General
The Department of Physics at Technion welcome every person to use its website. The department seeks to educate the next generation of scientists and has invested in this website to make it accessible to all people.
To meet the requirements of the Accessibility Standard, the Faculty has adapted its website to the accessibility guidelines of Israel Standard 5568 – “Website Content Accessibility Guidelines” at Level AA.
This Israel standard is an adapted version of the international W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for web 2.0.
Accessibility Adjustments at the Department of Physics Website
The display of the website is responsive and fits screens on various platforms, such as desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones.
Navigate using the keyboard, by using the TAB + ENTER keys.
Skip content areas and focus by keyboard.
Texts replaces graphic images (using the Alt tab).
Heading hierarchy properly.
The website supports screen-reading applications, which help vision-impaired readers (NVDA)
Color and contrast requirements.
Notes:
Change text size by using the keyboard:
Increasing: Ctrl + "+"
Decreasing: Ctrl + "-"
Reset: Ctrl + "0"
Changing contrast modes can applied by using external accessories, for example: Dark Background and Light Text addon for firefox users or High Contrast extension for google chrome users.
Browser Support
The site is optimize for the leading internet browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge (latest versions)
Accessibility inquiries
Please note that despite our efforts to make all pages accessible on the site, parts of the site may not be accessible.
If you encounter inaccessible content or any other website accessibility-related issue, please contact the webmaster:
Phone: 04-8293535
Accessibility arrangements in Department of Physics
Lidow building
Department of Physics, Technion
Haifa 3200003 Israel
Phone: +972-4-8293551
Fax: +972-4-8295755
Phone: +972-4-8293551
Fax: +972-4-8295755
-Disabled parking
-Accessibility roads to the building
-Elevators
-Accessible toilet
-Direction signs
-Direction signs
The accessibility declaration was update in May 9, 2018