Towards an Accessible Information Society in Europe
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The European Commission considers it is now urgent to achieve a more coherent, common and effective approach to e-accessibility, in particular web accessibility, to hasten the advent of an accessible information society. Document COM (2008) 804 Final. This is based on the conclusion that “as our society is evolving to an ‘information society,’ we are becoming intrinsically more dependent on technology-based products and services in our daily lives. Yet poor e-accessibility means many Europeans with a disability are still unable to access the benefits of the information society.” E-accessibility involves overcoming the technical barriers and difficulties that people with disabilities, including many elderly people, experience when trying to participate on equal terms in the information society. If everyone is to have equal opportunities for participation in today’s society, the full range of ICT goods and services need to be accessible. This includes computers, telephones, TVs, online government, online shopping, call centers, self-service terminals such as automatic teller machines (ATMs) and ticket machines. To achieve a common and coherent e-accessibility approach the Commission recommends:
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