CVS.com To Meet Web Accessibility Standards
CVS/pharmacy, the United State’s largest retail pharmacy, recently announced that it will enhance web accessibility on its site.
The announcement is the result of a collaboration between CVS/pharmacy, the American Foundation for the Blind, American Council of the Blind and California Council of the Blind.
CVS/pharmacy’ has committed to ensure that its online pharmacy, www.cvs.com, is accessible to users with a wide range of disabilities, including blind computer users who use a screen reader or magnification technology on their computers and those who rely on a keyboard instead of a mouse. CVS.com will implement these enhancements by the end of 2009.
“An accessible web site is crucial if people with vision loss are to obtain goods, services and information on an equal footing,
” said Paul Schroeder, vice president, programs and policy group of the American Foundation for the Blind. “We appreciate CVS/pharmacy’s commitment to ensure that CVS.com is usable by the broadest range of online consumers, including those who have disabilities.
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