Accessibility

Do you need help in making this site easier to use? Below is the list of ways to help you access the web site to suit your needs.

Help with visibility

Making text larger

Most web browsers include functionality to let you increase or decrease the text in a web page. To increase text size you could do one of the following:

Internet Explorer:
Click on Menu Items: View > Text Size > Largest
Windows Keyboard Shortcut: N/A, Machintosh Keyboard Shortcut: N/A

Firefox,Netscape:
Click on Menu Items: View > Text Size > Increase
Windows Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl++ , Machintosh Keyboard Shortcut: Command+

Safari:
Click on Menu Items: View > Make Text Bigger
Windows Keyboard Shortcut: N/A, Machintosh Keyboard Shortcut: Command+

Opera:
Click on Menu Items: View > Zoom > %
Machintosh Shortcut:Command+ Windows Shortcut: + or 0

For a Plain Layout View

Turning off the style sheet gives a plain layout view, which: makes text black on a white background (or however your browser is set), puts all the information in one column (called "linearized"), leaves content images or removes background images.

Firefox:
Click on Menu Items: View > Page Style > No Style

Opera:
Click on Menu Items:View > Style > User Mode

Other Text and Color Changes

Many browsers provide functionality to set different aspects of font and color. Below are examples of how to access this functionality.

Firefox:
Windows Menu items:Tools > Options
Macintosh Menu items: Firefox > Preferences
In dialog box: General (in the left pane), Fonts & Colors (button)

Opera:
Windows Menu items: Tools > Preferences
Macintosh Menu items: Opera > Preferences
In dialog box: Fonts and Page Style (in the left pane)

Help with reading the web site

There are a number of text to speech programs that are either freeware or shareware that allow any text that can be selected with the keyboard or mouse to be spoken back in a range of different voices. This may be a very valuable facility for someone who needs to give their eyes a rest or who has difficulties with reading. One such program is ReadPlease.
You can download a free copy of ReadPlease here.