Accessbility Statement

This is the accessibility statement for yiqianzi.net. I'd like to give a huge thank you to Dive Into Accessibility for teaching me about accessibility, for an inspiring read, and for most of the actual content of this very accessibility statement.

Access Keys

Most browsers suport 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.

The home page and all archives define the following access keys:

  • Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
  • Access key 1 - Home page
  • Access key p - Previous entry/archive
  • Access key n - Next entry/archive

Standards Compliance

  1. All pages on the site validate as HTML 4.01 Transitional. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid HTML. For example, check the home page for HTML validity.
  2. All CSS validates.
  3. All pages use structured semantic markup. For instance, <h1> tags are used for the title of the site, <h2> tags are used for page titles, and <h3> tags are used for individual entries.

Navigation Aids

  1. All archive pages have rel=prev, next, and start links to aid navigation in text-only browsers and screen readers.

Links

  1. Many links use title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target. Most modern browsers display the value of the title attribute as a tooltip.
  2. Links are written to make sense out of context.
  3. There are no javascript: pseudo-links.

Images

  1. All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual Design

  1. This site uses cascading style sheets for layout.
  2. This site uses only 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.

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.

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.

Related Resources

  1. Dive Into Accessibility, a web site dedicated to answering the questions "Why should I make my web site more accessible?" and "How can I make my web site more accessible?"
  2. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
  3. Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.
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