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WEB DESIGN AND MARKETING SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS WEBSITES 62 17. www.w3.org/WAI 18. www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT 19. www.section508.gov 20. www.diveintoaccessibility.org 21. www.accessify.com Figure 3-7. This accessibility statement speaks to the reader in nontechnical terms that explain the benefits of the site??™s accessibility and how to take advantage of various features. Testing accessibility Accessibility techniques mean little if they are not applied correctly, and the best way to check markup is to run it through various tests, from simple validation checking to screen reader simulation. For the benefit of end-users, it is always worth double-checking all content. Validate the site There are numerous places that offer to test websites for accessibility, but they are limited in what exactly they can test. For instance, any markup validator can check to see if alt attributes reside within the tags, but only a human reader would be able to tell if any text embedded in that image is written in a legible typeface. And while those same ACCESSIBILITY 63 3 programs can check to see if alternate content exists for the