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Accessibilty Information Mōhiohio mō te Wāteatanga

Introduction

This site has been designed so that as many people as possible can access it.

All pages can be read by any web browser, but the contemporary design of the site will only be displayed in modern visual browsers.

Features

This site has a number of accessibility features.

Font Sizes

Font sizes are specified in relative terms so that they follow the size set on your browser.

You can change the font size as follows:

In Internet Explorer click the View menu at the top of IE and select Text Size.

Users of IE 6 who also use a wheel mouse can hold down the Control (ctrl) key on the keyboard and use the wheel to change size.

In Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox click on the View menu and select Text Zoom.

You can also hold down the Ctrl key and use the + and - keys to change the font size.

Access Keys

These are key combinations (alt + one other) that can be used to navigate quickly through the site. We have based our keys on the NZ e-government guidelines.

We have divided the site into five sections to allow a greater number of keys across all pages. These are: Radio New Zealand corporate, Radio New Zealand National and Radio New Zealand Concert, News and Popular Features.

There is a complete list of Access Keys

Please note that access keys only work on recent browsers such as IE 5.x or 6 and Netscape 6. The method for using the keys is different for each browser type.

IE

Hold down the alt key and press the number or letter. Then press enter. You will be sent to the new page.

Netscape / Mozilla

Hold down the alt and shift keys and press the number or letter. You will be sent directly to the new page.

Note

The M access key displays a list of keys for the current page and works with Netscape and Mozilla browsers. This serves as a useful reminder on each page. The A access key shows and hides the latest Audio content area.

Images

Graphics files are only used for non-text items — JPEGs for pictures and GIFs for logos. Most graphics are hidden from text-only browsers and screen readers. The reason we've done this is to reduce non-semantic clutter for screen readers.

Document Structure

The underlying code of each page has a linear structure and HTML headings have been used correctly so that non-visual browsers (screen readers) can read each page in a logical sequence. No tables or frames are used for layout purposes.

Every page begins with the Radio NZ name and link as the first heading. Tertiary (H3) headings identify the Main Navigation, Search Area and Page Context (breadcrumbs). The first secondary (H2) heading is always the main block of content. Below this there are H3 headings for Sectional Navigation, Ways to Listen and Popular Features. Within the Popular features section there is a search area below the sectional navigation which relates to the current feature area. Note that the Sectional Navigation is not shown on these pages, but is available to provide consistency in screen readers.

The last Tertiary heading on every page is for the Access Key Lists.

On every page there is also an audio section, with links to show and hide the window on visual browsers. This area is an agregation of the latest content taken from programe areas with the current section. The links to show and hide the window are not required in screen readers.

Tertiary and deeper headings are also used with Secondary areas. We also use a lot of lists for various things on the site to present the context more correctly. We have tried to use these consistently, so that the mark-up and content is always the same.

What if I can’t access something ?

Please contact us at access@radionz.co.nz. Wherever possible we have used current “best practices” to make this site accessible to all. But if you can’t access some of our content, or we could improve the site, please let us know and we’ll do our best to fix it. If you simply cannot find something, email us at rnz@radionz.co.nz

Technical Details

We used the New Zealand e-government guidelines in developing this site. Radio New Zealand is a Crown-Owned Entity and so compliance with this document is optional. However we support the initiative and have followed it as closely as possible.

Explicit in e-govt is the use of Web Standard coding methods recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium.

Specifically, these are XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1. All pages on this site have ben coded to meet these standards where possible.

We have also been guided by the Web Access Initiative. This site meets most of the guidelines.