Accessibility
This web site follows the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative's (WAI) Guidelines.
Browsealoud
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Visitors to OSCR’s website are now able to listen to the content by using Browsealoud.
Browsealoud is a free tool which is used to ‘read’ web pages aloud. The service is designed to improve access to information and services on our website for people who have difficulties reading online.
Browsealoud is a free tool which is used to ‘read’ web pages aloud. The service is designed to improve access to information and services on our website for people who have difficulties reading online.
The service can be accessed by simply clicking on the Browsealoud icon and downloading the free plug-in.
Further information about the software is available on the Browsealoud website
Text size
Some people may wish to view this Web site in larger text size. To do this can either click on font resizer at the top right of this website which has 4 text size alternatives or adjust your browser settings :
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If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the "View" menu in the browser tool bar, select "Text size" and select your required size - either larger or smaller.
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If you are using Netscape Navigator, go to the "View" menu in the browser tool bar, select "Increase Font" or “Decrease Font” and until the text is the required size.
Changing colours
Changing the site's background colour can be particularly useful for users who rely on magnification technology as white can produce an uncomfortable glare. It is also possible to change the colour of body text on the site. Both can be achieved by changing preferences in your browser:
- If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the "Tools" menu, select "Internet Options", select "Colors" and make changes to text and background colours in the Colors panel. Then choose the "Accessibility" button and tick the box labelled "Ignore colours specified on Web"
- If you use Netscape Navigator, go to the "Edit" menu, select "Preferences", open the "Appearance" menu and select "Colors". You can set the colour of text and background from here.
Access Keys
This web site supports the use of Access Keys, which enables the user to navigate the site using keyboard shortcuts. A list of access keys defined for this site is available.
Viewing PDFs (Portable Document Format)
Most of the documents on our website are in PDF format which means they can only be viewed using Adobe Reader. This software is available free of charge from the Adobe Web site
All PDF documents on this site will open in a new Web browser window. After viewing or printing the document, you can close the new Web browser window by using the close button at the top right hand corner.
Adobe also offer other useful resources and tools to aid the accessibility of PDFs, these can be accessed via the Access Adobe website, and include a text-only Adobe Reader download page and an online conversion tool for PDFs.
Listening to PDFs - Read Out Loud
The latest version of Adobe Reader, version 7, comes with the ability to "read" the PDF content to you. This function known as "Read Out Loud" can be accessed as follows:
With the PDF you want read to you open in Adobe Reader 7, go to the "View" menu and select "Read Out Loud", you will then have the option to "Read This Page Only" or "Read To End Of Document".
