Irish National IT Accessibility Guidelines

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Guidelines for accessible products and services, including:

  • Descriptions of high level accessibility goals and the difficulties faced by users
  • Prioritised guidelines for each technology
  • Motivation and justification for each guideline
  • Guidance on design techniques and testing methods

Guidelines

Public Access Terminal Guidelines

These guidelines cover all information and services delivered by means of public access terminals such as ATMs (automated teller machines), information kiosks, ticket vending machines and so on.

Smart Card Accessibility Guidelines

These guidelines cover all information and services delivered using smart cards and related media.

Application Software Accessibility Guidelines

These guidelines cover application software running under any operating system or runtime environment such as Windows, Macintosh, Unix, Linux, Java.

Telecoms Accessibility Guidelines

These guidelines cover fixed or mobile telecommunications devices and services delivered via interactive voice response (IVR) systems. This includes the hardware and software aspects of public or private telephones and videophones and menu-based services such as voicemail.

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