alternative stylesheets

for accessibility

[benihana]

i have a full css layout, and have implemented a style switcher to give users the oppportunity to increase font size or have a high contrast version (currently white text on a black background)

im keen to make the site as accessible for the users as possible (and to blow the competition away - accessibility is *extremely* high on the agenda with this sort of site-
.ac.uk)

im wondering what sort of stylesheets i should offer to have a comprehensive range to deal with any difficulties people have with using the site. e.g. black on white?, blue on red-with-green-spots?

anyone have any experience of creating these? and anyone have a requirement to experience it from a users point of view?

your thoughts are welcomed.
thanks
ben

[BlobFisk]

Aural Style Sheets are one to look at:

[w3.org...]

Another good read is CSS Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [w3.org]

HTH

[limbo]

Text only - the beeb does very well by this (google betsie). Many users of accessibility software will have their own style sheets running for contrast and legibility of text. It also allows portable devices to access the pages more easily.

Ta

Limbo

<edit>reviewed type</edit>

[edited by: limbo at 9:51 am (utc) on June 25, 2004]

[benihana]

thanks guys.

[jetboy_70]

If you put your colour scheme into Pixy's colour wheel you can see what it looks like with all forms of colour blindness:

[pixy.cz ]

Vischeck allows you to preview whole pages:

[vischeck.com ]

Ideally, the single scheme you choose should work across all forms of colour blindness, so you shouldn't need multiple style sheets to cover this area of accessibility. However, a high contrast version is a nice touch.