Accessibility
CDS Co-operatives is committed to making sure that everyone has access to our website and its content.
As part of this commitment we have made our website "BrowseAloud" enabled. BrowseAloud is a free program that reads out all website text including PDF files (version 6.0 and above) and Word documents. It also allows large amounts of text to be saved as MP3 audio files which can then be listened to using IPods or MP3 players.
If you are not already a user of BrowseAloud then you will have to download it.
Downloading BrowseAloud
Simply click on the image below and you will be taken to the BrowseAloud site where you can download the software.
For more information on downloading and using BrowseAloud please see the BrowseAloud website
Other Accessibility features on our site
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This site uses the Open Source Content Management System Plone and has been designed to be completely accessible and usable, working in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG v1.0). If there is anything on this site — accessibility or validation related — that is not according to the standard, please contact the Site Administration, and not the Plone Team.
Access keys
Access keys are a navigation device enabling you to get around this web site using your keyboard.
In-depth information about access keys can be found at W3C Accessibility Guidelines.
Available access keys
This site uses a setup that closely matches most international recommendations on access keys. These are:
- 1 — Home Page
- 2 — Skip to content
- 3 — Site Map
- 4 — Search field focus
- 5 — Advanced Search
- 6 — Site navigation tree
- 9 — Contact information
- 0 — Access Key details
Using access keys in different web browsers
- Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows)
- Hold down the Alt key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.
- Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Windows)
- Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
- Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Mac OS X)
- Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
- Safari and Omniweb (Mac OS X)
- Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
- Konqueror (Linux)
- Press and release the Ctrl key, then press the number or letter of the access key.
- Internet Explorer 4 (Windows)
- Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
- Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
- Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
- Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
- Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.
- Netscape 6 and earlier (All platforms)
- Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.
Accessibility Statement
We have undertaken to use our knowledge and understanding of the ways in which different people access the Internet, to develop a web site that is clear and simple for everybody to use.
Validation
We have used XHTML 1.0 and CSS that conforms to specification, as laid out by the W3C because we believe that usability and accessibility must have a solid foundation. If anything on this web site does not validate correctly, please contact the Site Administration, and not the Plone Team.
We have also endeavoured to achieve AA accessibility as measured against version 1.0 of the WCAG. We are aware however, that a number of the checkpoints of the WCAG are subjective — and although we are sure that we have met them squarely, there may be instances where interpretation may vary.