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Further information about BOBBY can be obtained from the Centre for Applied Special Technology website http://www.cast.org/ 

 

Alternative transcripts will be provided when audio feeds are used on this website. 

  • If you have difficulty reading the pages on this site and are using version 3 or higher of Netscape or Internet Explorer, options are available on your web browser to alter features of it, such as changing the text colour, background colour and size of your browser window. You can also:

  • Increase the text size by selecting this option in the view menu - or see http://www.rnib.org.uk/technology/fontlarger.htm

  • Customise your preferred colour scheme for this and other websites you view. (In Explorer 5.0 you can do this by choosing 'Internet Options' from the 'Tools' menu and choosing the 'Accessibility' button.)

  • You can fine-tune your mouse and keyboard settings under Start>Settings>Control Panel>Accessibility in Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP.

  • You can translate any individual page on this site into another language at http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box

  • The British Dyslexia Association provide information and advice on dyslexia. Please visit 
    http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/main/home/index.asp

  • Textic provide accessibility toolbars for personal use. See www.textic.com

  • Information for people with learning disabilities and useful website resources can be found at http://www.widgit.com/

Alternative navigation

Using the keyboard to browse the web can be a useful alternative to using a mouse, and to some people it is the only way that they can navigate a page.

Pressing the ' Tab ' key while on a web page will select the next link on the page. You can press ' Tab ' repeatedly to get to the chosen link. 

Once your chosen link is selected, you can trigger it by pressing the ' Enter ' key on your keyboard. You can move backwards through links by pressing ' Shift ' + ' Tab ' together.

Other useful keyboard shortcuts include -

  1. ' F1 ' - Displays the help file for the current program.
  2. ' Alt ' + ' letter ' - activates the menu represented by the letter, where letter is the underlined letter in the menu title for example ' File' would be ' Alt ' + ' F'
  3. ' Ctrl ' + ' Z ' - Undo the last action.
  4. ' Alt ' + ' Tab ' - Quickly switch between current running programs.
  5. ' Windows Key ' + ' D' - Shows your desktop.
  6. ' Windows Key ' + ' E ' - Starts Windows Explorer.
  7. ' Windows Key ' + ' U ' - Displays the Windows utility manager dialog box for controlling accessibility options .
  8. ' Ctrl' + ' C' - Copies selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
  9. ' Ctrl' + ' V ' - Pastes text\graphics from the clipboard.
  10. ' Ctrl' + ' X' - Cuts selected text\graphics to the clipboard.

Additional Information on Accessibility

Below are some useful web links on accessibility issues.

E-access Bulletin is a free independent monthly e-mail newsletter on information technology issues for people with visual impairment and blindness: http://www.e-accessibility.com/

If you have any comments about the site then please email info@northyorkshireaidsaction.org.uk

PDF Information.


In order to gain access to pdf files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Reader below:

Acrobat Reader 5.1 with Search and Accessibility - English for Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP (13.4 MB)

Acrobat Reader 5.1 with Search - English for Macintosh (MacBinary) (972 KB)

Acrobat Reader 5.1 (monolithic) - English for Macintosh (MacBinary) (43.4 MB) (single file installer intended for use on tangible media and inside firewalls)

Adobe PDF documents are compatible with Microsoft Windows based screen readers. If you have a screen reader which cannot read Adobe PDF documents, there are tools to convert PDFs into HTML on the Adobe website.

MS Word 2000/XP (.doc)

To view MS Word documents you need software that can read files in Microsoft Word format or the free Microsoft Windows Word 2000/XP Viewer that will allow you to view Word files.

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