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This is page describes the accessibility and usability standards we aim to achieve to help you get the best out of using this site.


Standards compliance


We aim to ensure that this site is Bobby AA approved. This is a free service which checks whether a chosen page meets all accessibility criteria.


We aim to comply with the first three of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We will provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content. We will also ensure that text and graphics are understandable when viewed without color. We will use markup and style sheets and do so properly. This means tags are used for main titles, tags for subtitles (and so on), with presentation being handled through the appropriate usage of stylesheets.

We also aim to ensure that all pages are validated to meet the requirements of XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Font use


We have worked to ensure that all pages carry a text size tool to increase and decrease the relative font size of the text on the page. We have tried to ensure that this is compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers, to help make sure the text is as easy as possible to read.

In addition you may choose to follow the instructions below to increase / decrease the font size using the "text size" option in your Internet browsers.


Browser Example Menu Items
Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer screen capture as described in the page


 View >
Text Size >
Largest
Firefox,
Netscape		 Firefox/Netscape screen capture as described in the page
 View >
Text Size >
Increase
Opera Opera screen capture as described in the page
 View >
Zoom >
%
Safari Safari screen capture as described in the page View >
Make Text Bigger

Visual design


We use style sheet technology, such as cascading style sheets, for visual layout. This is an efficient way of working that helps us to organise and update websites in the easiest way.


We ensure that the use of tables for layout is kept to a bare minimum, as evidence strongly suggests that tables are less user friendly.


We use only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers, to help make sure the text is as easy as possible to read.


We aim to ensure that if a user has a browser that does not support stylesheets, then the content of each page should still be readable.


Image use


We aim to include textual alternatives for image content. These are known as alt tags. Using these ensures that people using screen readers who are often visually impaired are also made aware of the pages image content.


We aim to include descriptive alt tags for all content images. We will ensure that all images used for purely decorative purposes will include null alt tags.


Finally, we will include longdesc tags for all complex images used. Using these ensures that the significance of each aspect of the complex image is explained to people using screen readers.

 

Assistance with files


This site enable users to upload and download files in various formats. To assist you with accessing these files we have listed below of commonly used file types and links to the appropriate readers.



Links to accessibility references, software and services


To help you get the best out of using this site we have listed below links to accessibility references, software and services.


Accessibility references



Accessibility software



Accessibility services



Speak to someone about the accessibility of this site


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