Accessibility
Our website has been built with accessibility and usability in mind, so we hope you can find, access and use the information you need. This page explains the accessibility features available on the website. We are always happy to receive feedback, if you do have any comments please email: IDC@gloucestershire.police.uk.
Change the colour of the web pages
At the top of every web page (on the navigation panel) on the left hand side, you can change the colour of the website contents display. This is intended to help people with sight impairments and people with dyslexia. To change the colour click on one of the coloured boxes with a letter 'C' in it.
Change the size of the text
There are various ways to change the size of the text displayed on each page. At the top of each page you can click on the 'text larger' or 'text smaller' links.
Change the text display settings in your web browser
You can also change the text size settings in your web browser. In most web browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer) this is done by going to the 'View' menu and selecting the 'Text size' option.
Make this website talk
Talklets is an advanced text-to-speech reading technology that reads text in a clear and life-like voice. Links have been created on the navigation panel on the top left hand side of each webpage. Simply click on the ‘play’ button to hear the website read aloud and click on the ‘stop’ button to stop text being read. Another feature is ‘save to mp3’ click the 'mp3' button and save the main text on the page as an audio file which you can listen to later on or even copy to your iPod.
The right-click function is a unique accessibility feature of Talklets. Simply hold the cursor over a word and right-click (PC) and a pop-up box appears which gives access to the dictionary, thesaurus and, in some cases a context-sensitive pronunciation feedback mechanism allowing users to contribute to Talklets pronunciation lexicon.
Also included are a range of 'hotkeys' which allow Talklets to be controlled by the use of keyboard strokes rather than a mouse. To aid those who are blind or find it hard to use a mouse such as the elderly. The range of keys will be familiar to some users of other assistive technologies.
The standard keys are as follows:
F9 - Switch hotkeys and sound on/off
F12 - Hear Hot Key List
S - Smart Story Finder - This feature asks VIKI to automatically find the main story or content on the page. This feature is currently only available for Internet Explorer users.
M - Toggle the mouse over reader. When on, the text of the element the mouse is over will be read.
A - Go to next link.
H - Go to next heading.
L - Go to next list.
I - Go to next item in a list.
G - Go to Google Accessible Search.
E - Go to the next editable input box. N.B. This will mean your key presses will enter text and NOT activate hotkeys. To activate hot key interaction again press F8.
B - Next button.
F8 - step out of input element, so access keys are re-enabled.
T - Next table.
X - Next DIV.
SHIFT plus any of the above (except the Smart Story Finder) - Reads the previous .
U - Enter a URL (Web address).
BACKSPACE - go to previous page.
FULL STOP and SHIFT - next element. Most element types will be read aloud.
COMMA and SHIFT - previous element. Most element types will be read aloud.
Z - Zoom in. SHIFT plus Z to zoom out.
V - Read again.
This has been developed by a UK company called Textic www.textic.com 
Search and search options
You can search the website by typing one or more keywords into the Google search input box at the bottom of the navigation panel on any web page.
Document formats
Some documents are published in more than one format. We commonly use (for text documents) Microsoft Word (doc) and Portable Document Format (PDF).
Help with accessing PDF files
To read PDF documents you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Commonly this is already on your computer, installed with your web browser. But if you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it for free from adobe.com
If you wish to receive a document in a particular format that is not available on this website please email:
IDC@gloucestershire.police.uk.
BBC - My Web My Way
A useful resource for web accessibility with advice about how to adjust your computer to get the best out of the web.