Bobby guidelines. This is always a judgement call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. A review of all the guidelines has been made and believed that all these pages are in compliance.
  2. All pages on this site are WCAG AA approved, complying wih all priority 1, 2, and most of 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
  3. All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. Again, a judgement call. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
  4. All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.1. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, check this page for XHTML validity.
  5. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H2 tags are used for main titles, H3 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.
  6. All pages on this site use valid cascading style sheets for visual layout. For example, check this page for CSS validity.

Every page in this web site is built with: valid XHTML 1.1 – valid CSS and conforms a Double-A Level for Accessibility.

Links

  1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
  2. Links are written to make sense out of context.
  3. Οι σύνδεσμοι προς εξωτερικούς δικτυακούς τόπους σημειώνονται από ενδεικτικό εικονάκι.

Images

  1. All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
  2. Complex images include LONGDESC attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.

Visual design

  1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
  2. This site uses relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified “text size” option in visual browsers.
  3. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
  4. Η εμφάνιση του περιεχόμενου κάθε ιστοσελίδας προσαρμόζεται ανάλογα με την συσκευή εξόδου, π.χ. σε μία εκτυπωμένη σελίδα “αποκρύπτεται” άσκοπη για το μέσον πληροφορία όπως το μενού πλοήγησης, το χρώμα στους συνδέσμους, χρώματα και σχέδια υπόβαθρου κλπ.
  5. Για θέματα ευχρηστίας, υπάρχει συνέπεια στον τρόπο που εμφανίζονται όλοι οι σύνδεσμοι, π.χ. με κόκκινο χρώμα.

Accessibility references

  1. W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
  2. W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
  3. W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer’s guide to accessibility.
  4. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility software

  1. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
  2. Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
  3. Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
  4. Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
  5. Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.

Accessibility services

  1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
  2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
  3. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
  4. Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.