Accessibility

AKP-Inc makes an effort to make our web site accessible to a broad audience. We work to keep our pages compliant with commonly accepted standards. See below for details.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.All pages on this site define the following access keys:

Standards compliance

1. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+2.
2. Pages have been designed to meet most of the Section 508 guidelines. The major exceptions are the fixed page width of 725 pixels and the fixed font size to accommodate limitations of Netscape 4.

Links

1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
2. Links are written to make sense out of context.
3. Accesskey 2 navigation is placed before navigation to link to the main content.

Images

1. All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT tags. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT tags.
2. Complex images include LONGDESC tags or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.

Design Issues

1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
2. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers. Due to limitations of Netscape 4, paragraph text in Netscape 4 is set to 12 pt.
3. The site uses relative window sizes within a page table size of 725. The fixed page sized is used solely for visual esthetics with apologies to those for whom it is inconvenient.
4. If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
5. Acronyms have been defined where applicable. Depending on the browser, pointing the mouse at an acronym will give a visual "tool tip". The acronym definitions can be read by most non-visual browsers.
6. Tables have a summary and table headers whenever the table gives visual information. When the table is used for formatting purposes, a "null" summary is included so non-visual browsers will ignore it.