Accessibility

It is important to me that my site be as accessible as possible. Please find below a list of common accessibility solutions which we have placed great emphasis on testing with people to ensure a better experience for all users and with all technologies.
I welcome any comments, suggestions or feedback you have for me, please feel free to use the contact page.

Contents


  1. New Website

  2. Screen Reader – Webanywhere

  3. Text Resizing

  4. Easy page printing

  5. Global Translator

  6. Menu access keys

  7. User commenting

New Website


We have just launched the new look design for ursulastephens.com, taking care to ensure improved accessibility. These new features have been applied to the majority of pages, however some will not yet have the same level of accessibility or some of the features listed below.
Similarly, because some of the new features utilise the latest technology the website is best viewed with a modern browser, if you are using an old browser, such as internet explorer 6 or below, please consider upgrading to one of the free browsers listed below:
icon_firefox50x50 Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Google_Chrome_Icon Google Chrome
ie7-icon Internet Explorer 7 or above

Screen Reader – Webanywhere


WebAnywhere is a web-based screen reader for the web. It requires no special software to be installed on the client machine and, therefore, enables blind people to access the web from any computer they happen to have access to that has a sound card. Visit wa.cs.washington.edu to access WebAnywhere directly. And, it’s completely FREE to use!

WebAnywhere will run on any machine, even heavily locked-down public terminals, regardless of what operating system it is running and regardless of what browsers are installed. WebAnywhere does not seek to replace existing screen readers – it has some big limitations, namely that it will not provide access to desktop applications like word processors or spreadsheets.

Please read the WebAnywhere Paper for more information about the system.

Click here to start using Webanywhere!


Text resizing


Most internet browsers allow you to easily resize text, here are some instructions:

  • PC / Internet Explorer 6 From the top menu bar, select View and point to Text size

  • PC / Internet Explorer 7 From the menu bar underneath the search field, select Page and point to Text size

  • PC / other browsers Increase text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press -

  • Mac / all browsers Increase text size: Hold down the Command key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the Command key and press -

Easy page printing


An easily printable version of all pages and posts can be accesed by clicking the “Print Friendly” link at the bottom of each page.
Look for: PrintPrint Friendly
Thank you to PrintFriendly.com for their great free service.

Global Translator


Do I speak your language? I have installed a global translator – Please use this free service to access the site in a varity of common languages.

Choose a Language:



Menu access keys


These can be accessed in the following way:

  • PC: Alt

  • Mac: Ctrl

  • Firefox 2: Alt and Shift

User commenting


Comments can now be made on any blog post. Feel free to send me feedback about a specific topic that I am writing about. An RSS feed of blog comments will also be implemented in the coming months.