Accessibility
Navigation
A hidden link has been placed on each page to help users using a screen reader to access the navigation and main content with ease.
Headings and Navigation Menus
Header tags are used across the website to denote the content structure. This ensures that content is read in the correct order.
Images
All of the images on this site contain descriptive alt tags. Alt tags describe the image in screen readers and other assistive technologies and are in main use when an image cannot be displayed. Images’ alt tags that bear no relation to the content are set to null to enable easy reading by all users.
Colours
The colours of text across the site have been used to offer enough contrast for easy reading by all users following the suggested levels set out by Hewlett Packard (HP).
Font Size
Users can increase/decrease the size of text using their browser.
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer: select View, then Text Size and select your preferred size
- For Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome: select View, then Text Size and select Increase or Decrease, or press control/command & +/-.
- For Netscape: select View, then Text Zoom and select your preferred size
Stylesheets
Stylesheets have been used to control the style and structure of the website. Should CSS not be available on your browser then the content will still be displayed in the correct order and structure.
JavaScript
Should javascript not be available to the user then the site will offer an alternative. However, usage of javascript has been kept to an absolute minimum and is not in use on any navigation.