Accessibility on the BBC

Designing a more accessible web - Katie Ledger reports

People who find it difficult to use a computer keyboard and mouse, can turn to other devices to navigate the internet, but if the site has not been designed with accessibility in mind, using the web can prove to be a frustrating experience.

What does web accessibility mean to you? Probably not a lot. But to some it is the key to actually being able to use the internet. For a lot more of us though, it might mean a quicker, simpler and easier web experience.

In 2004, the UK's Disability Rights Commission investigated 1,000 websites. It found that 800 of those sites failed to meet minimum accessibility standards set by the web's regulatory body, the World Wide Web Consortium.

Read the full article by Katie Ledger on the BBC website.