Accessibility

Introduction

'Access for all' is something that we strive to achieve and take very seriously. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is committed to making its websites as accessible as possible to users with disabilities, including users who may be blind, partially sighted, or have a physical disability.



Viewing

  • This website is best viewed using internet browsers version 5 or above. The site can still be viewed by earlier browsers, but some styling features will not display.
  • To get the best from the colour images contained we recommend you view with colour depth greater than 256 colours.
  • Web pages will look and function as intended at 800 x 600 pixels, or 1024 x 768 pixels.



Accessibility Options

  • This website is speech enabled, which means that you can download free software onto your personal computer and have the site read aloud to you. This free software is called Browsealoud, and if installed will allow this website, and other speech enabled websites, to be read to you. Click here for more information on Browsealoud.
  • If you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colours, you can set your browser to change font sizes, styles and colours.
    Click here for further information on how you can change your browser.
  • Due to the graphics-intensive nature of the mapping parts of the site, the geographic information cannot be presented in an accessible format. If you would like assistance with this please contact customer services on 01482 393939 or email customer.services@eastriding.gov.uk


Plug-ins

  • Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat Reader is usually pre-installed on most browsers. However, if it is not already installed on your PC or Mac, you will need to download it before reading any PDF documents. You need to do this only once and the software is free.
    Download Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Word
    This viewer allows you to read documents in Microsoft® Word format without having a copy of the software on your PC. It should be used for all documents with the .doc name extension.
    Download Microsoft Word
  • Macromedia Flash
    Parts of this site may use Macromedia Flash which is a plug-in program that displays animation, sound and interactivity in web pages.
    Download Macromedia Flash
  • iPIX
    Parts of this site may use 360 degree imaging technology to further illustrate the content. If you wish to see these images you must download the IPIX software from their site.
    Download iPIX plug-in
  • Browsealoud
    Browsealoud is a solution that allows you to have website content read to you. Simply by scrolling your mouse over the text that you want read to you, browsealoud will read and speak what you require, helping you navigate speech enabled websites more easily.
    Download Browsealoud