Accessibility

Herefordshire Council is committed to improving your experience of this site. We would appreciate your views on our accessibility, email editor@herefordshire.gov.uk if you have any comments.

Accessibility Standards

What standards does this website meet for accessibility?

The site has been designed to meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) A-level standard. You can read more about these standards at the WWW consortium website.

Screen resolutions

Which screen resolution do you recommend for viewing this website?

The recommended minimum display settings for the http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/ pages are 800x600 and 16-bit colour (65,356 colours or thousands of colours depending on your operating system).

Can I use screen magnification software?

Although some of the built-in features of the web browser that you use might be helpful, they do not offer the same level of access as the magnification software packages developed by specialist software suppliers. The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) website provides in-depth information for partially sighted web users.

I have very restrictive vision. What are my options?

If you have little or no vision, the Internet can be accessed using a speaking browser and refreshable Braille displays. You can download Browsealoud, read speaking software, from this website if you would like web pages read to you. Alternatively visit the RNIB website for further details of technology designed to help if you have a visual disability.

Physical disabilities

I have physical disabilities. What can help me to access the site?

You may find the access keys available on this website helpful. See below for details.

Access keys

What are access keys?

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that enable a user to navigate around a website without the use of a mouse.

Access keys available on this website

s - Skip navigation*
1 - Welcome page
2 - News
3 - Site map (once set up)
4 - Search SMR
5 - About us
6 - Council website help page
7 - Privacy
8 - Terms and Conditions
9 - Contact SMR form
0 - Accessibility page

* Note: The FireFox web browser does not support Alt + s.

How to use access keys

This depends on the web browser you are using.

If you use Internet Explorer

1. Press and hold the 'Alt' key
2. Press the required number or letter
3. Release the keys and press the 'ENTER' key

If you are using a Mac

• Substitute the 'Ctrl' key for the 'Alt' key.