Help for those with visual impairments
Visual impairments come in all shapes and sizes, from colour blindness to complete
vision loss. We have done our best on this site to cater for as many types of visual
impairment as possible.
Changing text size
Both our
default
user interface and our
low vision design allow the resizing of text using your web browser.
The only difference is that the default browser will only effectively resize text
contained in the main body of the page, while the low vision version will resize
all text found on the page.
The method you use to resize the default text size varies between browsers. Below
we demonstrate how to change text size on the two main browsers; Internet explorer
and Firefox.
Internet Explorer 7.0
To resize text in Internet Explorer 7.0 go to Page > Text Size and select the text
size you require.
Firefox 2.0
In Firefox 2.0 you can select to increase or decrease text size by pressing CTRL
+ or CTRL - respectively. Alternatively these options can also be found under View
> Text Size.
Change the design of this site in order to make it easier to read
If you are blind or partially sighted and use a speech browser, we have endeavoured
to make this site as friendly as possible. However, we are always open to criticism
so if you spot any problems please contact us, and we will try our best to improve
things.
Help for those with motor impairments
Many people also suffer from some form of motor control problem that can make using
a mouse very difficult. Because of this, we have added "access keys" to this site.
These act as shortcuts to key links on the page, and will work if your web browser
supports access keys. The access keys are as follows:
- A - Accessibility
- C - Contact us
- H - return to the Homepage
- M - site Map
- P - Privacy statement
- S - Shop / search
- T - Terms and conditions
To use an access key hold down the ALT key (or control on a mac) on your keyboard
and press the appropriate number or letter listed above. On most browsers, this
will immediately jump you to the appropriate page.
However, if you are using
Internet Explorer you will then need
to press RETURN to activate the link.
How do I get out of low vision mode?
If you've found that you've got stuck in low vision mode and cannot get back to
the default layout, just click
here and the site will return back to normal.