This is the official accessibility statement for news.mpr.org.
If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail mail@mpr.org.

Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

The home page and all archives define the following access keys:

• Access key 1: Home link
• Access key 2: Skip navigation link
• Access key 4: Search box
• Access key 8: Terms of use/privacy policy
• Access key 9: E-mail
• Access key 0: Accessibility statement

Standards compliance
All pages on news.mpr.org posted as of November 1, 2002 meet the following standards benchmarks:

• Bobby AAA approved, complying with all priority 1 guidelines of the W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Section 508 approved, complying with all guidelines of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
• Validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS2.
• Uses structured semantic markup. For example, H2 tags are used for page section headers. JAWS users can skip from section to section using ALT+INSERT+2.

Navigation aids, links, and images

• Full access to all archives is available through the archive page.
• All pages include a search box (access key 4).
• Content links have an icon denoting the media type, such as text, audio, or video.
• There are no "javascript:" pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off.
• All content images include descriptive ALT attributes and captions. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual design
This site and all its archives use cascading style sheets for visual layout.

• The default stylesheet uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers. For example, if you're using Internet Explorer, you can make your default text size larger under the "View" menu, "Text Size", "Larger" (or "Largest").
• If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
• If your browser supports user style sheets, you can manipulate the entire site by setting a style for the "news-mpr-org" class. (Instructions for: Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera.)

Accessibility references

• W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
• W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
• W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
• U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility software and services

• Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines.
• HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
• Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
• JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited demo is available.
• Lynx, a free text-only web browser.

Disclaimer
Our implementation of Web standards may cause the site to render inconsistently or have slight discrepancies, due to browser and standards differences. We apologize if the content is rendered in a way that somehow makes it inaccessible. To report significant bugs with our new design, or send us feedback, please e-mail us at mail@mpr.org. We encourage you to visit the Browser Upgrade Campaign page from the Web Standards Project to learn how and why you should upgrade your browser.