Website Accessibility Statement
In creating this website we have committed to follow and exceed the best practice guidelines that have been compiled, recognised and recommended jointly by governments, disability organisations and computer specialists. We are actively working to increase the usability and accessibility of our web presence and in doing so aim to meet our legal and moral obligations to users with disabilities and to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
W3C Standards
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has set standards for the robustness, quality and conformity of the back end code that has been used to build this website. The XHTML code has met XHTML Strict doctype and the CSS has also been validated. These validations are represented by the images below.
WAI Standards
By utilising Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines this website has attained AA level conformance with their guidelines. These guidelines help break down the barriers of accessibility for users with disabilities to access web content. This validation is represented by the image below:
Access Keys
Many modern browsers have implemented the access key functionality. This website takes advantage of this and uses access keys to give you quick access to the navigation of the website. By passing the use of the mouse and making it easier and quicker for you to navigate round our website. To use these access keys, press and hold the ‘alt’ key combined with one of the characters below.
- H — Home page
- S — Search page
- A — This accessibility page
- 0 — Skip to navigation
- D — What we do
- T — Our Team
- N — News
- C — Contact Us
- B — About Tsuko
- W — Work
- E — Experience
- B — Blog
- J — Jobs at Tsuko
Text Size
All text size on this website can be altered to suit your needs. By using the steps below in your browser of choice you can change the default text size.
Internet Explorer users
Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Select 'Text Size'.
Select your option.
Netscape users (version 5 or earlier)
Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Then select Increase Font.
The keyboard action for this is CTRL+]
Netscape (6.0+) / Mozilla users
Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Then select 'Text Size'. Opera users:
Click on 'File' in the top menu toolbar.
Click on Preferences, then (in the left-hand 'Category' section of the dialogue box) 'Documents'.
Specify the font-size you require in the 'Minimum font size (pixels)' option.
Additional Equipment
If you are having problems accessing this website there is additional equipment available to you to ease your experience on the internet. These range from specifically designed mice to software that can be used to read the content of websites out to you through your computers speakers. We recommend you contact your local support office or view the links below to find out more information on equipment that would help you specifically.
Styleless information
If you are having trouble reading the text on this page, the styles can be toggled on and off by selecting the ‘text only’ option in the footer of the page. This will remove all the styles to make the text more dominant and readable.
Print style information
A special style sheet has been devised to make this page more acceptable for printers to print out. To achieve this we have removed all graphical and navigation elements to reduce ink wastage and to give you just the information that you want to print out.
Using the techniques and functionality described above we have tried to ensure the ease of use of the website for all of our customers and visitors no matter of their abilities. We appreciate that every user is different and there may still be accessibility issues remaining, if you find any issues then please email : enquiries@tsuko.co.uk. We will then assess what can be done to rectify this problem.
Useful Links
For any more information please view these links below.
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
- Disability Discrimination Act http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm
- Disability Rights Commission (DRC) http://www.drc-gb.org
- BBC Accessibility Guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility