Accessibility
The Victorian Ombudsman (VO) is committed to ensuring that information on its website is widely accessible. Consequently, the website is undergoing redevelopment. VO will be taking a staged approach and aims to be fully compliant with all Level A and Levell AA checkpoints of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. If you have any accessibility problems with the website, please contact us by email or via telephone (03) 9613 6222 and we will:
- Provide you with the information in an alternative format and
- Attempt to rectify the accessibility issue immediately.
Also:
Increase text size
To improve visibility, the size of the text on the website can be increased. Click the 'view' button on the top toolbar. Rest cursor on 'text size'. Click on the preferred increase to the text size.
Listen to this website with BrowseAloud
Visitors can listen to this website with BrowseAloud, which is free to website visitors and can be easily downloaded from the BrowseAloud Website.
What is BrowseAloud?
BrowseAloud makes websites accessible to those who require online reading support. It works by reading web pages aloud in a human-sounding voice. The user simply hovers their mouse pointer over the text to hear it read aloud.
What does BrowseAloud look like?
BrowseAloud features and options are accessed from an easy to use, floating toolbar (see above). You can position this toolbar anywhere on your screen or hide from view, as you prefer.
What will BrowseAloud do for me?
- Read web pages aloud in a human-sounding voice (includes websites, intranets, extranets, html, accessible Flash, alt tags)
- Read secure web pages
- Read PDF and Word documents in their original format
- Highlight each word as it is spoken to show you where you are on the page
- Magnify text to your chosen font size and font style
- Translate word-for-word between English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
- Look up accurate dictionary definitions
- Convert text to MP3
- Mask information on the screen to help you focus on a particular area.
Who does BrowseAloud help?
BrowseAloud helps any website visitor who requires online reading support. This includes those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments and those with English as a second language.
What Browsers does BrowseAloud work in?
BrowseAloud works with the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 6
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 8
- Firefox 3.6
BrowseAloud works with commonly used platforms:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
How do I download BrowseAloud?
Download BrowseAloud from the BrowseAloud website.
If you need anymore help, contact the BrowseAloudSupport Team on:
Email: support@browsealoud.com.
