Accessibility on WMO site

WMO is committed to ensuring the accessibility of its website and services to all users. In accordance with Article 9(g) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and in support of that Convention, WMO is engaged in reforming its website. This is being done on the basis of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines specified by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative. Given the nature and complexity of the content, the following has been done so far for English language pages version only as a start:

• Easy to read fonts and clear styles (persistent and alternating) to distinguish between headers, texts and figures
• Text equivalents for graphics/images
  
• Keyboard shortcuts for main navigation items
• Reduced download time for pages
• Simple writing/editing style for non-scientific information
• Text-only version navigation, also useful for mobile and portable devices
• Our main Web software edition tools configured to assist towards Web authoring accessibility

It is clear that finding solutions is a continuous process and figures among our priorities. Please contact us for any support you may need.

For more information:

• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): http://www.w3.org/WAI/
• Free open-source on-line Web based screen reader: http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php