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This is the accessibility
statement for Commercial and Plant.
Commercial and Plant recognises the importance of providing a
website that is accessible to all user groups, including the
disabled
We have implemented the following accessibility features on
this website to make it easier to use for people with
disabilities.
You may need to review the accessibility features in your
browser.
Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback
regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you experience
any difficulty using it by emailing:
We aim to provide full accessibility in all new content on the
website,
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive alt
attributes. Purely decorative graphics include empty alt
attributes.
Font sizes
You may change the font size of this document to your
preference through your browser:
In Internet Explorer, select View, then Text Size, and then
your preferred size.
In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom, and then your
preferred percentage size.
Style sheets
This site uses embedded style sheets for visual layout. If
your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets
at all, the use of structured semantic markup ensures that the
content of each page is still readable and clearly structured.
You may import your own stylesheet into this website:
In Internet Explorer select Tools, then Internet Options, and
then Accessibility. Next click on any or all 3 checkboxes to
ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window
you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that
says, 'format document using my style sheet' then simply
browse to your style sheet and click OK.
In Netscape select Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance.
You will be given the choice to specify your own colours and
fonts.
Tables
All tables have properly scoped header cells, to allow screen
readers to render them intelligently. Where required, tables
also have a caption and a summary. Tables are used for layout
Scripting
Java script is used on the website for several non-malicious
scripting functions, however it is possible to browse the
website without Java script. Scripting may be required
for the online shopping cart.
Links
Linking text has been written to make sense out of context.
Where appropriate, links have title attributes which describe
the link in greater detail to aid sighted and
visually-impaired users.
Accessibility features in your browser
Internet Explorer
Choose Help: Contents: Accessibility
Netscape Navigator
http://help.netscape.com/netscape7/shortcuts.html
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility/
See also how to specify your own colours and fonts in Netscape
Standards compliance
The pages on our website conform at a minimum to level A
compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for
the Blind (RNIB).
All pages validate as XHTML 1 Transitional and use structured
semantic markup. The CSS also validates.
We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination
Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services
online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/
http://www.drc-gb.org/
Accessibility references
▪ W3
accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind
each guideline.
▪ W3
accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each
guideline.
▪ The RNIB's
Web accessibility at a glance
▪ The
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)
http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/
▪ JAWS, a
screen reader for Windows.
▪ Home Page
Reader, a screen reader for Windows.
▪
Windows-Eyes, a screen reader for Windows.
▪ PwWebSpeak,
a screen reader for Windows.
▪ Lynx, a free
text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille
displays.
▪ Links, a
free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth
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