Accessability

Whiland recognises the importance of providing a Web site that is accessible to everyone, particularly the disabled. We have implemented accessibility features on whiland.co.uk to make it easier for people with disabilities to use.

Access keys

Access keys are simple keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use a mouse for navigation. In most PC-based browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer), you press Alt then the access key (e.g., Alt then 0) then Enter. In most Mac-based browsers (e.g., Safari), you press then the access key (e.g., then 0). Unfortunately, not all browsers support access keys.

The following access keys are available throughout whiland.co.uk:

• 0 = Accessibility
• 1 = Homepage
• 2 = Products
• 3 = Contact Us
• 4 = Search
• 5 = Privacy Policy

Text Size

You can change the text size (for all websites) in your browser as follows:

Internet Explorer:

Select the Tools menu, Internet Options. Click the Accessibility button and then tick the 'Ignore font sizes...' option. Click OK on both dialog boxes.

You can then change the font size using the View menu, then Text size. Select the appropriate option from the menu.

Firefox:

Select the View menu, then Text size. Select the appropriate option from the menu.

You can also hold down the Control key and scroll the mouse wheel up or down to change the text size.

Safari:

Select the View menu, then choose bigger or smaller from the menu.

You can also hold down the Apple key and press either + or -

Useful Web site links

• Accessible Property Register
• Disability Rights Commission
• disability.gov.uk
• Disabled Living Foundation
• Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
• Roll-a-Ramp
• Web Accessibility Initiative

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

In order to conform to Level A of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, we:

• Avoid causing the screen to flicker.
• Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document.
• Ensure information conveyed with colour is also available without colour.
• Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated at the same time.
• Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide the equivalent information on an alternative accessible page.
• For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., an animation or movie), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions) with the presentation.
• For data tables that have two or more levels of row or column headers, use mark-up to associate data cells and header cells.
• For data tables, identify row and column headers.
• Make programmatic objects directly accessible with assistive technologies (if functionality is important).
• Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets (e.g., when a document is rendered without its style sheet, it should still be possible to read the document).
• Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., animations, audio, images, movies, programmatic objects, and video).
• Provide an auditory description of the important information of the visual track of every multimedia presentation (e.g., an animation or movie).
• Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps, except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.
• Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content.