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Accessibility

At RML, we are commited to making our work accessible to all. We strive to deliver outstanding sites that everyone can enjoy. We work in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.

Accessibility is important

RML is committed to making our website available to as many people as possible.To make this website accessible to all, we have included the following functionality:

Changing your browser settings

To alter the way you view websites, from text size to background colour, change the settings on your browser by following the instructions below.

Internet Explorer (IE5 and higher)

To change the text size

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages" tick box
  • Click "OK"
  • On the browser View menu, click "Text Size" and then choose the size you want

To change text and background colours

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
  • Click "OK"
  • On the General tab, click "Colors"
  • Deselect "Use Windows colours" tick box
  • Click the box next to "Text" and select a colour
  • Click "OK"
  • Click the box next to "Background" and select a colour
  • Click "OK" 

To change the colour of links

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
  • Click "OK"
  • Click on "Colours", then click on the relevant colour box and choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to appear as
  • Click "OK"

To change the font

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the "Ignore font styles specified on web pages" tick box
  • Click "OK"
  • Click on "Fonts", then select the required font
  • Click "OK"


To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window

  • Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or press F11, or drag the window to the required size.

Prevent images/graphics appearing

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the Advanced tab, scroll down to "Multimedia" and deselect the following tick boxes: "Play animations in web pages", "Play videos in web pages", and "Show Pictures"
  • Click "Apply" then "OK"

Importing your own stylesheet

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the tick boxes that your stylesheet will override: colours, font styles, and font sizes
  • Click "OK"
  • On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
  • Select the "Format documents using my style sheet" tick box and browse to the required stylesheet and click "OK"

More options available to help you view websites

  • On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
  • On the Advanced tab choose the options you want

Mozilla

Prevent images/graphics appearing

  • On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
  • Select "Privacy & Security" and click on "Images"
  • Select the "Do not load any images" tick box
  • Click "OK"

To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window

  • Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or drag the window to the required size.
  • If you have problems changing your browser setting use the "Help" menu on the browser toolbar.

Safari

To change the text size

  • Select the View menu, then either Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

In all browsers

To change the text size

  • Holding down the CTRL button and scrolling the mouse-wheel up and down will adjust text size accordingly.

keyboard navigation

  • Navigating around the site is possible without the mouse. The following keyboard commands are active across the site, in both HTML and Flash elements of the site:


TAB - to cycle forwards through links.

SHIFT + TAB - to cycle backwards though links.

ENTER - to select a highlighted link.

screen readers

  • The RML site works with screen reader technology. This allows an audio narration of the site as an alternative to visual.

images

  • Every image throughout the site has been tagged with an ALT attribute. ALT allows alternative description to be given for each image. This allows both screen readers and browsers which don't display images to represent a substitute description.