At Animal Man's Mini Zoo we are committed to making our online information accessible to all visitors and are continually striving to adhere to the latest accessibility guidelines. Our efforts include:
- Maintaining a standard layout and navigation structure throughout our website
- Using headings, paragraphs, lists and other HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) to create a logical document structure
- Allowing visitors to re-size all text using their browser settings
- Using plain backgrounds to improve the readability of all text
- Using foreground and background colour combinations which have sufficient contrast and are not known to cause problems to those with visual impairments
- Using alt attributes and/or titles on all images where appropriate, and ensuring that all alt and title attributes are meaningful
- Designing layouts to work satisfactorily over a range of screen resolutions
- Ensuring all hyperlinks use descriptive and meaningful text
- Avoiding short-hand language such as ‘Click here’
- Using plain English
- Using a written style that is straightforward and understandable
- W3C compliant website
- Valid HTML and CSS
- Internet Explorer: View > Text size
- Firefox: View > Text size
- Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels)
- You can also re-size the text by scrolling with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key or pressing”Ctrl” and “+” or “-”
- PDF Files: Most files available for download are available as PDFs and can be opened with Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded here – Download Adobe Reader
- Microsoft Office Files: Some other files are available in a Microsoft Office format. If you do not have Microsoft Office or an alternative application, you can download free Microsoft Office viewer programs from the Microsoft website here – Microsoft Office File Viewer
- Browsealoud
- Adobe Reader
- RNIB – Using Access Technology