Accessibility features on this website
We have designed our website to include a number of accessibility features. We hope these features will allow users with disabilities, including those who are blind or partially sighted, to access the information and services they want.
You will find details of the website's accessibility features below. You will also find practical steps to help you configure your browser to the settings that are best for you.
If you have any questions or comments on the information below, please feel free to email us at enquiries@c6-intelligence.com
Use of style sheets
This site makes extensive use of stylesheets to control the visual design, colour scheme and fonts.
Because the website employs stylesheets, users can view pages using their preferred settings. People with dyslexia, for example, may have a preferred typeface or background colour to improve readability.
A separate stylesheet is also used to control the appearance of printed pages. When you print a page from this website, the page navigation will not be included - leaving more space for the important information.
Changing text size
All the text in this website can be resized. This means that users can set their preferences to a text size that is comfortable for them.
Below are the steps for resizing text on the most common web browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - versions 5 and 6
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- Select View menu
- Select Fonts
- Select your preferred text size
- Netscape Navigator
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- Select Edit from the Menu Bar
- Select Preferences
- Select Appearance
- Select Font. Then choose your preferred option
Colours and contrast
We have considered the needs of users who are colour-blind by selecting colour combinations with sufficient contrast between foreground and background.
You can however use your own preferred colour scheme. Instructions on how to change background and font colours for the most common web browsers are below:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - versions 5 and 6
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- Select Tools from the menu bar at the top of your window
- From the options which appear, select Internet options
- Click the General tab
- Click the button marked Accessibility
- To remove background and font colours, tick the checkbox labelled Ignore colours specified on web pages
- Click on Colours
- You can choose your own preferred colours for text, page background and links
- Netscape Navigator
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- Select Edit from the Menu Bar
- Select Preferences
- Select Appearance
- Select Colours
- Change the colour of the text/background/links to your preferred colour
PDF documents
This website uses PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format for documents and forms that can be downloaded.
To read these documents, you will need software called Acrobat Reader. This software is freely available, and you can download a copy from the Adobe Acrobat website.
The current version of Adobe Acrobat (Acrobat Reader 6) has a number of accessibility features. If you have an older version, you can upgrade by downloading the new version from the Adobe website.
All links to downloadable documents include the file size. This helps users to get an idea of how long it will take to download the document.
Pages which include PDF files for download carry the link to the Acrobat Reader download page on the Adobe website.
ALT attributes
All images in this site use ALT attributes. These are alternative text descriptions of the image.
ALT attributes are particularly important for partially sighted and blind users.
Links
This site contains a number of links to other websites, other pages within this site and to PDF documents.
We try to ensure that where we include a link, an appropriate description of where the link leads is used within the link itself. This means that when a screen reader is used to read out just the page links, the user will be given a clear description of where the link will take them.
We try to avoid phrases such as 'click here', which give no details on where the link leads to.
Forms
We have designed the forms and text entry boxes within the site for maximum ease of use. Users do not have to position the cursor perfectly within the form box itself to input data.
Users can get the cursor into the correct position by clicking on any part of the box or the accompanying text description of the box.
Tabbing
Users who have difficulties using a mouse can navigate through the site using the Tab key. We have designed the tab index so that it takes the user through the page links in a logical order - most important links first.
Tables
When designing tables on the website, we have considered the impact of the design on users employing screen reader technology.
All tables in this website are set up so that contents are read out in an efficient, logical and easy-to-understand way.
Frames
This site does not use frames.