Quick Thai Visa Run - Accessibility Text Version

Accessibility Policy

Every care has gone in to making this site as usable as possible for people of all abilities. This is a summary of the features that went into making it accessible.

Access keys and their actions:

Modern browsers allow people to use keyboard shortcuts to navigate pages. These shortcuts are defined by the site author. Here is a list of the available options at thaivisarun.com:

Access Key | Resulting action: alt + 1 = Home - Intro; alt + 2 = Schedule & Map; alt + 3 = Contact Us; alt + 4 = Other Services; alt + 5 = Useful links; alt + 6 = Slideshow

How to use access keys

PC/Windows: press 'alt + access key number' to highlight the link. On Internet Explorer you will then have to hit 'enter' to go to the corresponding page.

Macintosh: press 'control + access key number' to highlight the link, then 'return' to go to the corresponding page.

Text Size

This site uses only relative font sizes and therefore is compatible with the user-specified text size option in visual browsers. The text size can be changed in Firefox by pressing the + or - keys and Internet Explorer through the View > Text Size menu. And in Mozilla/Netscape, through the View > Text Zoom menu.

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Navigation aids:

Navigation Keys Navigating around the site is possible without the mouse.

The following keyboard commands are active across the site:: TAB - to cycle forwards through links.; SHIFT + TAB - to cycle backwards though links.; ENTER - to select a highlighted link.; We have provided two forms of a 'Skip' to navigation and 'Skip' to content, One is at the top of the main page and the other form can be seen or read by screen readers, it is not visible all the time. It gives you the option to skip to the main content of the page or to the global navigation; it is available on every page within this site.; There is also a fully accessible Text Version available located on the main page

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Adhering to Standards:

Not only is paid attention to accessibility, but also to trying adhering to different Standards.

This site is written in valid XHTML 1.0 Strict & Transitional compliant and its visual presentation is controlled by Cascading Style Sheets:

"Cascading Style Sheets CSS is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g. fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents." - W3C

A modern web browser like Firefox, Safari or Opera is needed to make the most out of this site, but thanks to the separation of content and presentation it should be accessible to any browsing device, including Internet Explorer.

Pages remain readable when CSS is disabled.: The site also conforms to WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) as advised by the World Wide Web Consortium.

It meets all of Section 508's guidelines for web accessibility.: There are currently 16 guidelines that have been specified for the accessibility of web sites and web-based applications. This template complies with all 16. In addition, our forms are accessible to visually impaired users utilizing screen readers.

This site has been designed to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 to level triple AAA.

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Standards compliance:

All pages on this site are Bobby AAA approved , complying with all the Bobby guidelines . This is always a judgement call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many cannot. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are compliant.

All pages on this site are WCAG AAA approved, complying with all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines . Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.

All pages on this site are Section 508 approved , complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines . Again, a judgement call. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.

All pages on this site are AAA & Section 508 approved, Again, a judgement call. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.

All pages on this site are WebXACT AAA & Section 508 approved, Again, a judgement call. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if there are any issues which restrict your access to any of our webpages.

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The use of images:

Where images are used to convey important information, alternative text attributes: [alt] have been provided for the benefit of visitors using assistive reading technologies. Thus, all images used on this web site have suitable [alt] attributes (or null [alt] attributes for purely decorative items).

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Scripts:

JavaScript is kept to a bare minimum on this site, and no content section should be unusable if JavaScript is not enabled or not supported in your web browser. Javascript is used only with QuickThaiVisaRun Bus photos for Popup images, and also, The QuickThaiVisaRun Slideshow uses Javascript only for preloading images, but both will still be usable and available even if scripting is disabled.

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Acronyms and abbreviations:

Due to its technical nature, this site makes use of some acronyms and abbreviations. Most instances are defined with the appropriate HTML tag. Here is a (hopefully) complete list of all the acronyms and abbreviations you may see throughout this site:

ATOM: Atom is a simple way to read and write information on the web
alt: Alternative Text
BBC: British Broadcasting Company
CM: Centimeters
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
eg:: For example:
EPAN: European Public Administration Network
EU: European Union
HTML: HyperText Markup Language
ps: Postscript
PAS: Publicly Available Specification
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
SENDA: Special Educational Needs and Disability Act
SRT: State Railway of Thailand
UK: United Kingdom
URL: Unified Resource Locator
W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
XHTML: Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XLS: Microsoft Excel Document
XML: Extensible Markup Language

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Why Accessibility?

'Web Accessibility is the concept of redesigning and building the web so that it becomes accessible and usable to people with disabilities. It also implies understanding the role 'web accessibility initiative plays in changing the World Wide Web. Thus, it is vital that the web is accessible to everyone. It is essential to create an environment where all the information provided on the internet is accessible to people with or without disabilities like low vision, colour blindness, other visual impairments etc.

Latest developments conducted by BBC News in this area suggests that according to disability rights commission 80% of websites posed barriers to disabled people and introduced new guidelines called PAS 78 for any organization that has a public facing website. In November last year, UK Cabinet office’s e-government unit, have found that 97% of official sites were unusable by disabled people and hence government is very keen on promoting the move of e-accessibility.

Recent research conducted by the European Public Administration Network (EPAN) which is published in the Executive Briefing of “E-Accessibility of Public Sector Services in the European Union” demonstrates that only 3% of the websites in the EU are accessible and that e-accessibility is the major concern across the EU to provide good practices and significant improvement in online public services.

We adhere to the guidelines and recommendations given for good practice for web managers, developers and policy makers, thus it has become our goal to give both the general web users as well as the disabled users the highest level of internet experience by complying with the strict W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards, Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) and EPAN guidelines.

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Browser Support:

We designed to support the following browsers specifically, as well as all standards-compliant browsers.

Internet Explorer 5 for Windows
Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows
Internet Explorer 7 beta for Windows
Mozilla Browser for Windows
Mozilla Firefox for Windows
Netscape 8 for Windows
Opera 8 for Windows
Mozilla Firefox for Macintosh
Safari for Macintosh
Mozilla Browser for Linux
Mozilla Firefox for Linux

We tested this site and it complies with the Lynx text browser and thus, it is Lynx Viewable.

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Accessibility software:

JAWS , a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.

Home Page Reader , a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.

Lynx , a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.

Link , a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.

Opera , a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.

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