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Oxford City Council believes that its online information and services should be accessible to all users.
We have designed our website to include a number of accessibility features. We hope these features will allow users with disabilities, including those who are blind or partially sighted, to access the information and services they want.
All the text in this website can be resized. This means that users can set their preferences to a text size that is comfortable for them. To do this:
Click on one of the three A's on the banner at the top of the page.
We have considered the needs of users who are visually impaired by selecting colour combinations with sufficient contrast between foreground and background. However you can use your own preferred colour scheme:
select Text only from the header bar > select Change low graphics options from the top of the page > highlight the colour combination you want > select Change my optoins at the bottom of the page to activate this colour combination
All images in this site use alternative ("alt") attributes. These are alternative text descriptions of the image. These attributes are particularly important for partially sighted and blind users.
Tere are a number of links to other websites from this site, as well as links to other pages within the site and to PDF documents. Where we include a link we try to make sure there is an appropriate description of where the link leads. This means that a screen reader can be used to read out just the page links. We avoid using click here as this gives no details of where the link leads.
If you have difficulties using a mouse you can navigate through the site using the Tab key. The tab index is designed so that it runs through the page links in a logical order. We also use Access Keys to enable navigation through the site without using a mouse. To find out more select Access Keys from the left hand navigation.
Tables on this site are designed so that screen readers communicate the information they contain in a logical way.
This site makes use of stylesheets to control the visual design, colour scheme and fonts. Because the website employs stylesheets, users can view pages using their preferred settings. People with dyslexia, for example, may have a preferred typeface or background colour to improve readability.
A separate stylesheet is also used to control the appearance of printed pages. When you print a page from this website, the page navigation will not be included, leaving more space for the important information.
Page last reviewed 7 Apr 2008