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Enabling as many people as possible to use this website

Choose a different font

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Choose letter spacing

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Choose line height

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Choose font size

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Highlight page links

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Highlight page controls

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Choose colour scheme

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Turn images off or on

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Use the screen ruler

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Use the screen mask

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Change language

Reset features to defaults

Are you sure you wish to completely reset your accessibility settings for this web site? If you select Yes, reset my settings your settings will be cleared and the page will reload. Selecting Close will close this dialog without making any changes.

Section 1 - About You

  1. Please select your gender






  2. Please select your age group








  3. Do you have any impairments yourself?




Section 2 - Navigating the Web Site

  1. We would like to know how easy you found being able to navigate your way around the web pages of this web site?







  2. Were there any particular web pages you found difficult to access?



Section 3 - The accessibility Toolbar

Each of these questions are about the different features that are on the toolbar.

  1. Choose a different fontWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to choose and use a different font.







  2. Choose different letter spacingWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to choose and use different letter spacing.







  3. Choose different line heightsWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to choose and use different line heights.







  4. Choose different font sizesWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to choose and use different font sizes.

    Very helpful
    Helpful
    Neither helpful nor unhelpful
    Unhelpful
    Very unhelpful
    Prefer not to say

  5. Highlight page linksWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to highlight links within the web page.







  6. Choose different colour schemesWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to choose different colour schemes for the web pages.







  7. Turn images on or offWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to turn images off or on.







  8. Use the screen rulerWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to use the screen ruler.







  9. Use the screen maskWe would like to know how helpful you found being able to use the screen mask.







  10. Understand the ToolbarDid you find the features on the toolbar easy to understand?



  11. Additional featuresAre there any other features you would like to see on the accessibility toolbar?

Section 4 - Any other comments

Thank you for your time to answer the questions on this questionnaire.

Accessibility Statement

The Howgill Family Centre are committed to providing a website that is accessible for as many people as possible, whatever their ability, device they are using or their location.

Guidelines and standards

To maximize accessibility our website has been developed following the guidelines below:

 
Our website has been developed to accommodate users who rely on assistive technologies such as screen readers etc and also includes an accessibility toolbar containing features to help all users access content on the site more easily including those who have a disability or impairment.

Our website has been tested on all the latest versions of the leading web browsers along with their mobile counterparts on Android and Apple’s iOS to ensure that you have the best experience regardless of how you choose to view this web site and to ensure it works well into the future.

JavaScript has been used to control a small amount of the content on our web site and we are working on alternative methods of accessing this content should you have JavaScript disabled in your browser.

The accessibility toolbar uses JavaScript to modify the web site and store your selections as you activate different options such as changing font, letter spacing and line height.

Regular audits will take place on our website to ensure our accessibility features are to the best standards possible with new features being added as and when they become available.

Accessibility toolbar

The accessibility toolbar is situated at the top of the Howgill Family Centre website and can be activated by selecting the accessibility toolbar button towards the right hand side.

The toolbar has various features a user can select which we have detailed below and includes information on how users can customize the way they view web pages on a variety of internet browsers along with information about inbuilt accessibility features on iOS and android mobile devices.

Accessibility toolbar features

Users will be able to access several features on the toolbar including the following:

  • How to use the accessibility toolbar
  • Select an accessible font
  • Choose font size
  • Adjust spacing between letters
  • Adjust the spacing between lines of text
  • Choose to view pages as text only with no images
  • Adjust background colour and colour contrast
  • Use screen mask
  • Use screen ruler
  • Highlight website links
  • Reset all selections
  • Report a problem    

Details about each of these and how to use them can be found on the toolbar.

Additional Information

You can also use your internet browser to change the text size and font on our website. To find how to do this, follow the links below for your internet browser.

Guides for Internet Explorer

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/internet-explorer-ease-of-access-options-037270c1-db10-7ca8-ccba-ebd83ea6ace9

Guides for Firefox

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use

Guides for Chrome

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96810?hl=en-GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Guides for Safari

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207209

You can also use the inbuilt accessibility features on Android and iOS devices. To find how to do this, follow the links below for your internet browser.

Android

https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9078941?hl=en-GB

iOS

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3e2e4367/ios