Additional Recommendations

With the aim of being pragmatic and quickly operational, a few accessibility recommendations of the WCAG have not been kept in the core of this document. These criteria are rarely applicable in a web project or are of low priority. Nevertheless, they are listed below and will be described in the Accede Web project wiki.

• Limit the use of flash.
• Provide a heading or summary for each interactive content with information only perceptible through one of the five senses.

• Provide a method for controlling the size of text.
• Provide a table of contents for pages with a large volume of content.
• Provide links to sibling pages, if required.
• Allow the control of personal, legal or financial data entered.

• Provide a glossary to provide detail on complex content, if required.
• Indicate the pronunciation of words when their meaning is ambiguous in the context.
• Provide a method for reading the text content aloud.
• Provide a display zone for translating complex content in sign language.
• Limit the width of text to 80 characters.
• Provide line spacing of at least 1.5 times the text size.
• Provide paragraph spacing of at least 1.5 times the value of the line spacing.
• Ensure optimal contrast between the content and the background, or propose an alternative with sufficient contrast.
• Provide a method for customizing the display colours.
• Provide an explicit link text for each link.
• Allow the control of all data entered.
• Provide an alternative or a transcription for each live media content.
• Provide a thorough audio description for each multimedia content.
• Provide an interpretation in sign language for each multimedia content.