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Accessibility

This website contains several features to help improve the quality of your visit.  The most important of these are:

  • Features for visitors with web access disabilities.
  • Features for visitors with reading difficulties.
  • Features for viewing downloadable documents, movies and other content.

If you have questions specific to ESB International’s obligations under the Disability Act 2005, please contact the ESB Access Officer.

If you wish to provide any other type of feedback, please contact us.

Website features for visitors with web access disabilities

This ESBI website adheres to the international Web Accessibility standard WCAG 2.0  Level-AA.

Exclusions to WCAG 2.0  Level-AA

If, when using this website, you find any content that you feel does not conform to the WCAG 2.0  Level-AA guidelines, please contact us.

Website features for visitors with reading difficulties

This website is speech-enabled.  This means that you can listen to the words on the site as they are read ‘out loud’ by your computer.  This is useful for people who have reading difficulties, mild vision disabilities or for whom English is a second language.

This service is free to everyone.  To use it, you should download a small software program called BrowseAloud.  BrowseAloud is made by a highly reputable company that has been reviewed by ESB International.  Point at the website text you want to hear with your mouse and BrowseAloud will then read the text ‘out loud’.  To ensure you can hear the sounds, make sure your computer has sound capability and that speakers or headphones are plugged in.  You will also need to ensure the volume is turned on.

If you wish to learn about BrowseAloud or have queries about its operation, visit the BrowseAloud website.

Change the size of the text on this website

If you find the text size on this website is too small to read comfortably, you can change its size. The way you do this depends on the browser (i.e. the software program) you use.  (Please note – some computers allow you to change text size simply by holding down the ‘control’ or ‘alt’ keys and using the wheel in the middle of the mouse to make the text larger and smaller.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Personal Computer

If you are using Internet Explorer, go to the menu at the top of the browser window and select View, from the list of options, select Text Size.  You will see a side menu open up; select the size you wish to view the website in.

Firefox (Mozilla) on a Personal Computer

If you are using Firefox, go to the menu at the top of the browser window and select View, from the list of options, select Text Size. You will see a side menu open up; select the size you wish to view the website in.

Firefox also allows the text size to be changed with keyboard shortcuts:

  • Press Ctrl and + to increase the size
  • Press Ctrl and – to decrease the size
  • Press Ctrl and 0 to go back to the default size
Apple Mac (all browsers) for a computer using a Macintosh operating system:
  • Press Cmd and + to increase the size
  • Press Cmd and – to decrease the size
  • Press Cmd and 0 to go back to the default size

Website features for viewing movies, documents and other content

While the vast majority of content on this website is available as plain text, some has been published in other formats e.g. video.  Content like this often requires a software download (called a ‘plugin’) to your computer.  The plugins used on this site are listed below and are made by very reputable manufacturers, so there are few risks to your computer.  In fact, some of them may already be installed on your system.