Accessibility

Dyslexia Action is committed to making its website available to as many people as possible. Many internet users can find websites difficult to use due to the way they have been designed. We recognise that this is an important issue and are making changes to ensure our website is accessible in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.

Changes to improve accessibility are ongoing, but if you come across a page you find difficult to use please let us know.

Style switcher

You can change the appearance of this web site at any time by choosing one of the style options below. There are more useful tips in this section, including how to use keyboard shortcuts for this site (known as 'access keys').

Choose Your Site Style:

High graphics versions:

• Graphical (default)
• Cream
• Contrast (white on black)

Low graphics versions:

• Default
• Contrast
• Contrast (Yellow and blue)
• Switch off stylesheets

Resizable text

There are a number of ways to change the text size for the site. You can use the buttons below to increase or decrease the font size.

You can also adjust the settings in your browser the easiest way is to follow the following steps: (In Internet Explorer)

1. Select the 'View' menu.
2. Select the 'Text Size' option from the menu.
3. Click on the text size you want to view.

Audio options

We use Readspeaker on most pages of our website so that you can have the pages read out to you.

Readspeaker is used on our site to help people who have difficulty reading longer pages of text.

How to use Readspeaker:

To enable Readspeak click on the button below. This will turn on the 'Listen to this page' link on all pages within the right-hand column.

It does take a few seconds before you hear the page being read to you, so please be patient. The main text on the page will be read out to you, together with the right-hand column links, but the navigation buttons and toolbars at the top of the page will not be read to you. If you have any problems using Readspeaker, please let us know.

Site map

In addition to using the main navigation you can use the Sitemap to navigate around the website.

Access keys

Access keys let you navigate around dyslexiaaction.org.uk without using your mouse.

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

Key Destination alt - 0 (then enter) Home
alt - 1 (then enter) About dyslexia
alt - 2 (then enter) About us
alt - 3 (then enter) News and events
alt - 4 (then enter) Shop
alt - 5 (then enter) Contact us
alt - 6 (then enter) Print page
alt - 7 (then enter) Email
alt - 8 (then enter) Sitemap
alt - p (then enter) Parents
alt - a (then enter) Adult Learners
alt - e (then enter) Teachers
alt - f (then enter) Funders
alt - t (then enter) Back to top