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Visually impaired testers set the standard at Czech accessibility lab

Thu, 07/26/2012 - 11:09 -- admin

Page Accessibility Labs (P.A.L.) offers the experience of its visually impaired test specialists to conduct website accessibility testing. Their work ensures websites are as convenient as possible for visually impaired users.

To access the computer and the internet, visually impaired people require special hardware or software known as assistive technologies. The experience is quite different from that of a non-visually impaired user.

Accessibility testing firms generally rely on automated software and sighted accessibility specialists to ensure that websites are World Wide Web Consortium compliant.

P.A.L. test specialists have expertise in web design or assistive technologies design and are visually impaired. Their experience in using assistive technologies in their daily lives basis brings in a unique depth of knowledge to website accessibility and usability testing. They also have a deeper understanding of, which design elements and techniques make a website usable and convenient for users.

Website accessibility is intended to help not only visually impaired people but also those with various other disabilities such as hearing impairment, motor disability and cognitive disorders.

Page Accessibility Labs was founded in early 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic, though its primary client base is in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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