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West Yorkshire Police is committed to ensuring its web site is as accessible as possible to the whole community, regardless of browser, platform or connection speed. In particular, we recognise the need to take reasonable steps to enable access to our website for those who are visually impaired or those with other disabilities.
Work on making this site more accessible has been influenced by the guidelines set out by the RNIB. Link: http://www.rnib.co.uk/seeitright/
This page is designed to offer solutions to a variety of access problems to aid the viewing experience. Please follow the ‘bookmarks’ below:
• Adjusting Text Sizes
• Site Navigation
• Downloading Files/Documents (PDF Files)
• Searching
• Site Map
• Images
• Compatibility
• Hard of Hearing
• Accessibility Software
• Language Options (Translations)
• Further Links
If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the View menu, select Text Size and then either Larger or Largest.
If you use Netscape Navigator, go to the View menu and choose Increase Font until the text is the size you require.
Most of the downloadable material on this website is available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To view this type of file, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free from Adobe.
Click here to download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
Further PDF accessibility information, including details of accessing PDF documents using 'Assistive Technology' is available from access.adobe.com. This website is a resource designed to help people with visual disabilities work more effectively with Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The site includes information about Acrobat 5.0, online conversion tools, Information and resources including FAQ's and links as well as downloads.
Click here to go to the Adobe Accessibility website
Click here to go to the Adobe Access Online Conversion Tools.
• Search Document Names Only
• Search Keywords Only
• Search Full Document
• Search All
Select one of the search options or change your search terms and click Go to search again. Click here to go to the search page.
• Firefox 0.9
• Lynx
• Mozilla 1.7
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Netscape 7.0.2
• Opera 7.5
• Safari 1.2.4
The TEXTPHONE telephone number is Freetext 18001
The MINICOM telephone number is 01924 293 932
Link: Click here to go to the RNID website http://www.rnid.org.uk/
• Click here to go to the Homepage Reader website - a screen reader for Windows. A trial period downloadable version is available.
• 'Lynx' website - a free text only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
• 'Links' website - a free text only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
• 'Opera' website - a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming. A free downloadable version is available.
Language Options (Translations)
Microsoft Accessibility Information : http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Adobe Accessibility Information : http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/
Please note; external links on this page will open in the same browser window and are subject to the following:
West Yorkshire Police is committed to ensuring its web site is as accessible as possible to the whole community, regardless of browser, platform or connection speed. In particular, we recognise the need to take reasonable steps to enable access to our website for those who are visually impaired or those with other disabilities.
Work on making this site more accessible has been influenced by the guidelines set out by the RNIB. Link: http://www.rnib.co.uk/seeitright/
This page is designed to offer solutions to a variety of access problems to aid the viewing experience. Please follow the ‘bookmarks’ below:
• Adjusting Text Sizes
• Site Navigation
• Downloading Files/Documents (PDF Files)
• Searching
• Site Map
• Images
• Compatibility
• Hard of Hearing
• Accessibility Software
• Language Options (Translations)
• Further Links
Adjusting Text Sizes
Some users might find text easier to read by either increasing or decreasing the size of the text. To do this you can easily adjust your browser's settings.If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the View menu, select Text Size and then either Larger or Largest.
If you use Netscape Navigator, go to the View menu and choose Increase Font until the text is the size you require.
Navigation
The site has two key areas of navigation. Each page has a common utility navigation bar across the top of the page. This navigation leads to: Accessibility Information, the Site Map, an Advanced Search and Contact Us information. There are also tools to increase or decrease the Font size and the main Search facility. The left-hand primary navigation contains links to the 'Sections' and 'Pages' of the website, here you will find links to the main information on the website. Please click on the links on the left-hand navigation and the menu will expand to show the pages within their respective section.Downloading Files/Documents
(PDFs)Most of the downloadable material on this website is available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To view this type of file, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free from Adobe.
Click here to download Adobe Acrobat PDF ReaderFurther PDF accessibility information, including details of accessing PDF documents using 'Assistive Technology' is available from access.adobe.com. This website is a resource designed to help people with visual disabilities work more effectively with Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The site includes information about Acrobat 5.0, online conversion tools, Information and resources including FAQ's and links as well as downloads.
Click here to go to the Adobe Accessibility websiteClick here to go to the Adobe Access Online Conversion Tools.
Searching
You can search the site by using the Search button at the top right hand corner of each page. Please enter search word or words in the box, then start the search by pressing 'Go'. You will be presented with the search results and the option to search again. If there are no results to your search, you can refine your search by the following ways:• Search Document Names Only
• Search Keywords Only
• Search Full Document
• Search All
Select one of the search options or change your search terms and click Go to search again. Click here to go to the search page.
Site Map
The Site Map found on the top navigation bar, provides an link to every page on the West Yorkshire Police website. Scroll down the list to the first letter of the section or page that you are looking for. Click here to go to the Site Map.Images
All images used on the home page and all other pages include descriptive ALT attributes. For users with screen reading software this provides a short description of the image in question.Compatibility
While every effort has been made to ensure the West Yorkshire Police website is accessible on all platforms, we cannot guarantee complete cross-browser compatibility. We have, however tested the site on the following browsers with success:• Firefox 0.9
• Lynx
• Mozilla 1.7
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Netscape 7.0.2
• Opera 7.5
• Safari 1.2.4
Deaf, deafblind, deafened, hard of hearing or speech-impaired?
West Yorkshire Police operates a TEXTPHONE and MINCOM system for use in case of an emergency and non-emergency.The TEXTPHONE telephone number is Freetext 18001
The MINICOM telephone number is 01924 293 932
Link: Click here to go to the RNID website http://www.rnid.org.uk/
Accessibility Software:
• Click here to go to the Jaws website - a screen reader for Windows. A trial period demo is available.• Click here to go to the Homepage Reader website - a screen reader for Windows. A trial period downloadable version is available.
• 'Lynx' website - a free text only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
• 'Links' website - a free text only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
• 'Opera' website - a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming. A free downloadable version is available.
Language Options (Translations)
The West Yorkshire Police Website can be translated into over forty different languages using the Google Translate Service.
Please click here to go to the translation page or use the link in the left menu.
Further Useful Links
Microsoft Accessibility Information : http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Adobe Accessibility Information : http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/
This website uses W3C Valid HTML (4.01) and W3C Valid CSS (Level 2). Please follow the links for more details.
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