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A study, conducted for the United Nations by British technology firm Nomensa, looked at 100 popular sites in 20 countries and found the vast majority failed to meet international standards of accessibility.

While many sites have taken steps toward wider accessibility, they need to do more to become fully available to people who cannot use a computer mouse, have low-vision disabilities or are blind, she said.

Among the most common problems encountered in the survey were the use of a common scripting language called JavaScript and of graphics unaccompanied by explanatory text, she said.

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