Thames Valley Housing is committed to website accessibility.
This website has been constructed to meet the level 2 recommendations made by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to achieve a combination of an "A" and "AA" rating.
What else are we doing to be accessible?
Cascading Style Sheets or 'CSS' are used throughout the site to layout all content which aid accessibility by screenreaders. Tables are not used to position elements on the page, so screenreaders or other devices only encounter tables when they are related to tabulated data.
The text on each page can be resized using four different text size options. When you use the text only version you can choose the 'Change low graphics' option which will allow you to choose one of four text sizes and the colour of the background and text.
All images related to the content on the site are supported by alternative text or 'alt text' which can be accessed by screenreaders.
The content element of each page has been prioritised over associated items such as menus, navigation and related links. This helps people using screen readers to access the most relevant sections of the page first, rather than scrolling through lines of code to find the text they are interested in.
An internal link allowing users with screen readers to skip to the main navigation is featured on each page. This helps users scan page headlines using screen readers and move on to other more appropriate pages quickly.
Helping you make your computer easier to use.
To find out more about making your computer more accessible and easy to use, have a look at AbilityNet's website. They have a range of tips and suggestions relating to accessibility issues.