Kavi Accessibility Guidelines

Following accessibility guidelines helps to ensure that Kavi software can be navigated and read by everyone regardless of location, experience, or the type of computer technology used. Accessibility guidelines often specifically address the needs of people with disabilities, but also address the needs of users in different contexts, such as those with text-only browsers or who do not have a sound card on their computer.

Why Kavi Sites Need to Be Accessible

  1. Crafting accessible web sites is the right thing to do.
    Making sure a web site will work well for the blind, the PDA users, the elderly, and the plugin-inhibited expresses goodwill, caring, and a rejection of technological prejudice that lets us all be better human beings.
  2. Accessible web sites are easier to use
    Writing accessible code will increase the usability of the web site, as many accessibility techniques have nice usability side effects. For example, including label tags in your online forms will help text readers use the web form AND increase the clickable area of radio buttons and checkboxes, a nice usability bonus.
  3. Accessible web sites are better for search engines
    Lean, semantically correct, and well-organized code is key to accessibility. These coding practices also organize web pages to strongly emphasize the page's most important messages in a way that resonates with search engines.

The Guidelines

Kavi strives to be compliant with the guidelines for accessibility outlined by the W3C and the US government.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG)
W3 Web Accessibility Initiative: includes links to the standard and other resources
Section 508 Subpart B, Subsection 1194.22
www.section508.gov
Section 508 guidelines apply specifically to US government-funded web sites. In general, they are based on WCAG guidelines, so if a site passes a WCAG check, it should also be Sec. 508 compliant. Because this standard is more specifically recognized by organizations with government involvement, sites should be checked against both standards.