Erie County Web Accessibility Standards
Thank you for visiting the Erie County website and reviewing our web accessibility standards. Pages on this site are currently being reviewed and revised to be accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with provisions of the Section 508 Workforce Investment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We are in the process of revising our web development practices in accordance with meeting Priority 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as addressed in the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. If you are having a problem accessing this web site, please let us know and we will work to ensure you can successfully access our information and forms.
This site currently conforms with the following:
W3C CSS Level 2.1
W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict
This site is working towards comformance with the following:
Section 508 Guidelines
WCAG Priority 1 and Priority 2
Below are some examples of how these features may be helpful to you...
Windows Users
Larger/Smaller Fonts
- Hold the CTRL key while pressing the + (plus) key to enlarge the font size.
- Hold the CTRL key while pressing the - (minus) key to decrease the font size.
High Contrast
Our web site automatically works with Windows' "High Contrast" mode.
If your computer is already set for High Contrast mode, activate it by pressing:
- (Left) Alt + (Left) Shift + Print Screen (Turn High Contrast off by pressing the same keys again.)
Keyboard
If you are uncomfortable with the mouse, you will soon be able to operate the entire Erie County web site using just the keyboard:
- Press the Tab key to move from link to link (or Shift + Tab to move backwards).
- Press the Enter key to activate a link.
- Use Alt + Left Arrow to go back a page.
Or, to fill out forms:
- Press the Tab key to move from field to field.
- Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to move between items in a list.
- Press Spacebar to check or uncheck radio buttons and checkboxes.
- Press Enter to activate buttons.
Additional Accessibility Tutorials for Microsoft Products are available at Microsoft's website.
Macintosh Users
VoiceOver
To turn VoiceOver on or off, use Command-F5.
Screen Zooming - Mac OS X
Option-Command-8 Turns screen zooming on or off
Option-Command-= Zooms in
Option-Command-- (hyphen) Zooms out
Command-Option-Control-8 Inverts the screen colors
Command-Option-Control-, Reduces contrast
Command-Option-Control-. Increases contrast
Additional Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts can be found on Apple's website. (Includes key combinations for moving focus in full keyboard access mode.)
