Antix Website - Accessibility
Antix recognises the importance of making its Website accessible to all and has made a commitment to enable accessibility.
This includes users who:
- Cannot see graphics because of visual impairments
- Cannot hear audio because of hearing impairments
- Experience difficulty using a mouse
- Use slow Internet connections and modems or equipment that cannot easily download large files
- Have difficulty navigating sites because they have learning disabilities, speak English as a second language, or are younger than the average user
Antix will also be implementing an alternate text only site. The text only site will have identical text content to the graphic rich site.
Access Keys
The following Access Keys are active on every page of this website:
1 - Home page
2 - Skip navigation
3 - Site map
4 - Search
8 - Terms and conditions
9 - Feedback form
0 - Access key details
S - Skip to section navigation
Using access keys: you first need to press and hold a particular key combination, which varies from browser to browser, and then press the relevant access key, above. Below is a list of current browser key combinations:
PC Browser key combinations:
- Internet Explorer 6/7: Hold ALT + access key, release keys, then press ENTER
- Firefox 2, Netscape 9: Hold SHIFT + ALT key and then press access key
- Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8: Hold ALT key and press access key
- Opera 8/9: Hold SHIFT + ESC key then select from popup list
Mac Browser key combinations
- Safari: Hold CTRL key and press access key
- Firefox 2: Hold SHIFT + ALT key and then press access key
- Firefox 1.5: Hold CTRL key and press access key
- Opera 8/9: Hold SHIFT + ESC key then select from popup list
- Internet Explorer 6/7: Hold CTRL key and press access key
Site Map
There is a site map of antixlabs.com that may help with navigation around the site.
Images
Antix has included and populated descriptive placeholders to all images and will include this written description of the image in its text only site.
Font Sizes
The font size can be set in accordance with your preference through your browser as follows:
- In Internet Explorer, select View, Text Size, and then your preferred size.
- In Mozilla Firefox, select View, Text Size, and then increase or decrease as you wish.
- In Netscape, select View, Text Size, and then increase or decrease to your preferred size.
- In Opera, select View, Zoom and then increase or decrease to your preferred size.
- In Safari, select View, then one of Make Text Smaller, Make Text Bigger or Make Text Normal Size.
Style Sheets and Layout
Antix site(s) use cascading style sheets, and this website uses the XTHML Mobile 1.0 (MP Mobile) DOCTYPE. In order to optimise display for some of the more advanced mobile browsers (such as Opera), we also deploy a mobile stylesheet.
We deploy a print stylesheet so that you can print out only the relevant information.
If your browser is unable to download Antix’ style sheet then it will use the browser’s default style sheet.
You can use your own style sheets as follows:
- For Internet Explorer on Windows select Tools, then Internet Options, and then Accessibility. Select the checkbox that says, 'format document using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK. You can also click on any or all 3 checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes.
- For Mozilla Firefox you need to change your userContent.css file. You can find out how to do that here. You can also specify your own colours and fonts under Tools, Options, Fonts & Colors.
- For Netscape 8/9 follow the directions for Firefox, above. You can also specify your own colours and fonts under Tools, Options, Fonts & Colors.
- For Opera 9 select Tools, Quick preferences, Edit site preferences then Display, My style sheet and enter the location of your style sheet. You can also specify your own colours and fonts under Tools, Preferences, Webpages.
- For Opera 8 select Tools, Preferences, Advanced, Content then Style options, My style sheet and enter the location of your style sheet. You can also specify your own colours and fonts under Tools, Preferences, Webpages.
- For Safari select Edit, Preferences, Advanced, Style Sheet and select your stylesheet. You can also specify your fonts under Edit, Preferences, Appearance.
Links
As a general rule we do not open a link in a new window, allowing you instead to use your browser back and forward keys. You will be advised if a link does open in a new browser window.
PDFs
As with links, above, Portable Document Format, (PDF) files will be opened in the same window. You will be advised if a PDF does open in a new browser window.
If you would like further information regarding reading a PDF document with a screen reader then please go to Adobe's Acrobat Accessibility web page.
Search
A search facility will be added to the site to aid navigation and help you find the content that you want to find.
Browser Accessibility Features
For further information regarding Accessibility features in web browsers please go to the Alternative Web Browsing page of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative site.
This page presents a collection of pointers to information, and where possible, to demonstration versions of alternative browsing methods and includes specialised browsers, screen readers, adaptive browsers, voice browsers and other access methods.
Operating Systems and Optimising Accessibility
Microsoft publishes detailed information on changes that can be made to the Windows operating system: Microsoft Windows Accessibility.
Apple publishes detailed information on changes that can be made to the Apple operating system: Apple OS X Accessibility.
Details on changes that can be made to the Linux operating system can be found at: http://lars.atrc.toronto.org, http://accessibility.kde.org and http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap.
The BBC have also published a website which details changes users can make to their operating system to optimize accessibility: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility.
Questions or feedback
If you experience any difficulty using this site, or if you have any questions or feedback, or would like to recommend improvements regarding the accessibility of this site then please contact Antix Marketing via email to marketing@antixlabs.com or by telephone to 0118 357 0 357
Accessibility references and further information
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)
The Disability Rights Commission
