Accessibility Statement
Overview
Charista Foundation is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest potential audience, regardless of circumstance and ability. To meet this commitment, we work with an independent agency to assess and verify our site periodically. Further, we aim to adhere as closely as possible to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This accessibility statement and guidelines explain how to make Web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformance to the guidelines in this accessibility statement will help us provide a site that is more user friendly to everyone.
Charista Foundation tries to provide a pleasant experience for all visitors to our site. For example, we try to provide:
- Alternative text for images to allow screen reader users and those with vision impairments to identify and make sense of useful images.
- Form labels and controls that are associated with the relevant prompt.
- Magnified content using standard browser controls. Auditory and visual CAPTCHA items to provide alternative ways to consume this information.
If you have any comments and or suggestions relating to this accessibility statement or to improving the accessibility of our site, please contact us. Your feedback will help us make improvements.
Accessibility tips
To have the best experience of our site, we recommend that you take advantage of all opportunities to increase accessibility and customization that are available. As a part of this accessibility statement, the following two tips should help you:
How to Change Text Size
On most browsers, try holding down the Ctrl key and scrolling the mouse wheel (if you have one), or hold down the Ctrl key and push the – or + key.
In Firefox and Internet Explorer, click the “View” menu, then select “Zoom” and then choose the whether you would like to increase the size (zoom in) or decrease the size (zoom out).
In Google Chrome, click the customize button (spanner icon), then select the plus or minus buttons to zoom.
How to Change Color Contrast
To change the color contrast on your entire computer:
For Windows computers, click “Start”, then “Control Panel”. Select the “Accessibility Options” icon, select the “Display” tab and select the “Use High Contrast” check box. Select the “Settings” button to browse different color contrast options.
For Apple Macs, select “System Preferences”, then “Universal Access”. Select the “Seeing” tab and adjust the “Display” section.
To change the color contrast of websites on your browser:
In Internet Explorer, click “Tools”, then select “Internet options.” From within the “General” tab, click the “Colors” button. Deselect the “Use Windows colors” checkbox and change the color by selecting the color swatch. Then, select “Accessibility” within the “Internet options” window and select “Ignore colors specified on web pages.”
In Firefox, click “Tools”, then select “Options.” From within the “Colors” tab, click the “Colors” button. Select the colors from the color swatch and untick the checkbox labeled “Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above” and click OK.
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