Accessibility Policy for The Virtual Number Company
In keeping with our policy of customers first, and our obligations under the DDA
(Disability Discrimination Act), we will ensure that our website is accessible to
people who have visual, hearing, motor or cognitive impairments.
Making our website accessible is a core aim of The Virtual Number Company and we will
try and ensure that it is usable with a broad range of operating systems, browsers,
and specialist assistive technologies.
As a standard, we employ all the following methods to ensure our site is accessible
to as many people as possible:
- All pictures have an alternative text description
- Our stylesheets allow for text resizing using the View – Text Size option in the
browser toolbar.
- The website can be viewed using a variety of colour schemes ensuring it can be used
by visitors who find the existing colour scheme hard to read
- We are committed to Plain English in all our written content
- Our site has been designed without the use of tables except where we need to represent
normally tabulated content i.e timetables
- We use a hierarchy of heading markups i.e an <h1> tag for main headings, <h2>
for secondary headings etc which makes it easier for screen readers to work out
the stucture of a page
- Our site can be viewed in a logical order when all styling is turned off
Alternative Stylesheets
You can change the way you browse this site by selecting one of several stylesheets
from the list below.
Please note that this feature requires JavaScript to work correctly. If you are
using a specialist browser then you may be able to work around this requirement
by selecting the alternative stylesheet from the stylesheet switcher menu.
Access keys
All pages on this site use the recommended UK Government accesskeys standard:
- Access key + S - Skip navigation
- Access key + 1 - Home page
- Access key + 3 - Site map
- Access key + 5 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Access key + 8 - Terms and conditions
- Access key + 9 - Feedback form
- Access key + 0 - Access key details
Helping you make your computer easier to use
To find out more about making your computer more accessible and easy to use, have
a look at AbilityNet's
website. They have a range of tips and suggestions relating to accessibility
issues.
If there is an instance when our site does not meet the need of a specific disabled
user group we will make changes to our currrent content, wherever appropriate, so
that we can become more inclusive to a wider audience.
Please contact us if this is the case
info@thevirtualnumbercompany.co.uk.