Accessibility

Standards compliance

  • Where possible, all pages within the site comply with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Priority 1 Guidelines.
  • Many Priority 2 and 3 guidelines have also been followed in the creation of this web site.

    • Navigation aids

  • Skip Navigation Link
  • Available on all pages within the web site, allows easy access to main content area.

    • Links

  • Whever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Some browsers for example JAWS, Lynx and Opera can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list separately.
  • No links open new or popup windows without warning.
  • All content images include descriptive ALT attributes.
  • Structural graphics have been given null ALT attributes.

    • Accessibility references

  • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - standards organisation, part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
  • WebAim - non profit organisation disseminating accessibility information.
  • RNIB Campaign for Good web design.

    • Font size
    If you prefer the font size on the BE Systems website pages to be larger or smaller, you can control this using your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to change the size of the font displayed on the screen either permanently or temporarily. How you increase the font depends upon what browser you are using. Examples of how to increase or decrease fonts in several popular browsers follows:

    » Internet Explorer
    » Opera
    » Firefox / Netscape

    Visit your browser's help feature for additional information on this and other browser related topics.

    Internet Explorer Version 5.5 and above
    Provides 5 font sizes (largest, larger, medium, smaller, and smallest). Medium is the default size.

    You change font size by:
    selecting View from the menu bar, and,
    selecting Text Size from the View menu, then,
    select the size you want from the list.

    Or
    press and hold the "Alt" key, then
    type "V" and "X", then
    release "Alt" key, then
    select the size you want from the list

    The font size you select will remain in effect until you select a different size.

    Opera Version 6.0 and above
    You increase or decrease the displayed font size by

    press and hold the "Alt" key, then
    type "V" and "Z", then
    release "Alt" key, then
    select the size you want from the list

    The following shortcut keys also resize the displayed font:

    Type "0" (number zero) to increase font size
    Type "9" to decrease the font size
    Type "6" to reset the font size back to the beginning.

    Your selected font size will remain in effect until you close Opera.

    Mozilla Firefox all versions and Netscape Navigator Version 4.7x and above
    Allows users to increase or decrease font size with shortcut keys.

    To increase the displayed font size:
    hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the "+" key.
    Font size will increase immediately.
    If you want to increase the size further simply press the "+" key while still holding down the "Ctrl" key.
    To decrease the displayed font size,
    hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the "-" key.
    The font size will decrease immediately.
    If you want to decrease the size further simply press the "-" key while still holding down the "Ctrl" key.