Accessibility

font resizing - access keys - example - standard keys - references - Accessibility for Bounce Metronome

Font resizing

You can change the text size via a Text Size or Zoom option in the View menu of Internet Explorer, Opera or FireFox. Other browsers may have similar options. This works for all web pages on this site and most modern web pages.

Shortcut

• Windows: CTRL with numpad + or - to increase or decrease text size
• Mac: Command with + or - to increase or decrease text size

To reset test size, CTRL or Command + 0

Works with the latest versions of all three browsers. Check the View Menu to be sure.

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Access keys

• Accesskey 0 - Menu of access keys (this page)
• Accesskey S - Skip ALL navigation - to the main text
• Accesskey X - To the left navigation pane - skips top navigation
• Accesskey Y - To right navigation (if present)
• Accesskey 1 (one) - Home page
• Accesskey 2 - What's new page
• Accesskey 4 - To the search facility on the site
• Accesskey 8 - Acceptable Use
• Accesskey 9 - Feedback (Contact)

These provide an alternative means of navigation for the site.

• For Internet Explorer - press ALT + the Accesskey for the desired option in the list above, then press ENTER
• If you use the FireFox browser or Webbie - press ALT + SHIFT + the Accesskey to activate the key immediately
• In Opera, use Shift + escape, and a list of the access keys available will be shown, choose the one you want by entering the number or letter. See Opera Access keys
• For Macintosh - press Control + the Accesskey

For more details, see Access in different Browsers (wikipedia)

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Example - how to go to the home page

So for instance, to get to the home page, in Windows use Alt + 1, then press the Enter key. On the Macintosh, use Ctrl + 1.

In the case of the home page, where this takes you to depends on where you are in the site. When you are browsing one of the products, it takes you to the home page for that product. Otherwise, takes you to the products page listing all the products available.

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The standard access keys

We have implemented the UK Government guidelines for recommended access keys - which have become something of a de facto standard.

(see Building in universal accessibility + checklist section 2.4.4)

Here is the complete list of recommended access keys

• Accesskey S - Skip navigation
• Accesskey 1 (one) - Home page
• Accesskey 2 - What's new page
• Accesskey 3 - Site map
• Accesskey 4 - To the search facility on the site
• Accesskey 5 - Frequently asked questions (F A Qs)
• Accesskey 6 - Help page/facility
• Accesskey 7 - Complaints procedure
• Accesskey 8 - Terms and conditions (including privacy statement)
• Accesskey 9 - Feedback page

So, S, and the number keys are standard and follow the UK Government guidelines. The other letter keys, here X and Y, are site specific.

Access keys are supported by FireFox, Internet Explorer 4 or above, and Netscape 6X versions.

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References

For more about access keys, and other links, see Access Keys (wikipedia article)

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Accessibility for Bounce Metronome

The program itself follows Microsoft's accessibility guidelines as far as possible.

It is tested with Jaws, Window Eyes, the free screen reader Thunder, and the lightweight screenreader Narrator that comes with XP and Vista - Narrator in XP and Narrator in Vista.

Blind users and others with screen readers can play all the rhythms included with the program and use all the features except the purely visual ones such as the bouncing balls. For details see the Details and Features page. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions about accessibility, contact support@bouncemetronome.com

Techy details - for the most part, the software uses standard Microsoft Dialog boxes. This has many advantages, as these components have a high order of accessibility already built in. The dialogs are tweaked visually for sighted users, e.g. by adding a textured background and repainting the button, in a way that preservers all the underlying accessibility for users of screen readers.

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