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Kin site (the ‘site’), is owned and operated by Kin generously funded by (former) Disability Services Commission. Kin specialises in providing web, print and physical accessible consultancy services.
If there is information on this website that you cannot access, please contact the Kin team at Kin.
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Accessible online content assists people with disabilities to actively participate in society and enables better information design outcomes for all.
The site aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (New window) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)– link will open in a new window and incorporates all relevant WCAG A and AA requirements as endorsed by the Australian Government– link will open in a new window.
Recent versions of Microsoft Windows and Mac OS contain many accessibility features that can assist computer users that are blind or vision impaired.
A skip to content link is available at the top of every page. This link enables users with screen reading software to skip over navigation links and jump directly to the textual content of a page.
You can use the following options within your browser to adjust text size:
Go to the ‘View’ pull-down menu.
Go to ‘Text Size’.
A pop-up menu should appear showing you five different text sizes. Select ‘Larger’ or ‘Largest’ to make the text larger. This will also increase the size on many other Internet sites.
Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard.
Press the ‘+’ key to make the text bigger or the ‘-‘ key to make the text smaller.
Keep repeating step 2 until the text is at a suitable size.
Hold down the ‘Apple’ key and press the ‘+’ key.
Repeat until the text is at a suitable large.
Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard.
Press the ‘+’ key to make the text bigger or the ‘-‘ key to make the text smaller.
Keep repeating step 2 until the text is at a suitable size.
You can use the following options within your browser to adjust contrast:
Go to the ‘Tools’ pull-down menu
Select ‘Internet Options’
In the bottom-left hand corner you will see a ‘Colors’ button. Select this button
Select the colours that you want by selecting the current colour and then select a new colour
Select OK on the ‘Colors’ screen
Select OK on the ‘Internet Options’ screen.
The easiest way to change the colours is to use the built-in ‘reverse’ feature in Mac OS 10.4 Tiger or higher. This will reverse all colours on the screen. This option can be selected by holding down the ‘CTRL’, ‘Option’ and ‘Apple’ keys while pressing the number ‘8′
Repeat step 1 to change the colours back to normal.
You can purchase an additional software program such as JAWS which will allow your computer to read aloud web pages to you. For more information, please contact us.
NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) is a free screen reader that can read aloud web pages. More information is available on the NVDA websites.
“Narrator” is a basic built in screen reader available for windows 8 and 10. To start or stop Narrator, press the Windows logo key + Enter or access Narrator through “Ease of Access Center” (Windows logo key + U). To see all Narrator commands, press Caps Lock + F1. Further information about Narrator can be found on the Microsoft accessibility website
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and higher have a built-in program called VoiceOver which can read aloud text on your computer screen, including web pages. To turn on VoiceOver, hold down the ‘Apple’ key and press the ‘F5′ key. Further information about VoiceOver is available on the Apple website.
“Webanywhere” is a web page that can read aloud web pages. More information is available on the Webanywhere– link will open in a new window website.
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