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Accessibility

sportscotland institute of sport is working towards creating an accessible website for all. The structure of the website, and how it displays information has been completely revised, but not all pre-revision content meets accessibility requirements. sportscotland's website team are working on completing changes to existing web pages.

If you are a visually impaired user, or are using screen reading software, and encounter difficulties using sections of sportscotland's website please report this to us at: info@sisport.com. We will endeavour to modify pages immediately.

Screen Reader Setting Recommendations

Users of screen readers should note that this site makes use of Title and Acronym, and so will gain more from the site if they configure their screen reader to pick up these attributes.

For users of JAWS we recommend the following sort order 'title|text|alt|href' as the best combination to set.

Access Keys

Access Keys provide a quick way to navigate round the site without using a mouse, and on this site they are based on the UK Government Access Keys system.

The keys are used in conjuction with Alt or Ctrl and Enter keys which vary depending on your browser.

Windows users can navigate with the accesskey feature by typing ALT+Accesskey. On the Mac, you would use CTRL+Accesskey. Internet Explorer users may also need to hit the "enter" key to activate a link.

Detailed Instructions

1. Hold down

  • 'Alt' key if using Internet Explorer for Windows
  • 'Ctrl' key if using Mozilla/Firefox, or if using Safari on a Mac
  • 'Shift' and 'Esc' together if using Opera (note Opera ignores numeric Access Keys)

2. and simultaneously select a key from the list below

3. you may need to also press 'Enter' if using Internet Explorer for Windows on a PC - other browsers go to the page immediately.

  • 0 - Accessibility and Access Key details
  • 1 - Navigate back to Home Page
  • 9 - Contact sportscotland institute of sport
  • S - Skip to Section Navigation links

These keys have been selected so as not to conflict with those in use by Browsers, Word, Acrobat Reader and assistive technologies such as JAWS, Supernova and HomePageReader.

External Sites

All links to external sites open in a new window and sportscotland institute of sport is not responsible for the content or accessibility of these referenced sites.

All links which open a new browser window will be indicated by the new window icon:

Useful Links

The Adobe site offers:

There is more information on PDF Accessibility and other issues from the RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) Access Centre.