Accessibility

Accessibility

We have made every effort to ensure that this website is accessible to as many people as possible. It has been developed to comply with Priority 2 of the W3C (Word-Wide Web Consortium) web accessibility guidelines and the Disability Discrimination Act.

If you come across a part of the site that is difficult to use, please tell us about it - admin@numberpartners.org.

Adapting your screen

Resizing text

You can enlarge the text on this site:

Using Internet Explorer:

  • Click on the 'View' drop down menu
  • Click on 'Text size'
  • Choose your preferred text size from the list

If the text is still not big enough:

  • Click on the 'Tools' drop down menu
  • Click on 'Internet options'
  • In the 'General' tab click on 'Accessibility'
  • Select 'Ignore font sizes on web pages'
  • Click 'OK', then 'OK'
  • You should now be able to enlarge the text further using the method above.

Using Firefox:

  • Click on the 'View' drop down menu
  • Click on 'Text size'
  • Choose your preferred text size from the list

Colour of text and background

If you require specific colours to view the site more easily:

Using Internet Explorer:

  • Go to 'Internet Options' (as above) and choose 'Colors'.
  • You can change text and background page colour as well as the colour in which links appear, then click 'OK'.
  • Choose 'Accessibility' from within 'Internet Options' and click on 'Ignore colors specified on Web pages'.
  • When you click 'OK', this should ensure that the page you are viewing now appears with your specifications.

 

Client user machine minimum specification

Internet connection

  • An Internet connection with a minimum download bandwidth of 256Kbps is required
  • 56K is not specifically supported, although 56K users aren't prevented from using the site

User machine specification

Please note that this specification relates only to the Number Partners site and does NOT reflect any requirements for use of the resources and external sites that it may link to.

Windows

  • Windows 98, 2000, XP (Home and Pro) and Vista with a minimum of:
  • Graphics card and monitor capable of high colour setting (16 bit minimum) and 1024 x 768 screen resolution
  • X86 Processor running at 800Mhz (or equivalent)
  • 256MB RAM memory
  • Windows Software (we recommend latest version of all software)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 (or above) or Mozilla Firefox
  • Netscape Navigator and Opera are not currently supported

Apple Mac

  • OSX as a minimum (10.x.1)
  • Graphics card and monitor capable of high colour setting (16 bit minimum) and 1024 x 768 screen resolution
  • PowerPC G3 processor or above
  • 256MB RAM memory
  • Apple Mac Software (we recommend latest version of all software)
  • Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Camino browsers
  • Netscape Navigator, Opera are not currently supported

 

Adapting your computer

More information on accessibility and how to adapt your computer is available from the BBC - www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/