Accessibility statement

This is the official accessibility statement for the Personal Learning Coaching Web site. If you have any questions, comments or criticisms regarding accessibility, please use our feedback form.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key (for some browsers you may also need to hit the ENTER key to activate a link); on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site use the following access keys for common tasks:

• Access key 1 : Home page.
• Access key 2 : Contact Us.
• Access key 3 : Learn about PLC.
• Access key 4 : Become a PLC.
• Access key 5 : Training for PLC.
• Access key 6 : Case studies.
• Access key 7 : Members area.
• Access key 8 : Site map.
• Access key 9 : Privacy statement.
• Access key 0 : Accessibility statement.

Standards compliance

As far as possible, we have tried to ensure that:

1. All pages on this site should be Bobby single-A approved, complying with all priority 1 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
2. All pages on this site should validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
3. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. h1 tags are used for main titles, h2 tags for subtitles (and so on). For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.

Links

The text of the links on this site are designed to make sense out of context.

Images

1. All content images used in this site should include descriptive alt tags. Purely decorative graphics include null alt tags.
2. Complex images may include longdesc tags or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.

Visual design

1. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
2. If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Accessibility references

1. W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
2. W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
3. W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.

Accessibility software

1. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
2. Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
3. Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.

Accessibility services

1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
3. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
4. Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.