96% of Estonian Government websites inaccessible

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Monday, 11 July 2011 14:55pm

An article on the Estonian Public Broadcasting news website has reported that only 4% of Estonian government webpages are accessible to people with disabilities.

According to Estonian Television, the inaccessibility of most governmental websites is caused by inaccurate coding practice. Although the minister has advised that all webpages be made accessible, there are no legal regulations enforcing this.

Website owners are claiming their webpages have been developed in accordance with web accessibility standards, however most of the content is inaccessible to people who are blind or vision impaired.

The Chamber of Disabled People and the Ministry of Economic Affairs are both calling for reforms in government attitudes towards web accessibility.

For more information, visit the Estonian Public Broadcasting website.


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