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Accessibility

Yeovil College wants its web site to be as easy to use as possible and available to all. This following information describes practical steps you can take that may help to improve your experience f our site.

 

 

FREE Text to Speach software

NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy to use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words.  A FREE version is downloadable from: http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm Link to Natural Reader website

 

Making text larger

This can be done using the built in facility found in the top right corner of Yeovil College's website pages:

 

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If you require additional adjustment the following websites will advise you how you can adjust your web browser including; text size adjustment, changing fonts and background colours etc:

Interent Explorer 8 Accessibility Link to External Website icon

Internet Explorer 7 Accessibility Link to External Website icon

Internet Explorer 6 Accessibility Resources Link to External Website icon

Internet Explorer 5 Accessibility Resources Link to External Website icon

Accessibility in older versions of IE Link to External Website icon

Alternatives to Internet Explorer

Mozilla FireFox Accessibility Link to External Website icon

Opera Accessibility Link to External Website icon

Safari Accessibility Link to External Website icon

For voice activated web browsing:

http://www.opera.com/ Link to External Website icon

http://www.opera.com/voice/index.dml Link to External Website icon

Where ever possible we try include the use of:

meaningful ALT text for all images
descriptive link titles
tab-indexes and access-keys
cascading style sheets (CSS) for formatting

NOTE:  All college website and printed information is available in alternative formats if required.

If you have any queries, require further information or have feedback on our website accessibility please contact us:

Tel: (01935) 423921
Fax: (01935) 429962
E-mail: marketing@yeovil.ac.uk