Accessibility Help
Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable and functional by persons of all abilities. When websites, applications and the tools used to display them are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality including, but not limited to, those who may have:
- An inability to see, hear, or move easily.
- Eyes, ears, or hands that are busy or interfered with.
- Colour-blindness or other visual impairments.
- Difficulty reading or comprehending text.
- No access to a keyboard or mouse, or who do not have the ability to use one.
- An early version of a browser, a non-standard browser, a voice browser or other assistive technology, or a non-standard operating system.
- A slow Internet connection, a small screen such as on a mobile device, or a text-only screen Difficulty with navigating the Internet due age-related illness or technology ability.
- Navigated the Internet through some form of social media.
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is guided by the AMI Web Accessibility Standards and the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA, in the development of our web sites. With recent activity around the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the development of the Integrated Accessibility Standard in Ontario, we are continuing our work to also become aligned with this standard.
A part of this work has involved establishing a culture of Web accessibility compliance within our organization to ensure that all of those who are involved in the development and deployment of our online presence are aware of how to perform their work to achieve that compliance and why it is important that they do so. To that end we perform testing using industry standard assistive technology tools such as speech and text browsers, magnification tools and code validation tools. By focusing in on the key aspects of our sites, we work to ensure the accessibility of images, multimedia, forms, data tables and other elements through the utilization of these tools. As we do so, we will be looking to further increase the accessibility of these aspects and others on our sites.
We strive to meet the needs of all of our on-line visitors.
The size of the text on this website can be adjusted using the text adjustment tool present in the upper right hand corner of each page on this website. There are three text sizes that can be selected.
This tool is accessible through standard mouse and keyboard navigation as well as assistive technologies. Each recent browser platform as well as many assistive technologies contains a text adjustment tool that can be utilized to change the size of the text displayed on this website.
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Each recent browser platform as well as many assistive technologies contains a magnification tool that can be utilized to magnify the content being displayed on the page.
Several assistive technologies, such as the ZoomText magnifier, are available to assist with the magnification of the content being displayed on the page.
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There are four links displayed in a box on the right hand side of the Accessibility Help page on this website. The box is entitled Change Colour Scheme. By choosing any of these four links you can change the colour of the content that you are viewing on this site.
You can select the following four colour schemes:
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If none of the colour schemes are found to be suitable, you may wish to apply your own stylesheets on this site using the assistive technology of your choice.
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Many types of assistive technologies are available for purchase or free download to assist you with navigating this website aurally. JAWS is a commonly used speech browser. We also recommend using some of the robust tools that are now available with recent browser platforms. The NVDA speech browser is a free tool that can assist with navigating this website as well as any other. We strive to ensure the logical aural output of the content displayed on this website.
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If you have any questions or concerns about the accessibility of this website, please contact us. We would be pleased to work with you directly to ensure that you have an accessible experience while navigating this website.
We look forward to assisting you with ensuring the accessibility of this media.
For more assistance with the accessibility features of this site, please contact us at accessibilityhelp@ami.ca.