Accessible Features
This website conforms to the Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines published by the W3C's
Web Accessibility Initiative as well as the U.S. Federal Government's Section 508 guidelines. The website has been modified to meet
those guidelines in providing all our patrons with a web site that can be accessed
by everyone. To help in make sure the site is accessible, our pages are
checked through a text-to-speech program. Please note that because we have a navigation bar at the left-hand side of most pages, and some pages feature multiple columns, you may need to reformat pages into a single column for your screen reader.
Some of the features include:
- Also, all image tags include the
ALT parameter containing a brief description of the image.
- A Site
Map listing all the pages on our website including links to outside pages.
- Text Navigation links is provided
at the bottom of each page, which enables easy navigation from one page to another
without returning to the main intro page.
- A "Skip Navigation Links" link appears at the top of every page to allow the user to skip over the repeated navigation content and jump directly to the content of the page. In conjunction with the page bottom text links, this makes the navigation and use of our site more efficient.
- Currently there are no audio or
video clips in use on the web site. So there is no issues that should affect
persons with hearing disabilities.
Please note: These features
only apply to pages within the West Cat. dot org website
and not to links that point outside our site.
Documents in .PDF format
Free tools from the Adobe Corporation are also available to assist visually impaired users at their website. The following links will open a new browser window. A list of alternative .PDF readers can be found at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html. Also, Adobe Corporation has added a .pdf conversion tool that will convert .pdf files to HTML pages. You will find that resource at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/88de.htm. To download this tool, select the link. This link is made to assist in accessibility of .PDF files on our website, such as Dial-a-Ride App in our Dial-A-Ride section. No endorsement of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Systems, Inc., or warranty is implied or expressed by WestCAT.
About the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
The W3C is committed to lead the
Web to its full potential includes promoting a high degree of usability for people
with disabilities. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), in coordination
with organizations around the world, is pursuing accessibility of the Web through
five primary areas: technology, guidelines, tools, education & outreach, and
research & development. For more info on W3C's Web accessibility Initiative,
surf to http://www.w3.org/WAI.
Website issues:
- Some parts of the WestCAT website may not look or format correctly in some versions of Netscape Version 6 or in Web-TV® Browsers. Also the timetables that are located on this site and transitinfo.org/511.org may not format properly for those using Microsoft Web-TV® Browsers.
- There is also the issue of the site not loading or locking up the WeMedia Talking Browser v1.5 on some computers using Windows2000 and XP.
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