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Section 508 requires that Federal
agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to
people with disabilities.
Baker University web site is meeting the guidelines
set forth in Section 508 in the following way:
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- Every image, Java applet, Flash file, video file, audio
file, plug-in, etc. has an alt description.
- Decorative graphics with no other function have empty
alt descriptions (alt= ""), but they never have
missing alt descriptions.
- Style sheets may be used for color, indentation and
other presentation effects, but the document is still understandable
(even if less visually appealing) when the style sheet
is turned off.
- Separate text links are provided outside of the server-side
image map to access the same content that the image map
hot spots access(please see Site Map page).
- No elements on the page flicker at a rate of 2 to 55
cycles per second, thus reducing the risk of optically-induced
seizures.
- A text-only version is created only when there is no
other way to make the content accessible, or when it offers
significant advantages over the "main" version
for certain disability types.
- The text-only version is up-to-date with the "main"
version.
- The text-only version provides the functionality equivalent
to that of the "main" version.
- An alternative is provided for components (e.g. plug-ins,
scripts) that are not directly accessible.
- A link is provided to a disability-accessible page where
the plug-in can be downloaded.
- All Java applets, scripts and plug-ins (including Acrobat
PDF files and PowerPoint files, etc.) and the content within
them are accessible to assistive technologies, or else
an alternative means of accessing equivalent content is
provided.
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