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Introduction

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For information about adding interactivity to your site using Macromedia Flash, see 

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For information about using ColdFusion, see Using ColdFusion (Help > Using 
ColdFusion).

Dreamweaver and accessibility

Accessibility refers to making websites and web products usable for people with visual, 
auditory, motor, and other disabilities. Examples of accessibility features for software products 
and websites include screen reader support, text equivalents for graphics, keyboard shortcuts, 
change of display colors to high contrast, and so on.

Dreamweaver provides tools that make the product accessible and tools that help you author 
accessible content: 

Using Dreamweaver accessibility features 

For Dreamweaver web designers who need to 

use accessibility features, Dreamweaver offers screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and 
operating system accessibility support.

For more information, see 

Authoring for accessibility 

For Dreamweaver web designers who need to create accessible 

content, Dreamweaver assists you in creating accessible pages that contain useful content for 
screen readers and comply with government guidelines. 

Dreamweaver provides dialog boxes that prompt you to enter accessibility attributes when you 
insert page elements (see 

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For example, the accessibility dialog box for images reminds you to add text equivalents for 
graphics. Then, when the image appears on a page for a user with visual disabilities, the screen 
reader reads the description.

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For more information about two significant accessibility initiatives, see the World Wide 
Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative (

) and Section 508 of the 

Federal Rehabilitation Act (