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BROWSEALOUD

As part of our on-going improvements and efforts to making our website 'Accessible to All', we are pleased to announce that our web site is speech-enabled with 'Free to download' software.  This latest improvement will certainly help those with reading difficulties, literacy problems, mild vision difficulties and where English is not their first language can now use this and some websites more easily

This site can be speech enabled on demand using the free browsealoud software which is available for Windows PC's using Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers.

Click the browsealoud button below to reach the download site and follow the prompts to download and install the program. Download and installation of browsealoud will take around 10-15 minutes on a standard modem.

Download free Browsealoud software

When browsealoud is installed you will see a blue concentric circles icon at the bottom right hand corner of your screen to tell you that browsealoud is loaded and ready on your computer.

 

Increase the font sizeMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5+ for Windows

Step One

  • Click on the Tools menu
  • Click on Internet Options
  • Click on the Accessibility button (on the General tab)
  • Click in the Ignore font sizes specified on Web Pages checkbox
  • Click on the OK button to close the Accessibility dialog box
  • Click on the OK button to close the Internet Options dialog box

Step Two

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Text Size
  • Click on Larger/Largest to increase and Small/Smallest to decrease
  • Please note if you do not like the colour contrast between background and text, you can follow the first tree stages in Step One described above and select Avoid colours specified on web pages.

Netscape Navigator 4+ for Windows

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Text Zoom (100%)
  • Click on your preferred text size or click on the smaller/larger options until you find a size with which you are comfortable.
  • Further Accessibility Preferences, including changing the colours used, can be chosen by clicking on the Edit menu, selecting Preferences and expanding the Appearance category at the top left of the dialog box. Expand the category either by clicking on the + sign or by double-clicking on Appearance.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for an Apple Macintosh

  • Click on the Edit menu
  • From the options menu which appears, select Preferences
  • Click on Web Content
  • Click on the Show style sheets checkbox to remove the tick
  • Return to the list of Preferences
  • Click on Web Browser
  • Select Language/Fonts
  • Select the font size you require

Mozilla Firefox

  • Click on the View menu
  • Select Increase/Decrease Text Size until you are comfortable
    or
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + ) key to Increase
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus( - ) key to Decrease

Opera

  • Click on the View menu
  • Point to Zoom
  • Click on the appropriate size in the list
    or
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + )* key to Increase
  • Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus ( - )* key to Decrease

Google Chrome

  • Click the page menu
  • Select Zoom
  • Select Larger
  • If you are a partially sighted or a disabled person and have difficulties with any areas of this web site please contact the Web Team.