We have tried to design our website to make it as accessible as possible whilst remaining visually interesting and easy to use.
This website includes a variety of features which are summarised below:
Browsealoud screenreader
We have speech-enabled our website, which means that you can download free Browsealoud software onto your computer and have the site read aloud to you.
Images and alt tags
Where images are used we have added ‘Alt’ tags – text alternatives so that you will still know what the image is meant to convey even if it doesn’t load or if you have chosen to browse with the images switched off or you are using an assistive technology like a screen reader to browse the web page rather than view.
Resizable text
We haven’t fixed the size of the text on the website so you can alter the font size on the screen to make it easier to read.
There are a number of ways to change the text size in your browser, the easiest way is to follow the following steps:
Chrome
- Hold down the ctrl key and press the + key
Firefox
- select the ‘View’ menu
- select Zoom
- click on Zoom text only and then hold down the ctrl key and press the + key
It is also possible to increase or decrease the size of the text by holding down the ctrl key whilst using the scroll wheel on the mouse.
Internet Explorer
- select the ‘View’ menu
- select the ‘Text Size’ option from the menu
- click on the text size you want to view
Microsoft Edge
- select ‘settings’ from the menu
- under ‘reading view font size’ select the font size you want
Coding standards and Double-A conformance
This website is built using code compliant with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. W3C is the governing authority on web development standards and practices.
The site displays with current browsers, and using standard code should mean that any future browsers will also display this website correctly.
We are continuously improving this website to ensure that pages conform to the Single-AA level of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. However, there may be a few pages and some third party and external applications that do not conform to all the guidelines.
If you have any problem accessing any information on the site, please email website@hackney.gov.uk.
