Accessibility

Web Accessibility Concept

Web accessibility consists of enabling access to information regardless of disability. Many Katealegaia users have some kind of difficulty, for example:

• Hearing, vision or mobility problems.
• Difficulty reading or understanding.
• Difficulty using the mouse or keyboard.
• Device problems such as text-only browser, small screen, or slow connection.

Web Accessibility Evaluation

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines define three accessibility levels (A, Double A and Triple A) depending on whether content conforms to priorities 1, 2 and 3 of the guidelines.

The accessibility of Katealegaia has been evaluated against W3C guidelines using different tools to analyze, evaluate and correct accessibility problems.

Katealegaia currently compiles with WAI priority 1 and 2 checkpoints (WAI double A). the level of accessibility was certified by Technosite, on 29 March 2007 valid for six months.

Some other features implemented in Katealegaia to further facilitate access include:

• Text presentation (font, foreground and background colour, etc.) are defined using style sheets to allow users to override them.
• Font size is defined using relative units to allow users to adjust them in the browser.
• Readability is unaffected if the user’s browser doesn’t support style sheets.
• The page layout is clear for sighted and non-visual users with screen readers, or those with style sheets turned off. The site’s content is structured using HTML features such as section headings, and lists and other structural elements to aid comprehension.
• HTML and CSS code has been validated to ensure correct rendering in different browsers.

Non compliance with Web Accessibility Guidelines

The information contained in these pages has been generated since 2006, in accordance with current best practices. These best practices change with time and Katealegaia is responsible for applying improvements as part of the natural updating of the site’s content.