Accessibility statement
This is the accessibility statement for Burton-in-Kendal Parish Council. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact the Parish Council via the Contact Us form.
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 2 - About the Council with contact details
- Access key 3 - Agenda for the Next Meeting of the Parish Council
- Access key 4 - Draft Minutes of the Last Meeting of the Parish Council
- Access key 5 - Archive of Agendas and Agreed Minutes
- Access Key c - Archive of Quarterly Newsletters
- Access key w - Census 2001 Parish Information
- Access key 6 - Contact Us - form to contact the Parish Clerk
- Access key 7 - Feedback Board
- Access key 8 - Links to useful websites
- Access key 9 - Search this site
- Access key a - This Accessibility page
- Access key b - Disclaimer
- Access key 0 - Site Map
Standards compliance
- All pages on this site are Bobby AAA approved, complying with all the Bobby guidelines. Many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. All the guidelines have been reviewed and it is believed that all these pages are in compliance.
- All pages on this site is WCAG AAA approved, complying wih all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. All the guidelines have been reviewed and it is believed that all these pages are in compliance.
Navigation aids
- All pages have a navigation menu with access keys and home links to aid navigation in text-only browsers.
- The whole site may be searched from the search page (access key 9).
- The site map lists all pages with content and all downloadable files. Sizes are shown beside downloadable files on the Site Map.
Links
- All links have title attributes as well as alt attributes.
- Links are written to make sense out of context.
Images
- All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes.
Visual design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
- This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable..
Accessibility references
- W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
- W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
- U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
Accessibility software
- JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
- Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
- Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
- Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
- Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operatingsystems.
Accessibility services
- Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
- HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
- Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
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