[LINK] Mulitcultural web portal

[Peter Batchelor]

Good to see that information is being made available in languages other 
than English, but it is a pity to see that the site appears to be 
inaccessible. Images often don't have ALT tags, tables don't have 
summaries, frames are used, and it seems that the languages that use 
non-roman character sets have much of the text on their pages stored in 
images, rather than as text.
All of this clearly does not meet the Discrimination and Disabilities Act 
requirements that we are all supposed to meet, and that NOIE should be 
championing...

Peter


 From the lote-notes mailing list

>NOIE, in consultation with the Department of Health and Aged Care and the 
>Federation of Ethnic Communities' Council of Australia (FECCA), has 
>developed the world's first multilingual news and community information 
>portal. The portal, located at www.multiculturalaustralia.com.au, has an 
>emphasis on older persons and features links to online resources for 
>sixteen community language groups and a multilingual directory of 
>government and community services.
>
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