Accessibility Statement
Monster Tackle is fully committed to ensuring its website is accessible and inclusive for all its users. Web accessibility focuses on ensuring all users, regardless of their physical and mental capability, are able to access the content and services on a particular website. Our aim has been to make MonsterTackle.co.uk accessible to all who may be interested in finding out more about our products and services. Its design and build has taken into account the following guidelines:
• The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) www.w3.org
• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA, part
three) - www.disability.gov.uk/dda
These guidelines include:
• Allowing users to control text sizes
• Using an easy to read font type
• Ensuring suitable foreground and background
colour contrast
• Using clear and simple grammar
• Providing meaningful text equivalents for pictures
• Providing simple and consistent site navigation
• Assigning access keys for key navigational
element
• Ensuring the target of each link is clearly
defined
• Providing a full sitemap
• Providing navigational short cuts for users
of text only browsers and page readers
• Using appropriate structural mark-up to maximise
browser support
• Ensuring all content and functionality is available
to users without content style sheet (CSS), Image and script support
Browse Aloud
Our website offers a link to BrowseAloud. This is a free tool that speech enables website content. It offers a practical website access service to people with reading difficulties and those who find it easier to listen to, rather than read the content of our website.
It assists in the navigations of our website for the following sections
of the population:
• Those with low literacy and reading skills
• Those where English is not the first language
• Dyslexic people
• Those with mild visual impairment
Access Keys
Our main navigation options have been assigned keyboard access keys for users who do not use pointing devices (such as a mouse).
The access keys we have used are based on the UK Government's recommendations.
1. Shop
2. Special Offers
3. News & Articles
4. About Us
5. Contact
Known Browser Support
This website operates on a wide range of browsers. PC operating systems:
• Internet Explorer 6,
• Internet Explorer 5.5
• Internet Explorer 5
• Mozilla Firefox 1
• Netscape Navigator 7.0
• Opera 7.5
• Lynx
Mac operating systems:
• Safari 1+
• Mozilla Firebird 0.7
- Firefox
- Opera
- Netscape
Feedback
Monster Tackle welcomes your feedback and suggestions for improvement to our website. Please send your comments to info@monstertackle.co.uk.