Accessibility
Is the text size too large or too small?
Change your text settings through your browser options:
In Internet Explorer:
Go to View > Text size and select your desired text size setting (eg. larger, smaller); in Netscape browsers go to View>Text size. Select a larger or smaller 'percentage' or click on 'larger'’ (or ‘smaller’) to go one size up or down.
Changing your computer screen settings:
To change the size of the image shown on your screen on a PC running the Windows 95 and upwards operating system, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the desktop area by using the sliding bar.
On an Apple Macintosh:
You can use the Monitor & Sound Control Panel to change the resolution.
Having difficulty with your keyboard or mouse?
You can fine-tune your mouse and keyboard settings under Start>Settings>Control Panel>Accessibility in Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP.
Skipping navigation for talking browsers and screen readers:
For speech browsers, You can press alt and S followed by Enter to skip navigation on our pages.
Accessibility software
There are a number of online services which can help make the web more accessible to you. We have listed some of these below:
- JAWS (external link, opens new browser window): a time-limited demonstration version of this Windows screen reader software is available
- Lynx (external link, opens new browser window): a free text-only web browser.
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer (external link, opens new browser window): a tool for viewing your webpages without modern browser features
On behalf of Age Concern England and Digital Unite