UN releases global web accessibility survey: 97% of sites FAIL MISERABLY!!!!

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UN releases global web accessibility survey: 97% of sites FAIL MISERABLY!!!!

« on: December 06, 2006, 06:12:36 AM »

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Ninety-seven per cent of websites fail to achieve a minimum level of accessibility, according to the first ever global web accessibility survey. A new UN convention aims to change that...

"Performance across the different sectors was varied, with central government, retail and banking offering the strongest accessibility performances across all countries,"...

"The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which is expected to be approved by the General Assembly later this month, can give additional impetus to this trend.[of improving accessibility]"

The Convention specifies that measures should be introduced to eliminate obstacles and barriers to information and communications, and to promote access for persons with disabilities to information and communications technologies, including the internet...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/06/un_web_accessibility_report/

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UN releases global web accessibility survey: 97% of sites FAIL MISERABLY!!!!