Disclaimer
Accessibility Statement & Website Features
Readability:
You can choose between two font-types for this website.
A cookie will be set on your computer to keep the font-style for further visits. You can switch the font-style anytime.
Multilangual
To make the content of this website understandable for as much people as possible it offers different languages to be viewed in.
English and German language are availabe.
You can also choose your desired language by clicking the small flag icons in the right corner below the title image.
Access Keys (Keyboard shortcuts for navigation)
This website offers so called 'Access Keys' which allow the user to navigate by keyboard shortcuts. The hotkeys are activated by pressing ALT + the specific hotkey on your keyboard. (For MAC use CTRL + the specific AccessKey) The following accesskeys are available to use on this site:
- Alt + T - View Site in English
- Alt + G - View Site in German
- Alt + 2 - switch to sans-serif fonts
- Alt + 3 - switch to serif fonts
- Alt + Q - News (frontpage)
- Alt + W - In the press
- Alt + E - Vitae
- Alt + R - Awards
- Alt + A - Operatic roles
- Alt + D - Oratorial repertoire
- Alt + Y - Sounds
- Alt + X - CD-Cover
- Alt + C - Photos
- Alt + V - Contact
- Alt + B - Bookings
- Alt + 1 - Disclaimer (This site)
Standards compliance
All pages are accessible to a wide variety of users and browsers by its structural markup XHTML and design in valid CSS. There are no Plugins required to access content, except the Sound-Gallery where Quicktime is required. The Plugin is available for free at
apple.com/quicktime/download/. The home page, and all subpages validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict.
A validation test for those standards can be done here:
Find out more about Webstandards behinde the following links:
- W3 accessibility guidelines, explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
Links
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
- Whever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page.
- Link text is never duplicated; two links with the same link text always point to the same address.
- There are no "
javascript:" pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off. - There are no links that open new windows without warning.
General Information
Privacy Statement
You may be aware that the Internet is not a secure environment. We will take all reasonable steps to protect any communication over the Internet between you and this website but we cannot guarantee the security of such communication.
Copyright Information
The information presented on this website is property of Inga Kalna or her record-company. You may save media from this website for private purposes only.