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Accessibility and Siebel Applications

Siebel Business Applications are used by many users, such as employees, partners, distributors, vendors, and members of the public, in many related organizations. Not everyone has mobility in his or her hands, perfect eyesight, or other physical skills, which software designers too often take for granted.

The accessibility features in Siebel Business Applications aim to make aspects of navigating and using the application easier. The accessibility features in Siebel Business Applications allow the use of assistive-technology hardware and software, and fall into the following categories:

• Features used by third-party assistive-technology products. These features center on providing a user interface (UI), which consists of standard HTML elements that can be easily interpreted by other products.
• Keyboard shortcuts that make it easier to navigate Siebel Business Applications.
• Configuration changes that can be made to enhance the user experience, such as changing the font size or color. Both of these changes can be specified in the Siebel Business Application style sheets (.css files).

Discussion about accessibility, across the IT industry, can be found in several published books. This guide does not intend to duplicate those works. Accessibility standards and legislation exist, such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), or Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (in the USA).

Oracle has created Oracle Global HTML Accessibility Guidelines (OGHAG), which combine guidelines of Section 508 and the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0 level double-A (WCAG 1.0 'AA'). Both Section 508 and WCAG 1.0 are subject to interpretation and ongoing revisions. Several current standards from both Section 508 and WCAG 1.0, such as those that imply a ban on JavaScript, are outdated.

For more information about how Oracle addresses certain standards, see:

www.oracle.com/accessibilityAccessibility Standards