Accessibility
This site has been designed with access in mind. It has been designed and built in line with the guidelines set by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative.
For more information on these standards and web accessibility in general please visit:
The Web Accessibility Initiative
Access features
The site has a number of access features that improve the accesibility of the site for many users:
Text options
For visitors using a graphical browser the text size on the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Website can be set by selecting the text size buttons at the top left of each page.
There is also a text-only option, which shows the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums site in high contrast with the images removed. The text-only mode has its own accessibility options allowing the visitor to change colours and sizes of the text.