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Accessibility Features

Features incorporated in FOIS Website to make it universally accessible are:

Skip to Main Content: Quick access to the core content on the page is provided without going through repetitive navigation using the keyboard

Icons: Text has been supplemented with icons to enable users with learning disabilities understand the information easily. Icons have been provided along with text labels for key navigation options as well as important features, such as username, password, email, print etc.

Keyboard support for drop-down menus: Keyboard access has been provided to enable users with mobility and visual disabilities access the navigation options. Keyboard users can access the top navigation and left navigation options

Drop-down menus: Press the Tab key to navigate to the drop-down menu options, Such as About Us, Internal Users, Customers, Contact Us etc.Along with Tab key, screen reader user can access the drop-down menu options using the arrow keys. Further press the Enter key to activate the required option.

Accessibility Options: Options to change the size of the text, set a color scheme are provided

Descriptive Link Text: Brief description of a link is provided using descriptive phrases instead of just using words such as 'Read more' and 'Click here' as link text. Further, if a link opens a Website in a new window, the description specifies the same.

Table Headers: The table headings are marked and associated with their corresponding cells in each row. This enables a screen reader to read out the column and row header of any cell for the user

Titles: An appropriate name for each Web page is specified that helps you to understand the page content easily.

Alternate Text: Brief description of an image is provided for users with visual disability. If you are using a browser that supports only text or have turned off the image display, you can still know what the image is all about by reading the alternate text in absence of an image. In addition, some browsers display the alternate text in the form of a tool tip when the user moves the mouse pointer over the image

Explicit Form Label Association: A label is linked to its respective control, such as text box, check box, radio button, and drop-down list. This enables the devices to identify the labels for the controls on a form

Keyboard Support: The website can be browsed using a keyboard by pressing the Tab and Shift + Tab keys.

Customized Text Size: The size of the text on the Web pages can be changed either through the browser, through the Accessibility Options page or by clicking on the text sizing icons present at the top of each page

Synchronized Captions: Captions have been added to enable users with hearing impairments access the audio/video content effectively.









Designed and Developed By:
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CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021
www.cris.org.in
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