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Accessibility

Our web site has been built with the intention of making the content accessible and user friendly for the widest range of visitors. We adopt best practice and work to compliance with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, at the AA level.

Text to Speech

 

The content on this website can be read aloud to you. The text on the page is simultaneously read aloud and highlighted so you can easily follow along.

 

  • Click the listen button in the pop-up menu that appears.
  • Select the text you want to listen to. 

 

Altering font size A+ A-

We've adopted features that facilitate the process of altering font size by making font smaller or larger for better visibility.

 

To increase or decrease the default font size on desktop web browsers, follow these steps:

  • On a Windows system, in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge, press Ctrl and the plus key (+) to make text larger, or Ctrl and the minus key (-) to make it smaller.

  • On a Mac system, in Chrome, press the option + command + plus key (+) to make text larger, or the option + command + minus key (-) to make text smaller. In Firefox and Safari, press the command and the plus key (+) to make text larger, and the command + minus key (-) to make text smaller.

Larger text with IOS

  • Open up your system settings and tap "Display & Brightness"
  • Tap the "Text Size" option, then move the slider at the bottom of the screen to make the text as large as you'd like
  • If you want to make the text even larger than that slider will allow, go back to the main settings menu, tap "General" > "Accessibility" > "Larger text." That'll let you increase the text size substantially using the same slider at the bottom of the screen.

iOS also has a system-wide magnification function, which you can activate by heading into the "Accessibility" area:

  • Go to Settings > General > Accessibility
  • Tap on "Zoom," and toggle the feature on

You will now have a window that you can move around the screen to magnify anything on that screen. Double-tap with three fingers to remove the window or bring it back again.

 

Change text and background colours

Some people find certain text and background colour combinations difficult to read, while others prefer to always have a specific colour such as white text on a black background.

 

You can invert the screen colours in Chrome OS on Chromebook computers with High contrast mode.

  • In the System menu, select the Settings  In the Settings window, select Accessibility from the left-hand menu. If Accessibility is not visible, select Advanced or Personalization to reveal more menu items.
  • On the Accessibility settings screen, go to the Display section. Select Use high contrast mode to set the toggle switch to On.

Changing colours in Windows 10 using Colour Filter

  • Go to Start Menu > Settings > Ease of Access 
  • Select 'Colour filters' from the Vision section in the left column.
  • Under 'Use colour filters' in the right column, click the toggle switch labelled 'Turn on colour filters'. The screen colours will immediately change (Greyscale is the default filter used).
  • Select the colour filter you would like to apply.
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