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Compatibility with Web browsers
This website has been developed in accordance with the technical standards regarding the Internet established by the W3C consortium, the accessibility standards defined in the ADAE baseline, and the WAI standards established by the W3C consortium.
This website will therefore best perform with the latest generation Web browsers, while also remaining accessible to older browsers.
Use of the following Web browsers is recommended:
On Macintosh OS 10: Opera, Safari, Mozilla Firefox;
On Windows: Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer 6 and higher;
On Linux: Mozilla Firefox, Opera.
Downloadable documents
Some of the downloadable documents are provided in at least one accessible format (HTML, Text only, RTF, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
However, you may find downloadable documents in PDF (Portable Document Format) with no directly associated accessible version.
If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it free of charge on the Adobe website: download Acrobat Reader.
Otherwise, you can convert the PDF documents into the traditional HTML format using Adobe’s online conversion engine; simply copy the link for the PDF file and paste it into the appropriate field on: Adobe online conversion tool.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts have been programmed into the entire website:
- " 1 "brings you to the site’s "Home page";
- " 2 " brings you to the "Accommodations in the Gers" ;
- " 3 " brings you to the "Dining in the Gers/a>" ;
- " 4 " brings you to the "Activities in the Gers" ;
- " 5 "brings you to the "Contact" ;
- " h "brings you to the "Help navigation" ;
- " m "brings you to the "Site map " ;
- " n "gives you direct access to the site’s main navigation system (only in text mode or with CSS deactivated);
- " k "allows you to bypass all navigation and jump straight to the main content of the page (only in text mode or with CSS deactivated).
The key combinations to validate these shortcuts differ from one browser to another; we have therefore provided below the procedures for activating these keyboard shortcuts in the major browsers:
- Internet Windows: Alt+Shift and [Keyboard shortcut], then Enter;
- Mozilla, Netscape, K-Meleon, FireFox Windows: Alt+Shift and [Keyboard shortcut];
- Opera 7 Windows, Macintosh, Linux: Shift + Escape and [Keyboard shortcut];
- Safari 1.2 Macintosh: Ctrl and [Keyboard shortcut];
- Mozilla, Netscape Macintosh: Ctrl and [Keyboard shortcut];
- Galeon, Mozilla FireFox for Linux: Alt and [Keyboard shortcut];
Netscape 4, Camino, Galeon, Konqueror, Omniweb, Safari prior to version 1.2, Opera Windows for Linux prior to version 7, do not support the Keyboard shortcuts.
Customizing the information display
How to increase character size
- With Internet Explorer: go to the Display / Size of text menu and select the required size or simultaneously press keys CTRL and + to increase the size and CTRL and – to decrease it.
- With Mozilla: simultaneously press keys:
CTRL and + to increase the size;
CTRL and – to decrease;
CTRL and 0 to come back to the initial size.
Apply your customized style sheet
The presentation of this website can be specified using alternative style sheets defined by the user.
An alternative style sheet is defined via the Display menu in browsers that support alternative styles:
- Firefox, Mozilla: display menu / page style;
- Opera 7: Style menu;
- Internet Explorer 6.0: using the menu: Tools / Internet option / General tab / accessibility.
Printing pages
All the pages in this website can be printed by clicking on the print icon in your browser. The pages will therefore be made compatible with the paper medium.
Accessibility
Access for all, universal access to information
Providing access for all to the information and services offered through "www.welcome-gers.com" is a normal digital communication action. This universal access, also known as “digital accessibility”, allows access to the information regardless of your means of Web access. For example, it allows disabled users to consult all the information, as well as to simply use the online services. This effort enables the blind to read the information and tetraplegics to use their special equipment (voice command, pointers, etc.) to browse through the site normally, and also enables sight-impaired users to enlarge the characters using their keyboard, or colour-blind users to avoid disturbance due to the colours used, etc.
Thus the universality of the Web allows each person to customize his or her access to the information, the elderly to maintain their autonomy in accessing information, and the most mobile users to seek information from any location at all times.
How accessibility works
To offer an accessible website online means, first and foremost, taking special care in the design phase and motivating the teams in charge of updating the content on a daily basis. It also implies the will to comply with the norms and standards which, in the national and international arenas, define digital accessibility and the quality of Web interfaces.
Upholding these standards now means complying with the accessibility baseline defined by the Electronic Administration Development Agency (ADAE). This baseline comprises 92 criteria broken down into 3 levels. The first level, which corresponds to guaranteed accessibility, comprises 55 criteria, which are in turn broken down into 13 sections. Complying with accessibility therefore involves ensuring that every page placed online and all content published is in strict accordance with all of these criteria.
By strictly adhering to these standards, we enable everyone to consult the website with their own equipment, their particularities, or even their habits. Regardless of which browser you use, the information remains available. Blind persons can also use technical tools, software which reads the content and information displayed on the screen, and therefore hear the texts in question thanks to voice synthesis or read them in a Braille zone. Effort has also been made in the writing of texts, to further improve their accessibility / readability.
Accessibility does not imply numerous processing operations or special on-lining; rather, it is a question of ensuring the quality and availability of the same content for everyone.
A citizen’s duty
Yet opening an accessible website is more than a human endeavour or a quality approach; it is the performance of a legal obligation. Article 47 of the law dated 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship for people with disabilities stipulates:
« The online public communication services of the public sector, the municipal governments and the public institutions under their authority, must be accessible to disabled persons. ».
Moreover, numerous European directives call for compliance with free access to information for all, without discrimination; this, too, is digital accessibility.
However, beyond necessary observance of the law, respect for all and upholding guaranteed accessibility to information also falls within the principle of environmental quality and sustainable development. From this perspective, we can view information and access to services as an asset that belongs to everyone, and which is therefore available to all.
To learn more about accessibility:
- Discover and understand the mysteries of accessibility in just a few lessons
www.la-grange.net/accessibilite/
- Article 47 of the law dated 11 February 2005, discover this legislative article in its entirety.
www.legifrance.gouv.fr
- W3C/WAI, the accessibility initiative at the international level (website in English).
www.w3.org/WAI/
- The association AccessiWeb, a website centralizing all the resources needed for a thorough understanding of Web accessibility in France.
www.accessiweb.org
Should you notice an error or omission in a page on the website or encounter a problem, please report it to us using the contact form.
