ACCESSIBILITY -- Simon Dean Motor Services Ltd
Accessibility statement
This is the official accessibility statement for the Simon Dean Web
Site.
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 (for
some browsers you may also need to hit the ENTER key to activate
a link). On Macintosh,
you
can press Control + an access key.
The following access keys are provided:
- Access key 1 : Home.
- Access key 2 : Services.
- Access key 3 : News.
- Access key 4 : Team.
- Access key 5 : Training.
- Access key 6 : Testimonials.
- Access key 7 : About.
- Access key 8 : Contact.
- Access key 9 : Legal.
- Access key 0 : Accessibility .
Standards compliance
As far as possible, we have tried to ensure that:
- All pages on this site should be at least Bobby A approved, complying
with all priority 1 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines. The only exceptions to this currently are pages containing video.
We are currently working to provide text transcripts for these.
- All pages on this site should validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
- All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. h1 tags are used
for main titles, h2 tags for subtitles (and so on). For example, on
this page,
JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement
by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.
Links
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater
detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such
as the headline of an article). As far as possible, links are written
to make
sense
out of context.
Images
- All content images used in this site should include descriptive alt tags.
Purely decorative graphics include null alt tags.
- Complex images include longdesc tags or inline descriptions to explain
the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
Visual design
- This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text
size" option in visual browsers.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all,
the content of each page should still be readable.
Accessibility references
- W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
- W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
- U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
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.
Accessibility services
- Bobby, a
free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility
guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
- HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
- Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
Related resources
- WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
- Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.
- Dive Into Accessibility,
an excellent practical guide to Web accessibility.