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NDCPD Accessibility Policy

 

The NDCPD is committed to and is making every possible effort to ensure that all electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the NDCPD is accessible to people with disabilities, including both our employees and the customers we serve.

 

If you cannot fully access the information on a particular page, please contact the NDCPD or the owner of the Web site. To enable us to respond in a manner that will be of most help to you, please indicate the nature of the accessibility problem, your preferred format (electronic format, for example ASCII, standard print, large print, and so on), the Web address of the requested material, and complete contact information so we can reach you if questions arise while fulfilling your request. We may provide the information to you in an alternate format.

 

If you have questions on a particular Web site, please visit contact us page and respond to person or group named on that page.

 

If you have questions on accessibility of North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities Web sites, see Contact NDCPD.

 

 

Zoom In/Out instructions that enlarges or reduces entire page for most browsers.

With the press of two keys, you can enlarge the screen text without going into your settings.

  1. Simply press and hold down the "control" key, while pressing the "plus sign" key. Be sure to keep the "control key" depressed while you press the "plus sign" key. Each repetition will enlarge the text.
  2. To return the text back to its original size, simply press, and hold down the "control" key and the "minus sign" key. Each repetition will decrease the text size.

Enlarging text using browser settings.

 

Internet Explorer
  1. Click on "View" in the main menu.
  2. Scroll down to "Text Size."
  3. Select a text size from the drop-down menu options, ranging from "Smallest" to "Largest."

Mozilla Firefox
  1. Navigate to the top menu and click on "View."
  2. Scroll down to "Zoom." If you would like to enlarge text only, select "Zoom Text Only." If you would also like images to be enlarged, leave this option unchecked.
  3. Hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the plus sign key ("+") as many times as needed to reach a comfortable text size. To decrease text size, hold down the "Ctrl" key while pressing the minus sign key.

Safari
  1. Click on "View" in the main menu.
  2. Click "Make Text Bigger."

How to permanently apply additional accessibility options in Internet Explorer

 

Font and Colors: How to remove specified colors, font styles, and font sizes from webpages
  1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
  2. On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
  3. Click on the combination of the three check boxes to show checks that will change the features you desire.
  4. Click on 'OK'

Text, Background and Link Colors: How to choose your own text, background, and link colors for webpages.
  1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
  2. On the General tab, select 'Colors'
  3. Deselect the 'Use Windows colors' check box
  4. Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a color
  5. Click on 'OK'
  6. Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a color
  7. Click on 'OK'

Graphics and Images: How to keep graphics and images from appearing on a webpage
  1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
  2. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
  3. Deselect the graphics options 'animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and 'images'
    by clicking on the check boxes to remove the checks.
  4. Click on 'Apply' then 'OK'

Audio Output/Screen Reader Option

If you are in need of audio output for navigating you can download pwWebSpeak software by SoundLinks. This software is free, however if you need training or support you will have to purchase a user license.

 

If you have an problems with accessing our website please let us know by filling out our website satisfaction survey found on our Home page and describe your difficulties in the comment box.

 

 

 

Accessibility Aids: Plug-ins and File Viewers

 

Applets, plug-ins, or other applications required by NDCPD web pages that are not included on the specific page are found as links from this page.

These links are to non-government sources. NDCPD does not endorse any of these products; they are listed below for the convenience of our visitors. Address questions about the particular plug-in or file viewer to the respective vendor.

 

 

For further information and to learn more about the regulations governing the accessibility of electronic Federal information products, visit the following sites: