Accessibility

Partnership between BBC and AbilityNet

My Web, My Way is a new website which aims to help arm our audience with the tools and understanding which will enable them to make the most of the world-wide web (not just bbc.co.uk), whatever their ability or disability.

The site provides advice and help to all those people who would benefit from making changes to their browser, operating system, or computer to be able to view bbc.co.uk and the rest of the web in a more accessible way.

The site is not only for those with disabilities (visual, hearing, motor, cognitive or learning impairments) but also, for example, for those people with minor vision impairments who would not consider themselves to have a disability.

The site also provides a guide to getting the most of the accessibility features that BBC New Media are increasingly putting into bbc.co.uk.

The site has been developed and maintained through a partnership between bbc.co.uk and AbilityNet, a leading UK computing and disability charity. It is based on AbilityNet's original My Computer, My Way site.king towards becoming fully compliant with Priority 1 , 2 and 3.

Here is a list of features that make Stirling Council's web services accessible for all:

Page Design

The pages are short and simple.
Media that requires proprietary plugins are used sparingly. If such content used, a textual alternative is always provided.
XHTML has been used to structure the document

Images

ALT tags (alternative description tags) have been used for conveying the meaning of all important images - these contain meaningful text.
Use of images have been used in moderation

Text

Text alternatives have been provided where video, audio, media or image maps have been used.
Screen reader has been tested on the site.
Fonts are used consistently throughout the site.

Colour

Text colours have high contrast with background colours;
Colours have not been used as a primary device for conveying information