Web Site Accessibility Guidelines

Medical Center Manila (MCM) strives to make its web site accessible to all users, including people who are vision impaired and to those who have hearing, physical, cognitive and neurological disabilities. As part of this commitment, we have implemented accessibility guidelines to ensure that our content is readable by the widest possible audience. If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of this site, please e-mail the webmaster.

Resize. Resizable text content is a browser feature many web developers inadvertently disable for Internet Explorer (IE) users. The text here can be resized by using the function in your web browser — even in IE. Try this, if you’re so equipped: Hold ctrl and rotate your mouse’s scroll wheel. Or use View > Text Size on your browser.

Access Keys

An access key is an assigned keyboard shortcut used with hot keys in web sites. In the Medical Center Manila (MCM) web site, you may use these (see Keys/Functions with asterisk) for easier navigation. If you are a Windows© Internet Explorer© user, you may press ALT + 1 + ENTER to go to the home page. The hot keys may also be used with other Web browsers and computer platforms.

Hot Keys

Keys	Functions
0	Web accessibility statement / instructions (this page) *
1	Home page *
2	Skip to content
3	Quick search *
4	Reserved
5	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
?	Help page

 

To navigate through different sections of the site:

Keys	Functions
6	Header navigation
7	(Reserved for flash banner menu navigation)
8	Sub-header navigation
9	Section menu navigation
0	Footer menu navigation

 

You may also use the TAB key to jump from link to link and press the ENTER key to activate them.

To use the hot/access keys, for Windows:

Browser
Internet Explorer	ALT + access key + ENTER
Mozilla/Firefox	ALT + access key
Firefox 2	ALT + SHIFT + access key (to change settings)
Netscape/Gecko	ALT + access key
Opera	SHIFT + ESC + <release> + access key

 

For Macintosh:

Browser
Internet Explorer	CTRL + access key + RETURN
Mozilla/Firefox	CTRL + access key
Netscape/Gecko	CTRL + access key
Opera	SHIFT + ESC + <release> + access key

 

On Linux platform:

Browser
Mozilla/Firefox	ALT + access key
Netscape/Gecko	ALT + access key
Opera	SHIFT + ESC + <release> + access key

 

Reserved Keys

Keys	Functions
F	File
E	Edit
V	View
G	Go (for Mozilla/Firefox only)
B	Bookmark (for Mozilla, Firefox and Opera)
A	Favorites (for Internet Explorer only)
T	Tools
H	Help

 

In combination with the key ALT (Windows), CTRL (Macintosh), SHIFT + ESC (Opera), the underlined letter in the browser menu may also be used to perform certain functions:

Keys	Functions
P	Medical Packages *
S	Services *
I	Search by Google
L	Patients & Visitors Information *
M	Site map
O	Reserved
K	Feedback
N	News Room *
D	Directory *
R	Rooms & Amenities *
U	About Us *
W	E-mail webmaster *
Q	About this site
X	Check the validity of the page's source code (XHTML) *
Y	Check the validity of the page's stylesheet (CSS) *

 

Standards Compliance

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium which aims to lead the Web to its full potential to make human communication, commerce and opportunities to share knowledge available to all people no matter what hardware, software, network infrastructure, physical or mental ability.

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) used in this web site were validated by the W3C. All pages were also validated as XHTML 1.0 Strict. These validations ensure the pages’ readability and presentation across different browsers.

Screen Readers

1. Many links have title attributes. This makes the site easier to navigate and the information easier to find.
2. To help the users who extract a list of all the links on the page and browse it separately from the content, links were written to make sense out of context. Browsers such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx and Opera have this function.
3. Link text is always unique. Two links with the same link text always point to the same address.

Images

1. All images have short descriptions. These are called descriptive ALT attributes.

Visual Design

1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
2. If your browser or browsing device does not support styles sheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Accessibility Services

1. World Wide Web Consortium
2. Watchfire, a free service that checks the compliance of web pages to accessibility guidelines
3. HTML Validator, a free service that checks the conformance of web pages to published HTML standards
4. Lynx viewer, a service that shows the views of web pages in Lynx

Firefox 2 Settings

To change back the hot/access key to ALT + access key stroke combination:

1. In Firefox 2 browser address bar, type/enter about:config (without http://).This will show all the browser's configuration preferences.
2. In the Filter field, under the tab/s, type ui.key.generalAccessKey.
3. Double-click on the result, change the given integer value -1, to 18 and test it again. There is no need to restart your browser.

References:

1. ui.key.generalAccessKey
   
2. ui.key.contentAccess
3. ui.key.chromeAccess
   

Related Resources

1. Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG), , a non-stock, non-profit association of web designers and advocates of web accessibility. Its mission is to "teach and promote web accessibility in the Philippines as a method of making information accessible to all".
2. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
3. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated toimproving accessibility to online learning materials.
4. Designing More Usable Web Sites, a comprehensive list of additional resources.
5. Vision Office Support Services, a pioneering advocate of accessible information and communications technology (ICT) for all, including persons with disabilities.

Miscellany

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