Independent Age accessibility statement
This accessibility statement applies to www.independentage.org.
It is important to us that everyone viewing our website can do so easily. We have dedicated resources to enhancing the website's user-friendliness and accessibility.
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to make web content more accessible. The guidelines define three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. This website aims to conform with WCAG 2.2 level AA.
Accessibility efforts and disclaimer
We are always striving to enhance the accessibility of all pages and materials on our website. It's possible that some content has not yet been fully aligned with accessibility standards. This could be because we have not yet identified the most suitable fix to improve user experience.
Images
Images have descriptive alternative text to aid the use of screen reader software.
Colour
Colours have been chosen for high levels of contrast to support readability for all users, and particularly users with visual impairments.
Video content
Videos have subtitles as an alternative to audio.
Links
Links have descriptive link text.
Recite Me assistive technology
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website. To provide additional support to aid a more inclusive user experience, we provide the Recite Me assistive technology tool. This toolbar enables all website visitors to customise their experience through a range of options to suit their online accessibility and language needs.
The Recite Me toolbar provides text-to-speech functionality, fully customisable styling features, reading aids and a translation tool for over 100 languages, including 65 text-to-speech voices and many other features.
This means that when the toolbar is activated by the user they can:
- Listen to the website using text-to-speech functionality
- Customise background, text and accessibility tool colours
- Modify the font, line height or spacing of text
- Zoom in up to 200% without text spilling off the screen
- The text will reflow in a single column when you change the size of your browser window
- Navigate the website using just a keyboard
- Translate the website into a different language
- Download mp3 files of webpage text
- View webpages in text-only mode.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you’d like to give us feedback, please email digital@independentage.org.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
Our accessibility journey is ongoing. We regularly review our website and its content to identify and fix known issues.