Accessibility statement
This is the accessibility statement for speakingforourselves.org.uk .
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 3 - Sitemap
- Access key 9 - Contact us
- Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
Standards compliance
- The majority of pages on this site are WCAG A approved, complying wih priority 1 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This is a judgement call as many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically.
Should you see any deviations please email webmaster@scope.org.uk . - The majority of pages on this site validate as HTML 4.0 Strict.
- All pages on this site use structured semantic markup.
Links
- Links are written to make sense out of context.
Images
- All content images used in this site include descriptive
ALTattributes.
Visual design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is designed to be still readable.
Accessibility software
- JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
- Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
- 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.
- Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.


