We have incorporated a number of features on our website to aid usability and make it as accessible as possible to all audiences.
The first link on each page is ‘skip to main content’. The link is hidden but a screen reader browser will announce it, allowing the user to move to the main body of the text.
The website is accessible to screen readers and has been tested with the following browsers: Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Lynx and Jaws
In 2004, we achieved the RNIB ‘See it Right’ Accreditation. The See it Right accessible website logo represents a website's commitment to best practice website accessibility. A website is considered "accessible" if anyone can use it regardless of their abilities or the technology they use.
Images/ALT tags
We have used images throughout this website to add interest and provide variety. The images have been kept as small as possible and should load quickly.
Each image is accompanied by Alternative text or ‘ALT tag’ which provides a description of the image. Alt tags are accessed by placing your mouse over the image. If you are using a screen reader browser the alt tag will be read out in place of the image.
Font size
The site is best viewed on a screen with 1280 x 1024 resolution but can also be used very well with lower resolutions.
The text on our website is intended to be relative. This means the size of it can be increased or decreased in your browser.
The W3C provides useful information about how to change text size on many popular browsers
Adobe
Many of our attached documents are in pdf format.
Adobe helps make electronic information more accessible to people with disabilities including but not limited to: blindness, low vision, hearing, or motor impairments.
For best results use Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software by using the download link on the left hand side of any website page