Fourway Coaches Accessibility Statement

The Fourway Coaches website is designed by Tom Marsh Creative Design and is regulated by accessibility laws goverened by the W3C Consortium. This website aims to be accessible to a wide audience and therefore the following aids have been employed.

Using the Site

We have aimed to create a site that is available to everyone including those with sight, audio and motor impairment restrictions.

We aim to use a web font so all text is easy to read.
We have appropriate alt tags for images to convey information.
We ensure that navigation through our websites works in a consistent way.
We do not rely on just colour as the only way of giving information.
We avoid the use of images used as hyperlinks whenever possible.

Here are a few helpful ways in which you can start using the website more easily.

To enlarge text and images on the site

Simply press Ctrl and + on the keyboard. Use the mouse to scroll around the site.

To change the size of the browser window

On the browser View menu select 'Full screen' or press F11

Where to Start

Use the sitemap to get an overview of what is on the site

How the site is built for accessibility

Standards

All pages on this site comply with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. As well as guidelines for mobile content.

Layout

The site has been created using flash to provide interactive and graphic content. It also integrates the use of HTML to make the site easy to navigate around and easily accessible to all users. The site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control presentation and layout. Tables are only used for data presentment.

As a result screen reader users can use the screen reader's navigation key to get around the site. If you are listening to the site, menus are grouped together in a more logical fashion.

Content

The content has been written and formatted to make it accessible. For example:

Headings highlight sections of text
Sentences are short with the meaning at the beginning
Links use meaningful text

Access Keys

A limited range of access keys have been implemented on the Tom Marsh Creative Design site to allow you to navigate around the site without using a mouse.

They can be used to jump directly to different sections of the site or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.

How to Use Access Keys in your Browser

Browser	What to do
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)	Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
Internet Explorer 4 (PC)	Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)	Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)	Access keys are not supported
Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)	Access keys are not supported
Netscape 7	PC) Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Firefox, Mozilla (PC)	Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Firefox, Mozilla (Mac)	Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Safari and Omniweb (Mac)	Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Opera	Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the access key

Please note that some assistive technology tools such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes already make use of the alt+[access key] combinations. As such, users of these tools will not be able to use these access keys.

Accessibility Barriers

The Internet is a vast place and updates every second. At Tom Marsh Creative Design we aim to keep up to date will all accessibility laws and regulations to make our site available to all. However if you feel that the site could be improved to help your enjoyment of it please let us know.

Contact

If you are experiencing difficulties accessing the site or have any comments please do not hesitate to contact us at creativedesign@tom-marsh.co.uk.