Accessibility
Accessibility
RIC website has made efforts to improve basic menu navigation and labeling in order to provide a simple and effortless navigation experience to visitors using screen-reading software for Web browsing. We will continue to research and implement solutions that bring the DoIT&C website top-level pages to the usual exemplary level in the areas of accessibility and universal design.
General Information
In the development of the DoIT&C website, efforts have been made towards adding a significant number of accessibility features that complement the use of assistive technologies and help to make the website accessible to maximum possible users/visitors, ranging from those who use assistive technologies to those with a low end browser or computer.
For assistance with the content and function of this website, please use 'Helpline' link at the very bottom of every page. A link to the Accessibility page is also provided at the bottom of every page.
Guidelines
In the development of this site, we followed HTML 4.01 Transitional to meet Guidelines for Indian Government Websites and also adhere to Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 laid down by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Most web browsers support linking to specific pages by typing named access keys:
Windows Users
Mozilla Firefox & Netscape: Press ALT + an access key.
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Press ALT + an access key + ENTER
Macintosh users: Press CONTROL + an access key.
All pages on this site use the following access keys for common tasks:
S - Skip to Content
1 - Home Page
2 - News
3 - Site Map
4 - Search
5 - About This Site
6 - Contact Us
0 - Accessibility
All pages contain a 'skip to content' link for users who use speech browsers or keyboard navigation and wish to avoid repeated groupings of links
Visual Design
This site uses Cascading Style Sheets to control the overall presentation of the website. Turning off the style sheet will affect the visual presentation and may affect the functionality of the website for some users.
