Bliss is actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of this website according to the available guidelines and standards including WCAG 2.1.
We strive to ensure that all parents of babies born premature or sick can access the information and support on this website at the time that they need it, regardless of who they are, their stage in the neonatal journey, or their accessibility needs.
When using this website, you should be able to:
- Navigate our websites with assistive technology via embedded landmarks and ARIA functionality, allowing use of screen readers and braille readers
- Increase the font size and zoom in on content
- Easily understand our content, which is written using plain English, and find the information you are looking for
- Access audio versions of some of our written stories from families and healthcare professionals (available to listen on Spotify)
Whilst we seek to make our website as accessible as possible, we know there are some limitations, including:
- We aim to provide subtitles, captions and/or transcripts with all our videos but that might not be available for older videos or for embedded videos from third-party resources
- We do not provide audio descriptions for videos but aim to provide visual content in alternative formats where possible
- We endeavour to ensure each image on the website uses alt-text to make it possible for screen readers to describe the image, but there may be pages where this is missing
- Forms on our website may use placeholder text or non-visible instructions which might not be accessible to those using screen readers, which we are actively working on improving
- We aim to provide more translated and easy-read content, however this is only available for some content
What tools could help me use this website?
Make things bigger – zoom and magnify
You can magnify to increase the size of text and images on your screen to help make them easier to see.
If you can’t see the screen – make your device speak to you
Screen readers will read out the website content for you if you can’t see the screen.
Talk to your device
Using voice recognition, you can talk to your phone or computer to complete actions and tasks without needing to use a keyboard or mouse.
Change the colours you see on screen
If colour blindness or a visual impairment makes some websites hard to use, most browsers allow you to set your own colour scheme. Select your device and browser to find step-by-step instructions.
Use your keyboard instead of a mouse
Some people find it easier to move through web pages using the 'Tab' button on the keyboard, and using 'Enter' to click on links and buttons.
Translate information on this website
Google translate is a free tool that you can use to translate words, phrases and web pages from English into over 100 other languages. Please be aware that Google translate is a machine translation engine. It will not have the same accuracy as material translated by a human translator. Bliss does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy of the translations.
Fonts to help people with dyslexia
There are free downloadable fonts available, including Dyslexie and OpenDyslexic to help users with dyslexia or dyslexia-related issues. These can make our site easier to use.