Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2

Chapter 19. Accessibility Features in Expression Web 2

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• An Introduction to Accessibility

• Designing for Accessibility

• Using the Accessibility Checker

• Generating Accessibility Reports

• Lagniappe: Seeing Color

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An Introduction to Accessibility

It’s amazing to think that despite the fact that the World Wide Web is in its infancy, access to it has become such an integral part of our lives. Access to the Web is quickly becoming not just a convenience, but a necessity.

This sense of necessity has largely driven the need for computer applications and Web sites to be accessible to people who may have hearing loss, low vision, or other disabilities. In fact, in 1998, Congress enacted the Workforce Investment Act, ...