5.2 Using ICT to support clients with special needs or specific language requirements

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Websites for those with special needs or specific language requirements
   2. Problems for clients with impaired vision
   3. Screen readers
   4. Colour blindness
   5. Clients with specific language requirements
2. Evaluating websites against best practice guidance
3. Assistive technologies
4. Changing software and keyboard settings
5. Voice synthesis and voice recognition

Colour blindness

Colour blindness is another factor which can affect a client's ability to use a website. There are software packages which:

1. permit a person who is not colour blind to view a web page as it would appear to a colour blind person. This can be a useful check for library staff before recommending a website.
2. Use image processing techniques to make web pages clearer for those with colour blindness.

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