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A Case Study of Web Accessibility on Tamil Nadu Public School System

Published on December 2012 by N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod
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EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012
Foundation of Computer Science USA
EGOV - Number 2
December 2012
Authors: N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod
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N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod . A Case Study of Web Accessibility on Tamil Nadu Public School System. EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012. EGOV, 2 (December 2012), 8-14.

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title = { A Case Study of Web Accessibility on Tamil Nadu Public School System },
journal = { EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012 },
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Abstract

As the World Wide Web becomes one amongst the communication channels between School Districts and their community of stakeholders, the necessity to supply equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilities associate degree isn't any longer simply a moral issue however a legal obligation. This paper tests the 200 entities within the Tamil Nadu public school system using the Bobby Software. The results show that almost all of the websites fail to satisfy the minimum needed Standards: Section 508 guidelines and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) priorities.

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Keywords

Tnpss Web Accessibility Bobby Software