How the Web Discriminates

• Sensory – ability to see or hear the web page

  • Partially Sighted/Blind

  • Colour Blind - 9-10% of men in the UK – most with red/green problems, some blue/yellow

  • Hard of hearing/Deaf

• Assistive Technologies:

• Text-to-Speech: Screen Readers and Voice Browsers

  • Particularly useful for the blind, and partially sighted

• Example with fourquarters own website.

Disability and the Web – Sensory Impairments

Web Accessibility: Introduction