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At rhombus we believe that the Internet is for everyone and have created our website with accessibility in mind. This page outlines how to use the accessibility features and provides guidelines on to manipulate your browser to enhance the useability of our website.

The following accessibility details are available on this page

Keyboard shortcuts for navigation
Accessibility standards complied with and browser compatibility.
Tips and resources for accessibility

Keyboard Shortcuts for navigation

We have defined some shortcuts to facilitate the navigation of this site.
To use these shortcuts hold down the "ALT" key on PC compatible machines or the "CONTROL" key Apple Macintosh compatible machines and then one of the keys below.


	Shortcut		Destination

	1		Go to home page

	2		Go to accessibility page

	3		Go to site map

	4		Go to contact details page

	5		Go to primary navigation menu (i.e. top menu)

	6		Go to secondary navigation menu (i.e. left hand menu)

	7		Go to main text area of the page

Accessibility standards complied with

This site has been tested against the accessibility standards established by the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Compliance was tested manually and through the use of HtmlTidy

This website has been tested for compliance on various versions of Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Konquerer and Opera browsers on Linux, Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

If at any time you find this website difficult to read or navigate, please send us feedback stating the difficulties encountered, along with your system details. For example,

"I am using Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 4.0. I am unable to read the content of the home page. The page URL is: http://www.rhombus.com.au/index.php"

Tips and resources for accessibility

There are many tools, software and hardware, that are available to assist people with a disability to use the Internet. Here is a list of the more popular tools.

Software
Note: The following information has been derived from the W3C's guide to alternative web browsing.

Specialized browser, which are browsers that have been designed to cater for specific disabilities.
Learn more about specialized browsers ».
Screen readers, which are voice output software products that output synthesized voice for the text displayed on the computer screen.
Learn more about screen readers ».
Adaptive browsers, who are browsers capable of providing enhanced accessibility when combined with adaptive systems.
Learn more about adaptive browsers ».
Voice browsers, which are browsers that allow voice-driven navigation.
Learn more about adaptive browsers ».

There are a variety of other types of software that enable the use of oversized cursors, onscreen keyboards, and programs that slow down applications. Learn more about this accessibilty software »

Hardware
There are also hardware tools that can assist in web browsing. Here is a list of the more popular tools

Refreshable Braille displays, which are electronic devices that are read text on the screen and produce Braille, line by line.
Joysticks or Trackballs, which are alternatives to the mouse to move the screen pointer.
Alternative keyboards, which are keyboards that have a different arrangement or a limited number of keys.