Access Options

We believe we have produced a website which meets superb standards in terms of its accessibility - with a range of web accessibility features in place. We are keen, however, to continue to follow ongoing website accessibility standards, and match them - as the medium itself grows and develops.

These following settings have been added to the site to aid accessibility - however, these settings will only be saved for this visit. Please click on the remember settings button to save the settings for future visits.

The design of our website includes a number of accessibility options including:

• Advice on browser accessibility options
  
  
• A stylish and easily navigable common design throughout, with structured pages to make them easily readable  
  
  
• Expandable ‘elastic’ website control
  
  
• Colour contrast viewing options
  
  
• A text only version of the web site.
  
  
• Appropriate alternative text descriptions ("ALT texts"), as required by internationally recognised Web accessibility guidelines. All graphical navigation buttons are similarly ALT-tagged.
  
  
• To aid users of text-only and audio browsers we have included a hidden accessibility feature, which enables the user to "skip over" the main page navigation buttons (rather then having to tab through them manually at the start of every page). Thus, the user can jump immediately down to the main content of the page.
  
  
• We also have a ’Text to speech’ function, allowing you to listen to every web page on the site, and the many link options available.
  
  
• We strictly avoid the use of frames throughout our main site and microsites

All online forms attached to the website have been produced using the same strict standards.

Those with older browsers, with a slow Internet connection, or those working on different platforms, will nevertheless find that the website loads quickly and displays properly.

Change the text Size

The CCW website has a default text size of around 11 pt (based on an Internet Explorer text setting of medium).

Choose from the following text sizes:

• Extra large text
• Large text
• Standard text

It is possible to change text size by changing the settings in your browser:

Internet Explorer: View > Text Size > choose size.

Welsh Language Mozilla Firefox: Golwg > Maint Testun > cynyddu neu leihau.

Mozilla Firefox: View > Text Size > increase or decrease.

Opera: View > Zoom > choose your zoom

Choose a Colour Scheme

Choose one of the options below to change the colour scheme or go back to the default colour scheme.

•  Black on white
•  Black on yellow
•  Black on pale pink
•  Default scheme

Speech

This site is enabled with the following text-to-speech system:

• Read Speaker - this will create a new frame at the top of your CCW web page with instructions on how listen to the text

We welcome your feedback on these text-to-speech options.

Access to services

If you would like to receive any documents or information regarding CCW’s work, policies or procedures on tape or braille, please contact us and every effort will be made to provide these for you.

We are committed to providing the best accessibility features possible at http://www.ccw.gov.uk - if you have any accessibility comments or concerns, or encounter any technical problems at all; you can contact us directly with the page feedback form or via the main contact form.

If you have any queries at all regarding the site, please feel free to e-mail the web editor at webeditor@ccw.gov.uk