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ACCESSIBILITY
This page offers information about how we make our website more
accessible to the public, including tips to make browsing the site easier.
Familiarity and Orientation
We aim to provide a familiar layout, structure and colour
scheme to our users to help them recognise and orientate themseleves.
To assist users get a feeling of the website's hierarchy, an indication of
the current location within the website is displayed at the top of each
page.
Larger font sizes
At the foot of each page is a link allowing users to toggle the
text size of the website. This can also be achieved by clicking here.
AccessKeys
Some links and buttons have been associated with AccessKeys,
allowing users to navigate the website without the use of a mouse. These are
indicated around the website by an underlined letter, and the full list is also
provided below.
- A Accesibility page
- H Home
- S Search
- E My EcoHomes
- T My Account
- R Support
- C Contact Us
AccessKeys can be used in a number of ways (the list below is not exhaustive): -
- Windows
Shift+Alt+[AccessKey] (e.g. Shift+Alt+h)
- Mac
Ctrl+[AccessKey] (e.g. Ctrl+h)
- Screen readers
Please refer to the instructions specific
to your product
Shortcut keys
There are a number of keyboard combinations that can speed up browsing
and reduce the use of a mouse.
- Scroll down one 'page'
Spacebar
- Back to last page
Backspace (the backspace button is above 'Enter')
- Skip to next link/input field
Tab (the tab button is above 'Caps Lock')
Screen readers
Many programs allow users to listen to websites instead of reading
them. This can be useful to the blind, those with literacy difficulties, and those for
whom English is not their first language.
We have provided our content within tables to allow screen readers to follow the content
in a logical pattern. We also provide alternative text for all important images.
For a free screen reader for PCs, you can try
BrowseAloud.
Please note that this requires you to download and install third-party
software, for which we accept no responsibility.
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