Accessibility statement
This is the official accessibility statement for bionicpixel.net. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email accessibility@bionicpixel.net
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key then follow this with the enter/return key.
All pages on this site can be accesible by the following access keys:
Access key 1 = Home Page
Access key 2 = Why Bionic Pixel?
Access key 3 = Services and Solutions
Access key 4 = Showcase centre
Access key 5 = Support and Contacts
Access key 6 = Accessibility statement
Access key 7 = Privacy statement
Access key 8 = Site Map
Standards compliance
this site validates as XHTML 1.0 transitional.
Navigation aids
All pages have rel=previous, next, up, and home links to aid navigation in text-only browsers. Netscape 6 and Mozilla users can also take advantage of this feature by selecting the View menu, Show/Hide, Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show Always).
Links
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
Links are written to make sense out of context.
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes. Complex images include LONGDESC attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
Visual design
This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all - the content of each page is still readable.
Accessibility references
W3 accessibility guidelines which explains the purposes behind each guideline.
W3 accessibility techniques which explains how to implement each guideline.
W3 accessibility checklist a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
Accessibility software
JAWS a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited downloadable demo is available.
Home Page Reader a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
Lynx a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
Links a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
Opera a visual browser with many accessibility-related features including text zooming, user stylesheets and image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux and several other operating systems.
Related resources
WebAIM a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
Designing More Usable Web Sites a large list of additional resources.
Accessibility books we recommend
Joe Clark: Building Accessible Websites. Comprehensive but not overwhelming.
Jim Thatcher and others: Constructing Accessible Web Sites. Less comprehensive than Joe's book - but goes into greater depth in the topics it covers. Gives screenshots of how various screen readers and alternative browsers interpret various tags and markup. Also has an amazing chapter on the current state of legal accessibility requirements.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email accessibility@bionicpixel.net
