Accessibility features on this website
The South Tyneside Council and Community website has a number of accessibility features including:
- Access keys
- Customise this website by changing the text size
- Link wording/phrasing
- Speech enabled with Browsealoud
- Skip to content link
Access keys
In a web browser an access key allows a visitor to immediately jump to a specific part of a website via the keyboard.
The South Tyneside Council and Community website closely followed the the recommended UK Government accesskeys standard when choosing the access keys.
| Page | Access Key |
|---|---|
| Skip to content | S |
| Home | 1 |
| News and events | 2 |
| Site map | 3 |
| FAQs | 5 |
| Help | 6 |
| Complaints | 7 |
| Disclaimer and privacy statement | 8 |
| Accessibility | 0 |
| Browser | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Internet explorer 6 (IE6) | alt + access key followed by enter | N/A |
| Internet explorer 7 (IE7) | alt + access key | N/A |
| Firefox 2.0 and above | alt + shift + access key | alt + shift + access key |
| Opera | shift + Esc followed by access key | shift + Esc followed by access key |
Customise this website by changing the text size
If you find the text size on this website is too small you can increase the text size by using our text resize feature. You can find the text resize feature at the top of each web page.
The text resizing will only work on this website. If you leave our website the text size will change to the other website text size.
You can change the text size in your browser. This will affect every website you visit. Find out how to change the font style in your browser at the BBC's My web my way - accessibility help pages
Link wording/phrasing
We following RNIB guidelines and try to make sure that each link on this website is:
- Clear, giving you a good idea of what the destination page is about.
- Unique, each one is different, unless it leads to the same page as any others using the same wording.
- Complete, not relying on nearby text to explain its purpose or context.
- Concise, as short and to the point as possible.
- Easy to identify, not beginning with words like "click here for" or "link to".
Speech enabled with Browsealoud
Browsealoud is a computer program that reads out all website content. As you move the cursor over words, they are spoken aloud and the words are highlighted. Speech enable this website with the free software from Browsealoud.
Skip to content link
People using screen readers can aviod navigating or reading through parts of the web page by using the skip to content link at the top of web pages. This link is hidden from visual users.
