Accessibility Features
We have made the site as usable as we can, but you might have a better experience if you change the settings on your computer to suit your individual needs. For example, you can change the site’s colours, increase the text size, or have the site spoken aloud.
Setting up your PC to make it more accessible takes only a few steps. Most Ease of Access options are available in Settings. Select the Start button, then select Settings > Ease of Access. Commonly used options are also available from the sign-in screen.
To change phone settings to suit accessibility needs, Google share information on their support website.
Site Features
Descriptive link text
When the author of a site uses descriptive link text, all links on the page will make sense even when read out of context. For users of assistive technology (e.g. screen-readers) this can allow them to quickly jump through pages of text to find relevant links.
Meaningful ALT attribute on images
Most images on this site contain additional ‘alternate’ text that is stored with the image. This allows users who otherwise wouldn’t be able to see the image access to the stored information. Although this can help users of assistive technology (e.g. screen-readers), this also applies to visitors who disable images because of a slow internet connection.
Browsers
This website is compatible with Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11 and above, Safari, Firefox and Chrome.
Google Translate
The Google Translate tool (in the footer of the website) enables you to choose from over 100 languages to change the text on the website into a language you are familiar with.
PDF and Accessibility
Visually impaired users may have trouble reading PDF files with screen reader software. To overcome this you can go to the Access Adobe website and use their online conversion tools for Adobe PDF Documents.
Accessibility Standards
Our goal for the website is that all pages should meet the Priority 2 (Level AA) checkpoints of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
A limited number of pages, such as those displaying maps provided by Google, do rely on JavaScript and will not be accessible to users of certain assistive technologies or users who have turned off JavaScript in their browsers.
We will continue to try to improve the accessibility of the website, and your feedback is important to us for this.
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to creating an inclusive welcoming culture at Southdown and following the Accessible Information Standard.