Accessibility

Introduction

Accrue recognise the importance of providing a website that is inclusive and available for all user groups. This page explains:

  • our approach to making this website accessible, including what we have done and will do in the future;
  • the facilities that we have provided for different disability groups;
  • guidance on how to use particular features.

Approach

The Accrue website is being developed to support Internet users who have disabilities. We believe the web pages on the site are in line with RNIB's 'See it Right' accessibility criteria, and meet all of the priority 1 and level 2 criteria of W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Any new information added to the site will be compliant with RNIB's 'See it Right' accessibility criteria.

Screen reader/voice browser/screen magnifier users
Partially sighted users - changing the font size
Colour-blind users
Keyboard-only users
Changing the style sheet
Screen reader/voice browser/screen magnifier users

Text equivalents of all images have been provided and the relevant page and table header tags inserted.

Alternative mechanisms have been provided where JavaScript is used within the site.

Partially sighted users - changing the font size

We have provided the facility to change the font size of the text used on our web pages. If you are using Internet Explorer, select 'View' from the menu bar, then 'Text Size' and select from 'Smallest' to 'Largest'. In Netscape, select 'View' from the menu bar, then 'Text Size' and select from 'Smaller', 'Larger', % values or 'Other'.

Colour-blind users

We have checked the site font and background colour combinations for the different colour-blindness conditions and ensured that items are not referenced by colour alone.

Keyboard-only users

The web pages on the site have been tested for use in keyboard-only operation. When using the forms or controls for the tools, the keys to use are as follows:

To select from drop down boxes, use up and down arrow keys
To select/unselect a check box, use the space bar
To move forward between links, use the tab key
To move back between links, use the Shift + tab keys
To initiate an action button, use the Enter key when the action button is selected.

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