Access Options

SensoryStore’s commitment to accessibility

The sensorystore website has been designed to be accessible to the whole community and complies with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

Help with Accessibility Features

'My Web My Way' is a BBC resource which offers further guidance on controlling accessibility functions on a range of browsers. In addition to zoom/text sizing controls the site provides instructions for the control of font, colours, style sheets and text to speech software. http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/

The RNIB also offer guidance on alternative screen magnification software and techniques available. http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_lowvisioninfosheet.hcsp

Navigation

Main access navigation menu at the top right of all pages provides quick access this accessiblity guidance page and our site map .

The main menu provides details of our SensoryStore, current 'bit and bobs' which includes all our latest offers and news items and our contact details. Our customers menu directly under the header image links to specific sections for charities, schools and colleges and businesses.

All of these navigation items are on all pages.

Skip Main Menu Link

Our 'skip navigation' link, provided in the header of all Web pages, provides people using screen readers with the ability to skip over the main menu items of the website, directly accessing the webpage content.

Resizable fonts

The size of type on all web pages can be changed. Please see below for details of how to change these settings in the latest versions of the most common browsers or use our '-' and '+' and 'R' for reset buttons located for your convenience at the top of every page.

Microsoft Internet Explorer - all versions

Menu item: View/ Text Size / Small, Medium, Large or Largest

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 also includes the facility to zoom the whole page. This is achieved by the following key combination:

Ctrl and '+' to enlarge
Ctrl and '-' to reduce
Ctrl and '0' to reset to default

Mozilla Firefox 3

Menu item: View/ Zoom / Zoom In, Zoom Out, Reset or Zoom Text Only

Note that if 'Zoom Text Only' has been selected then all Zoom Controls relate solely to the resizing of the text. If 'Zoom Text Only' has not been selected then the Zoom Controls relate to the resizing of the whole webpage.

Key Combination can also be used:

Ctrl and '+' to enlarge
Ctrl and '-' to reduce
Ctrl and '0' to reset to default

Apple Safari - all versions

Menu Item: View/ Make Text Bigger' or Make Text Smaller

Key combinations:

Apple Key and '+' to enlarge
Apple Key and '-' to reduce

Standards Compliance

Public accessible areas of the main website uses CSS, XHTML 1.0 transitional and conforms with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, level Double A. The website has been tested on Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera and Safari.