Accessibility of our Web Site
Web accessibility is an overall concept that applies both to access by persons with disabilities and to access using new technologies (palm pilot, cell phone, etc). For example, blind persons using assistive technology (Braille track) and software (speech synthesis) are able to interpret Web page content. It also enables persons with reduced mobility to surf the Internet easily.
The Ministère de la Sécurité publique is committed to ensuring the accessibility of its Web site to people with disabilities or major technical limitations. Most of the current or future contents are or soon will be in conformity with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
level 1 and 2 issued by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Improved Accessibility on the Ministry's Web Site
To improve accessibility on our site, we have put into place some widely accepted accessibility standards:
- develop coherent and clear navigation methods;
- organize the contents of each page according to a hierarchy of titles and subtitles;
- allow the users to modify the size of text characters;
- add information about tables contents and organization;
- give a text equivalent to images;
- provide a link to go directly to page contents for users of technical assistants (Braille track, speech synthesis software, etc.);
- configure useful keyboard shortcuts.
Note that…
The contents of the following do not, for the time being, respect the guidelines:
- Youth Web Site;
- search engine;
- some statistical figures;
- documents and forms in pdf format.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Not all internauts are able to surf using a mouse. Consequently, this website has been programmed to allow navigation using access keys. This function is supported by Internet Explorer and most browsers.
Accessibility Methods by Using Keyboard Shortcuts According to the Navigator Used
The accessibility methods are as follows:
- Internet Explorer (Windows): Alt and [access key], and Enter
- Internet Explorer (Macintosh): Ctrl and [access key], and Enter
- Mozilla, Netscape or FireFox (Windows): Alt and [access key]
- Opera 7 (Windows, Macintosh or Linux): Esc Shift and [access key]
- Safari 1.2 (Macintosh): Ctrl and [access key]
- Mozilla or Netscape (Macintosh): Ctrl and [access key]
List of Keyboard Shortcuts
Here is a list of the keyboard shortcuts used on this website:
- 0: Accessibility Policy
- 1: Home page
- 3: Site map
- 4: Search
- 9: Contact Us
- S: Go directly to the content (pass the menu)
Help for Browsing
Consult our help for browsing to find out how to navigate on this site or to know the meaning of icons and the use of the various features of the site.
Dernière mise à jour : 2007-10-05
