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PureHTML is a high performance web service
that automatically provides easy-to-read text versions of any web page.
It aids accessibility for many disabled users, particularly the blind
and visually impaired.
In the UK, a recent study by the Disability Rights
Commission (DRC) found that most firms fail to meet the most basic standards
of accessibility for disabled people.
Among the most common problems discovered, was the absence of alternative
text facilities to help users with sensory disabilities. Other firms failed
to offer a capability that allows users to change text sizes.
The DRC said it was "only a matter of time" before firms faced a legal
challenge from disabled consumers under existing equal access laws, principally
the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
With accessibility becoming increasingly important
to meet recommendations set down by the Disability Rights Commission,
and to satisfy the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act), it is imperative
that organisations enable support for accessibility features.
PureHTML is a comprehensive solution that enables
websites to provide users with an easy to read text version. This greatly aids users who are visually impaired
and other users who otherwise would find the original web site inaccessible
to them.
PureHTML works by automatically removing complex HTML
elements from a webpage and displaying an easy-to-read text version of
a webpage. Becuase the text only version is separate from the main website,
users can increases the font size to aid visability. This aids assistitive technologies and allows screen readers and braille
displays to successfully navigate the web page.
Benefits of PureHTML also extend to users with low
bandwidth connections. A text only versions of a web page is natrally
quicker to download compared to the graphical version. When further combined
with PureHTML's advance support for real-time compression, web page are
able to be downloaded at almost instance speeds. This enables dial up and mobile
users extremely fast access to a website that origianly may have been
unaccessible due to its original bandwidth requirement.
Taking advantage of PureHTML is easy. The only requirement
is for a web designer to add a "Text Only" link on a web-page
for it to points to our PureHTML web service. PureHTML will do the rest
and provides real-time "Text Only" versions of the website. No
additional new hardware and software is required.
- The look and feel of your main website can
remain untouched.
- Reduced redevelopment costs. Elimination
of man-day overheads and storage costs in creating a seprate text only
version of a website.
- Makes inaccessible websites - accessible,
so the resulting pages should be easier to access.
- No hardware or software installation required.
- No extra bandwidth requirements on servers.
- Works independently from your web server,
so does not affect your current website in any way.
- Support form processing and tunnelling. This enables access to web pages with server side processing
- PureHTML is an active product that is activity
supported and is continously being developed.
Free trial available, showing a popular website
processed through PureHTML.
If you would like to contact us to discuss your requirements,
please telephone us on +44 (0) 191 2877005 or contact us
using our enquiry form.
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