Web accessibility website launched

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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 11:24am

The digital inclusion advocacy group Citizens Online in partnership with other organisations has launched a website to promote web accessibility.

Fix the Web is a site devoted to creating an accessible online experience for all. Volunteers are invited to get involved in three different ways;

Reporters are encouraged to tweet and email their complaints in a bid to push the owners to address the issues. Fix the Web is hoping that the number of websites reported in two years will reach 250,000.

According to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), only 19% of websites meet the minimum standard for web accessibility.


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