Suwon Metropolitan Corporation Earns 4-Year Consecutive Certification for Web Accessibility for Information-Vulnerable Groups

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon Metropolitan Corporation (President Lee Bu-young) announced on the 18th that it has obtained quality certification in the 'Homepage Web Accessibility Evaluation 2019' sponsored by the Ministry of Science and ICT, achieving the milestone of '4-year consecutive certification.'

The web accessibility quality certification authenticated by the Ministry of Science and ICT is granted to institutions that comply with standard guidelines so that information-vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities and the elderly, can use websites without inconvenience.

The certification review is conducted through expert evaluation and user evaluation. The expert evaluation requires compliance with 95% or more of 24 indicators across 4 categories including recognition and operability. User evaluation assesses actual accessibility for three types of disabilities including low vision visual impairment.

The corporation complied with all evaluation indicators (100%) in both types of review and succeeded in achieving 4-year consecutive certification starting with its first certification in 2016.

The corporation explained that it received high marks for applying appropriate alternative means such as separate subtitles with videos and providing diverse content distinguished visually.

President Lee Bu-young stated, "The 4-year consecutive quality certification is the result of consistent efforts to improve the convenience of use for information-disadvantaged groups," and added, "We will create a more convenient web environment through continuous monitoring and analysis of user utilization."