Digital UK is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact us.

Digital UK’s websites are speech enabled. Click on the Browsealoud icon in the bottom right-hand corner to download the software.

Find out more about the advantages of using Browsealoud.

Languages

Information for the digital switchover in your region is available in a range of languages. For an example, please see the Granada page. For more information, or to request a leaflet to be send to you please call our contact centre on 08456 50 50 50.

Shortcuts to Accessibility

• Changing text size
• Access keys
• Using the tabkey
• Links
• Contrast
• Standards compliance

Changing text size

Most browsers feature the ability to resize text on screen to a level you feel comfortable with.

This tool is available in the menu of various browsers as follows:

Alternatively, if you are using a modern browser and have a mouse with a wheel you can also alter the size of the text size by holding down ctrl (PC) or command (Mac) on your keyboard while scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel.

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Access keys

The access key function allows you to surf around a site without using your mouse to click on links.

Using your keyboard, it's possible to jump directly to certain links or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.

By holding down alt+[access key] (PC) or ctrl+[access key] (Mac), a link becomes highlighted. You can then hit the enter key to activate the link.

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Using the tab key

You can use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab highlights the next link, Shift+Tab highlights the previous link.

When you use the Tab key to move between links on the The Digital UK website, you'll be taken through them in the following order:

• Main content area of the page
• Right column (if present)
• Left column
• Change language and main navigation
• Secondary links (i.e. footer)

All forms on the Digital UK website have a logical tab sequence.

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Links

If a link opens in a new window, this will be indicated by a pop-up title text.

Every effort has been made to ensure that link names are distinct and not repeated on pages.

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Contrast

We have made every effort to ensure that we have used sufficient contrast on the Digital UK website but if you notice any colour combinations that cause you problems, please contact us.

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Standards compliance

• Our pages conform at a minimum to Level AA compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The majority of AAA requirements are also met.
• All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.
• Our site requires a number of different CSS techniques for cross browser compatibility which can cause validator problems. However, we have ensured that all techniques we use are not detrimental to site accessibility.
• We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995
  
• Pages are also tested in the following screen reader: IBM Home page Reader.

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