Accessibility

Keyboard Controls

The application has been designed to be easily navigated using with a keyboard using the standard keys for your browser. For most browsers the following keys work:

  • 'Tab' key to focus on the next link
  • 'Shift' + 'Tab' to focus on the previous link
  • 'Enter' to activate the currently selected link
  • 'Esc' to close the menu

Screen Reader Navigation

Headings

  • 'H' to cycle forwards through the headings
  • 'Shift' + 'H' to cycle backwards through the headings
  • '1' to navigate to the next level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the next heading on this level)
  • 'Shift' + '1' to navigate to the previous level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the previous heading on this level)
  • 'Insert' + 'F6' in JAWS or NVDA + 'F7' in NVDA to provide a list of all headings

Links

  • Press the 'Tab' key to proceed through the links or 'Shift' + 'Tab' to cycle backwards through the links
  • 'Insert' + 'F7' to provide a list of all links

Accessibility Statement

An Comunn Gàidhealach aims to provide a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so we've been using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

Accessibility Highlights

  • The colour contrast of text conforms to at least WCAG AA standard.
  • There are text alternatives for all non-text content - except for video content, and third party content – see limitations below.
  • Keyboard navigation has been carefully considered and tested - see keyboard controls.
  • Modal dialogs / popups have been avoided.
  • There is a skip to content link.
  • Focused elements are clearly highlighted.
  • Section headings are used to organise the content.
  • Landmark roles / regions have been employed to help you to navigate each page.
  • We have avoided moving / autoplaying content.
  • To help you enjoy this content on a variety of platforms it has been designed to be mobile friendly, and resize for a variety of screen sizes and devices.

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