Accessibility

Guidelines for how information and services can be configured to make websites accessible have been developed by WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative, a working party within W3C, World Wide Web Consortium). The EU’s member countries have agreed that public websites must comply with the guidelines. The current guidelines from WAI are called WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0). The work of making the website as good as possible from an accessibility point of view is an ongoing process.

Checklist of Guidelines for configuring accessible content on the web

Shortcuts

Persons with visual impairments and dyslexia who use various aids have if possible even greater benefit of simply and rapidly being able to find what they are looking for. The shortcuts that are used are as follows:

• S - Skip navigation, go directly to text content
• 1 – Start page
• 3 – Web map
• 8 – Adapt appearance

The shortcuts are activated by:

• PC – holding down alt + the required key + enter
• Mac - holding down ctrl and selecting the key required

Navigating with the keyboard

If you do not use the mouse to navigate the website there is the possibility of navigating using the keyboard on most modern web browsers. It is simple to navigate between the pages using ALT and the ARROW-keys:

• To go back hold down ALT + Left Arrow. To browse forward hold down ALT + Right Arrow
• To select a link use the TAB key + ENTER
• You can navigate in the pop-up menu in the page’s head using SHIFT + the Down ARROW. When you have arrived at the area you want to select press on ENTER