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Accessibility statement

BOC is committed to taking all reasonable steps to ensure that material published on our web site is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities.

Accessibility standards of our pages

All content appearing on the boc-gases.com site has been developed to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0 (WCAG 1.0).   We  are working towards a minimum level of Double-A conformance to WCAG 1.0. We acknowledge that we currently use deprecated features which means that the page coding does not validate against the specified document type. However testing with users has shown that this is not detrimental to real-life accessibility.

Level Double-A conformance icon, W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

All new content on boc-gases.com will be developed to the same standard.

Difficulties with accessing content on the BOC-gases.com site?

If you have difficulties accessing pages on this site please contact us and we will be happy to supply the information in an alternative form.

Accessibility features

Some key accessibility features are described below for those who may wish to take advantage of them. More information on making our pages easier to use by making changes to your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings can be found at the My Web My Way site provided by BBC. This includes information for uses of PC Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems.

Skip navigation link

A ‘skip to page contents’ link (accesskey: S) is provided on each page that will enable users of browsers such as screen readers to jump directly to the main content on the page, avoiding all of the standard navigation links.

Accesskeys

The following shortcut keys can be used on all pages in the products and services section. Press ALT (if you use a PC) or CONTROL (if you use a Mac) and:

  • S - Skip navigation
  • 1 - Home page
  • 2 - What's new (news)
  • 3 - Site map
  • 4 - Search
  • 5 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • 6 - Help
  • 7 - Complaints procedure
  • 8 - Terms and conditions
  • 9 - Feedback form / contact us
  • 0 - Access key details (this accessibility statement page)

Images

All images that provide information have appropriate alternative text such that the information is available to people who cannot see the images.

Images that are provided for decoration are provided as either background images or have NULL (empty quote marks) alternative text.

Text size and style

The products and services pages are built such that you can make use text settings to suit your needs. Settings that are accommodated in the design include text sizes, text color, background colour.

Site map

A site map (accesskey 3) is provided to assist with navigation.

Use of data tables

Simple tables are used for presenting key data. The row and column headings for the data tables are identified (using TH) making their use easier for screen reader users.

Layout using Cascading Style Sheets

Styling and layout has been achieved using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The site will still be usable if CSS is disabled. Disabling of CSS will result in a well structured single column page that will be styled according to the default settings of your browser.