standards compliance
This site conforms to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505, Level A compliance as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Many Level AA requirements are also met.
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.
The CSS also validates.
We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
While we use Bobby to test for accessibility, it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation.
accessibility features in your browser
Most browsers and screens can be adjusted to help you view websites more clearly and this can be done by altering the size, format and colours.
Internet Explorer
Go to Tools/Internet Options and under the General Tab select Colours, Fonts or Accessibility. You can also press the F1 Key for further information on accessibility features within Explorer.
Netscape Navigator
Keyboard shortcuts:
http://help.netscape.com/netscape7/shortcuts.html
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility
In Netscape, you can specify your own fonts and colours by selecting Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance.
access keys
Access keys provide you with a keyboard shortcut to help navigate through the main areas of our site (please note only some browsers currently support this option).
- If using Windows, you can press ALT and the access key, then press ENTER to go to that page.
- If using MACINTOSH press CTRL and the access key to go to that page.
The following access keys are available throughout this website:
- 1 - Home Page
- v - Services
- s - Solutions
- m - Market Sectors
- 2 - What's New
- a - About Scotia
- 8 - Terms & Conditions
- p - Privacy Policy
- 9 - Contact Us
- 0 - Access Key Details
PDF (Portable Document Format) documents
All new documents on our website have been converted to PDF format using Acrobat 5.0. Older documents may not support all of the functions now available with Acrobat, however you may contact us to provide you with a hard copy.
