Usability
Viewing the website
The website has been designed to provide a site that is simple
and user friendly. With a sensible a simple site navigation
and meaningful page names, all information should be accessible
with only a few clicks of the mouse. We've also tested the site in
the following web-browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
• Mozilla Firefox 2.0
• Safari 3.1
Accessibility features
We have designed all our templates to help make the website
accessible to all users including disabled users.
W3C Compliance
SLHDMoneywise has been coded in keeping with the guidelines
issued by W3C/WAI.
Speech Enabled
The website is also 'speech-enabled', using a system called
Browsealoud. By installing a simple free download onto your computer, which
you can download using the link on this page, you have the text on
our web pages and some documents read out loud. This can be a
huge help to those with visual impairment, dyslexia, literacy
difficulties or those for whom English is a second language.
Once you have made the initial download it will allow you to
easily access a number of other local and national government
websites, as well as interenet search engines such as Google and
Yahoo.
Once the software has been downloaded to your PC, look for the
browsealoud icon in your 'system tray' (which is usually at the
bottom right-hand corner of the screen). Right click on the
icon and choose 'open browsealoud settings' from the menu.
You can now customise the settings, such as male or female voice,
changing the speed, pitch and volume of the reader.
Download the
Browsealoud software
Tab indexing
We have included tab indexing on our website which makes tabbing
through our site easier. It also helps users who access the
website using only a keyboard.
This is the tab order of our website
- Home
- Accessibility
- Site Map
- Disclaimer
- News
This is also mirrored on the footer of the site.
Assistive Technology
Disabled users can use assistive technology to help them use our
website. We have tested our website with both text-only
browsers and screen magnifiers.
Please let us know if you have any problems using these tools or
would like to recommend ways we can improve access to our
website. We will do our best to make improvements.
Visual design
To help you view our website we have:
• Used colours with a maximum contrast
between the background and foreground
• Given all meaningful images and graphics
an Alt-text name which describes what you would be looking at if
the image was displayed
• Used style sheets so you can change the
size of the text using your browsers text size controls:
If you have any comment about the accessibility of the
site, please contact us.