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Accessibility

Accessibility Statement

Tiny Tickers is committed to providing a website that is accessible and easy to use for the widest range of visitors possible, regardless of disability or impairment. We believe that this is an ongoing process and are constantly seeking to improve in this area.

Keyboard Navigation

Using the keyboard for navigation is often handy and quick to use.

There are a few simple techniques for navigating in this way:

  • The backspace (delete) key can be used in the same way as the back button in your browser. Using shift + backspace works in the same way as the forward page button.
  • The tab key can be used to navigate through links. Each successive key press will take you to the next available link in the page. Using shift + tab reverses this effect and moves to the previous link.
  • Access keys as described earlier are very handy and can be quicker to use than mouse navigation.
  • The up and down cursor keys (arrows) can be used to scroll the page up and down rather than having to use the scroll bar.

Speech enabled

This site has been optimised for use with all speech enabled programs and browsers.

Increase the font size

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ for Windows: Method One

  • Click on the Tools menu
  • Click on Internet Options
  • Click on the Accessibility button (on the General tab)
  • Click in the Ignore font sizes specified on Web Pages checkbox
  • Click on the OK button to close the Accessibility dialog box
  • Click on the OK button to close the Internet Options dialog box

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ for Windows: Method Two

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Text Size
  • Click on Larger/Largest to increase and Small/Smallest to decrease
  • Please note if you do not like the colour contrast between background and text, you can follow the first three stages in Step One described above and select Avoid colours specified on web pages.

Netscape Navigator 4+ for Windows

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Text Zoom (100%)
  • Click on your preferred text size or click on the smaller/larger options until you find a size with which you are comfortable.
  • Further Accessibility Preferences, including changing the colours used, can be chosen by clicking on the Edit menu, selecting Preferences and expanding the Appearance category at the top left of the dialog box. Expand the category either by clicking on the + sign or by double-clicking on Appearance.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for an Apple Macintosh

  • Click on the Edit menu
  • From the options menu which appears, select Preferences
  • Click on Web Content
  • Click on the Show style sheets checkbox to remove the tick
  • Return to the list of Preferences
  • Click on Web Browser
  • Select Language/Fonts
  • Select the font size you require

Mozilla Firefox: Method 1

  • Click on the View menu
  • Select Increase/Decrease Text Size until you are comfortable

Mozilla Firefox: Method 2

  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + ) key to Increase
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus( – ) key to Decrease

Opera

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Zoom
  • Click on the appropriate size in the list
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + ) key to Increase
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus ( – ) key to Decrease

Document downloads

There are a number of PDF documents available for download across the site. You can find out more about how to configure the free Adobe Reader software to obtain greater access to PDF files by visiting the Adobe site.

Download Adobe Reader for free (http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/otherversions/)

Feedback

We are continually seeking to make improvements to the site and welcome any comments, suggestions or feedback. If you are using adaptive technology and are having problems accessing information on the site, please email info@tinytickers.org with details of the problem you encountered and the technology you are using.