News Release
NCD #01-317
November 22, 2000
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability Adds New Web Features
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
today announced the addition of three new features to its award-winning
Web site (www.ncd.gov) that will help people with disabilities and
those with limited English proficiency (LEP).
To help find information more quickly, NCD has added
a Netscape Web Publisher search function. One of the biggest challenges
on the Web is finding what you are looking for. This search function
will allow users to quickly pinpoint specific information. Users
can search through NCD documents for a specific word or attribute
value, obtaining a set of search results that list all documents
that match the query. Users can then select a document from the
list to browse it in its entirety. This function provides easy access
to server content.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) was also
added to the NCD home page to help users answer standard questions
about NCD, its mission, and the availability of disability resources.
To help people with LEP, NCD has added a language
translation function. Known as Babel Fish, this automatic translation
service removes language barriers across the World Wide Web. Babel
Fish translates these language pairs: English to French; English
to German; English to Italian; English to Portuguese; English to
Spanish; French to English; German to English; Italian to English;
Portuguese to English; Russian to English; Spanish to English; French
to German; and German to French.
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations
to the President and Congress on disability policies affecting all
people with disabilities, including those from culturally diverse
populations. It is currently coordinating a multi-year study on
the implementation and enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities
Act and other civil rights laws.
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