How this Service Benefits You
Provides
improved accessibility for all users, with and without disabilities.
For example, providing non-graphically intensive versions of web pages
allows viewers with slow Internet connections the ability to quickly
scan a site for the desired content.
Provides
increased sales potential
Allows for online services and programs to be more accessible.
With 54 million disabled Americans, improved accessibility will mean increased revenues and better services.
Examples of types of disabilities:
- Visual: Blindness or low vision.
- Auditory: Hard of hearing or deafness.
- Physical: Any physiological disorder that affects one or more of the body systems, such as limited mobility of hand functions.
- Learning: Learning disabilities can interfere with activities of daily living that require reading, writing and/or math skills.
Provides
greater access to users with disabilities:
Assistive technology is becoming more prevalent as people with disabilities continue to integrate with computing systems; however, many web sites make use of multimedia and format their content without regard to audiences with disabilities.
Examples of Assistive Technology
- Visual: Screen Reader, Braille Embosser, Screen Magnifier, etc.
- Auditory: Assistive Learning Devices, Chat Software, Speech Communication Devices, etc.
- Physical: On-Screen Key Boards, Voice Command and Control, Word Prediction Programs, etc.
- Learning: Scanners, Text Readers, etc.
These assistive technology devices are designed to help disabled individuals effectively use their computers. If web site content is not formatted correctly, then these devices will not work properly and disabled individuals will not be able to gain access to your information.
Provides
trained professionals to convert a non-compliant web site into a legally
compliant web site that is compatible with existing assistive technology
devices.
Saves internal IT staff a considerable amount of time and effort in developing highly specialized skills to make the existing web sites accessible to users with disabilities, as well as understanding ADA-related laws and their impact on web development.
IDET Communication performs all of the necessary steps to convert existing
sites to compliance on external machines and delivers the finished sites
for installation.
