The accessibility link is usually placed on the outside of the main viewing area of the web page such as footer area, this making it difficult to locate. For example, screen reader user would have to listen to more much content before encountering the link and maybe will give up to know more from it.
Additionally, for keyboard only users, the location of the accessibility link can result in excessive key presses in order to select and then activate the link. The Digital Media Access Group carried out much more knowledge , evaluating the Usability of Online Accessibility Information, which reviewed websites from a broad range of sectors.
Most of the accessibility statements has too much detail on conformance and technologies utilized in making the website accessible. This information shows that the website has been designed with accessibility in mind, it does not provide any benefit to general website visitors. As this information is often placed at the beginning of the accessibility statement, it is likely to confuse website visitors before they even have a chance to read about the accessibility features provided.
The example include:
- The website conforms to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Priority 1 and
- The website complies with the requirements of Section 508.
- The HTML is valid and conforms to XHTML 1.0 Strict.
- All pages on this website validate to CSS2.
With technical information, accessibility statements listed the accessibility features which they provide, rather than how to use them. The following is an example of what can typically be found in an accessibility statement:
- All text sizes are relative.
- All images have an alt attribute.
- Style sheets have been used to separate presentation from content.
- Headings are semantically marked up.
- Tables have been correctly marked up with headings.
- Link text is unique which makes it make sense when taken out of context.
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