About Accessibility on this Site

The One Voice Network website was intentionally designed to be accessible to the widest possible audience. It is fully compatible with popular screen reading software and was designed for those who for a variety of reasons may not be able to use a mouse. This website can be navigated using the keyboard on your computer or using other assistive devices.

Customize the Site for You:

There are various things you can do to change the look of this site to make it easier for you to read. You can make the text bigger and change the contrast. This section gives you instructions on how to do this, as well as information about website accessibility in general.

Text Size

This site offers three different text sizes (as well as those offered by most internet browsers). They are indicated by the three different sized letters at the top of each page. You can click on the different sized letter “A’s” to change the text size of a page. The smallest size “A” is the default text size of the website.

Contrast

You can improve the contrast of this website by selecting either soft contrast or high contrast colour schemes.

Skip to content

This feature allows the user to skip over the repeated content at the beginning of each page (such as the heading and navigation) and go straight to the main page content. This is especially useful to those with screen readers because it gives the user a way to avoid listening through lengthy menus every time he or she enters a new page.

To try it, navigate to a new page, then press the Tab key. The “Skip to content” link should be selected. Press the Enter key to activate the link.

Software You Might Need:

Some documents on this website are available in a PDF format. Adobe Acrobat is needed to open these files. There is no charge to download Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe provides an excellent guide to using PDF Documents. For more information, please visit this link: PDF documents

Some links on our website require software to view videos in .AVI or .MP4 format. A video player like QuickTime is needed to view these links. There is no charge to download QuickTime. For more information, please visit this link: QuickTime download

Other Features and Advice:

Javascript on your browser

The site functions best with JavaScript enabled from your browsers. If you turn off JavaScript, some functionality might not work as designed or function properly. If you do not wish to enable JavaScript, you may choose to select the Skip to content link at the top of the page in order to view text only.

Alternative text

Images on onevoicenetwork.ca have alternative text attributes, often known as alt text. This means that when an image is used on a web page to convey information its content is also described in the alt text. This means that the image can be understood by text browsers and assistive technologies such as screen readers. If an image is used for simply decorative purposes, the text attribute for the image is left empty in line with accepted best practice.

Descriptive Links

Links on onevoicenetwork.ca have TITLE tags. These tags work like Alternative Text and provide more information for someone using a screen reader or when someone hovers over a link with their mouse.

Text size

The site can be viewed at any of three text sizes.
A A A

High contrast

Select the High Contrast option to switch to a black background with white text and grey rollover links.

Soft Contrast

Select the Soft Contrast option for a toned-down version of the site, using a grey background with purple text and black rollover links.

Default Contrast

Default Contrast is automatic. However select the Default Contrast option to return to Default Contrast when utilizing either the Soft Contrast or High Contrast options. The Default Contrast setting is a white background with black text and purple rollover links.