Accessibility

Information on the Accessibility standards of the Courts.im website, practical help with your computer and your web browser.

The Isle of Man Courts of Justice has on-going and planned initiatives with regard to Disability, it is moving towards helping make the Isle of Man as disabled friendly as possible.

We will be working towards making Courts.im accessible and easy to use for everyone, no matter what browser you choose to use, and whether or not you have disabilities.

BrowseAloud

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. The free software is called "Browsealoud", and is used on over 2000 websites in the UK and USA.

Browsealoud is now a zero install solution and can be easily downloaded onto a PC or a USB keydrive and used anywhere. Browsealoud highlights each word as it is spoken to aid comprehension, improve reading and show users where they are on the page.

When you install the browsealoud plugin onto your PC, you can have the web pages on the Courts of Justice website read to you (and other sites that are speech-enabled - these are listed on the Browsealoud site).

Why we have speech enable our websites?

Speech enabling the Courts website provides an additional way of accessing our content for people who find it hard to read. This includes those with dyslexia or learning difficulties, those for whom English is not their first language, or anyone with a mild visual impairment. It is not designed to replace other screen readers.

What is Browsealoud?

Browsealoud is a solution that allows you to have website content read to you. As you move the cursor over text, it is spoken aloud. Browsealoud is free to download and you have control over the voice, word pronunciations and speech highlighting.

How does it work?

You download a free, small browser plug-in. Once the plug-in has been installed, content on this site can be spoken aloud. Browsealoud will read every webpage on our site. It can also read pdfs in Adobe Reader Version 6.0 onwards. This meets the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Level A guidelines for accessibility.

Can browsealoud be customised?

Yes. Once plugged in, look for the browsealoud icon in your system tray, which is usually at the bottom right hand corner of your screen (beside the system clock). Right click on the icon and choose 'open browsealoud settings' from the menu. The speech tab on the settings window enables you to choose a male or female voice, and change the speed, pitch and volume of the reader. To read the entire page from where your cursor points, check the 'Continue reading from pointer' box. Otherwise Browsealoud will only read the individual sentences you point to.

For further help and assistance with the Browsealoud product take a look at the Browsealoud FAQs on their website.

Browsealoud New Advantages:

• Instant Speech feedback with no delays
• Reads Secure Sites with a High Quality Voice
• Reads Intranets with a High Quality Voice
• Firewall friendly
• Continued Browsealoud Functionality:
• Dual Colour Highlighting
• Text Magnification Display
• MP3 Output
• Talking Dictionary
• International Languages
• Reads PDFs in their original format
• Reads Accessible Flash and Alt Tags

Downloading browsealoud

You can download the new version of Browsealoud at: www.browsealoud.com/downloads and you will find full instructions to carry out the download and installation. A browsealoud icon will be placed in your system tray which is at the bottom right of your browser.

Accessibility Standards

The link to information on access for the Isle of Man is www.disabledgo.info this site is W3C compliant and can be listened to, graphics version, black on white, white on black or text.

Practical help with your computer

The text on all pages of the website can be enlarged to Font 14 on your browser by using the View then Text Size tab, all images can be removed and it can be in white on black.