Other Web Sites


COST 219bis
This site is concerned with access to telecommunications by disabled and elderly people.

Include
This is the main European website concerned with designing information and communication technology systems so that they are accessible to everybody including disabled and elderly people. The site contains a wealth of information including demographics of disability in Europe, relevant standards as well as legislative aspects.

Trace
Guidelines for the design of consumer products to increase their accessibility to people with disabilities or who are aging.

Bobby
A program to help website designers to ensure that their pages are accessible by the largest number of people. It checks for use with different browsers, as well as performing a series of tests to determine if the site is inaccessible by people who are blind, deaf or have a physical disability.

Screenphones
Guidelines for the design of screen and web phones to be accessible by visually disabled persons.

Screenfont
This site gives details of a font specially designed for legibility on televisions for applications such as subtitling.

Web Accessibility
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools.

RNIB Scientific Research Unit
Includes publications about smart cards, electronic purses and other technological developments for disabled people.

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