Accessibility
We are committed to making our site broadly accessible and support the “Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites” standard developed jointly by the and the . The site is intended to be accessible by English language users. Our aim is that our site will be readily accessible to users who have the following profiles:
- Vision impairment
- Mobility difficulties
- Mild to medium cognitive and learning disabilities
- Deaf and hard of hearing
In most cases we expect accessibility will be achievable simply through browser configuration changes. However, the use of personal specialised access devices or software may be required by users who would normally require such facilities.
If you wish to provide feedback or suggestions for improving the accessibility of this site, please send an email to: .
We also support the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) which provides guidelines for achieving accessibility. This site currently conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 Level "A".
If you experience difficulties in accessing the material on this site, please note that a printed version is available upon request via our media enquiries number on the Contact page.
Browser and Plug-In Compatibility
You can view this website on industry-standard browsers running on standard desktop operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX and Linux. For one page of our site only (an annotated global map on our Track Record page), we currently require the Macromedia Flash browser plug-in to be installed. Depending upon browser security settings, users may be prompted to install this plug-in if it is not currently installed with the user's browser. If this plug-in is not installed, and equivalent graphic will be displayed.
Common Configuration Tasks to support Accessibility under Microsoft Windows
Screen Resolution
- From the Windows main desktop, click the Start button, then Settings and Control Panel to open the control panel.
- Then double click on the Display icon and select the Setting tab
- In the Screen Area section, reduce the screen resolution to 800 x 600 pixels to increase the size of all the text on the screen.
- To finish, click apply, then click ok and then click yes to confirm the new settings
Note - this will change the screen view for all applications Browser Font Size
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