CIBEK

To allow a universal access to the website of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica Esther Kopowitz (CIBEK) for all users, considering specially those with disabilities, we have followed the recommendations of the Consorci World Wide Web(W3C) to remove the barriers that could obstruct every person’s right to access the information and communication.

The site of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica Esther Koplowitz (CIBEK) achieves in almost all its contents the AA level accessibility standards defined by the WAI, extended even in some points with additional recommendations to improve the accessibility.

How to surf the site without using the mouse? Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut keys involve using a combination of different keys. Shortcut keys make it easy to surf through the most important contents from the website without using the mouse. The defined combinations are based on keys Alt or Control, depending on the browser, plus another key.

• Internet Explorer (Windows): Alt + key + enter
• Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Navigator (Windows,Linux): Alt + key
• Opera (Windows): Shift + Esc + key
• Safari (Mac): Control + key
• Mozilla Firefox (Mac): Control + key

To surf the site of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica Esther Koplowitz (CIBEK), the user can use the following shortcuts.

• S Skip to Content
• 1 Home Page
• 3 Site map
• 8 Legal Note
• 0 Access key details

Text size

You will be able to increase the default text size of this site in any modern browser as follows:

• Firefox: Click on "View" then choose "Text Size" and "Increase". Choosing "Normal" will return the site to the default font size.
• Opera: Choose "View" then "Zoom" and you are able to increase or decrease the page size either by increments of 10% or by 150% and 200%. Choose 100% to return the page size to normal.
• Safari: Choose "View" and then "Make Text Bigger". To return to the default size choose "Make Text Smaller".
• Internet Explorer: Choose "View" and then choose "Text Size" and either "Larger or "Largest". Choosing "Medium" will return the page to the default size.

Other surfing tips

• Textual descriptions of images that need explanation because they fulfill some kind of functionality.
• All pages work without activated JavaScript.
• The site conforms to the XHTML standard that allows a correct displaying in different browsers.
• Positioning of the content through css and without frames, so that the users of screens for visually disabled and blind people can read the document in a logic way.
• The page conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 1.0, published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of W3C.

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