Accessibility
Thames Valley Police is committed to making this website as accessible as possible, to the broadest range of people, whether you have a disability or find it hard to use the internet for another reason.
International standards
We are compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) guidelines on accessibility and we are continually working on improving our standards.
Browser Settings
Not every browser will allow you to change the way you view the page, but here are some simple tips that may make our site more accessible for you.
Internet Explorer Users
For improved visibility you may be able to increase (or decrease) the size of text and alter the choice of font.
(NOTE when you search for a job you will need to click on the refresh button or F5 on your keyboard on each of the pages visited to ensure your settings are maintained.
Font Type and Size
- Open your 'Internet Options' window by going to 'View' (or 'Tools' if you have it) and scrolling down.
- Go to 'Accessibility' within 'Internet Options' and click on 'Ignore font styles/font sizes specified on Web pages.
- When you click 'OK', this should ensure that the page you are viewing now appears with your specifications.
- Choose 'Fonts' and select your preferred style, alphabet and size, then click 'OK'.
Change text size
To make the text bigger or smaller, choose one of the following:
- Click 'view' in the toolbar at the top of your browser window, then select 'text size' and choose the size that suits you.
- Press the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel.
NOTE : You must refresh the browser in order for the changes to be active. This can be done by clicking on the refresh button or F5 on the keyboard
Colour of Text and Background
You may require specific colours in order to be able to view the site easily.
- Go to 'Internet Options' (as above) and choose 'Colors'.
- You can change text and background page colour as well as the colour in which links appear, and then click 'OK'.
- Choose 'Accessibility' from within 'Internet Options' and click on 'Ignore colors specified on Web pages'.
- When you click 'OK', this should ensure that the page you are viewing now appears with your specifications.
Visually impaired people
This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer version 6.
We also recommend using the screen zoom functionality on the latest browsers (Firefox 2/3 or Internet Explorer 7), rather than adjusting the text size or using older browsers
This site is best viewed in 1024 x 768 pixels or above, using 256 colours or above.
Assistive technology can help
If you have a visual impairment, you may find assistive technology that can help you.
- Screen enlargers or magnifiers work like a magnifying glass
- Screen readers are software programs that present images and text as speech. A screen reader will speak everything on the screen, including buttons and menus.
- Speech recognition or voice recognition lets you interact with your computer using your voice instead of a mouse or keyboard.
- Speech synthesisers (text-to-speech or TTS systems) receive what you type in to the keyboard and speak it out loud, so you can check what you're typing as you type.
- Refreshable Braille displays provide tactile output of on-screen information. You read the Braille letters with your fingers then the next line is presented.
- Braille embossers transfer computer-generated text into embossed Braille output. Braille translation programs convert text scanned in or generated.
- To find out more about these technologies and further information, please visit the RNIB website.
Information about pictures
We use alternative text tags, or "alt tags", which are a verbal description of a picture. These are useful not only to blind people but also to those using text-only browsers or who have chosen not to display images in their browser.
Links
When you click on a link, also known as a hyperlink, you are taken to another section of the website. These links appear as blue underlined text.
Downloading documents
When the information on the website is given in a form or document that you have to download or open in a new window, we tell you this.
We also tell you the size of the document, measured in kilobytes (kb) or megabytes (mb). The larger the size is, the longer it will take to appear and the more space it will take up in your computer's memory.
In order for you to access PDF (or portable document format) documents, you need Adobe software installed on your computer. Wherever we include a link to a PDF document on our pages, we also give a link to download the Adobe software you need. Download Adobe Reader for free.
Adobe also enables users who have difficulty using PDF documents to convert them to appear as a normal website pages. Visit Adobe's accessibility pages to find out more.
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