Accessibility

The Commission made every effort to build accessible functionality onto every page. There are ways to customize your browser to increase accessibility.

American Sign Language

This setting is the master control to turn on (show ASL video features) or turn off (hide ASL video features) on the website. This setting is applied throughout the site where applicable and is applied per browser/per tab. The state of this setting is not saved beyond session expiry or if the browser or tab is closed.

Text Only (Hide Images)

Through browser settings

  • chrome://settings/content/images (copy and paste into chrome browser)

reference: https://cleanbrowsing.org/guides/disable-images-in-browser/

 

Through extension:

Through browser settings

  • edge://settings/content/images (copy and paste into chrome browser)

reference: https://cleanbrowsing.org/guides/disable-images-in-browser/

 

Through browser settings:

  1. Navigate to: about:config
  2. Search for: permissions.default.image
  3. Set the value from 1 (allow images) to 2 (block all images).

reference: https://cleanbrowsing.org/guides/disable-images-in-browser/

Through browser settings:

  1. From the Safari menu, select Preferences....
  2. At the top of the window that appears, click Appearance.
  3. Uncheck Display images when the page opens.

reference: https://kb.iu.edu/d/acpv#safari

Contrast

Through Extensions:

Through Add Ons:

Through Add Ons:

Through Mac OS settings:

Reader Mode

To enable Immersive Reader mode:

  • enter read:// before the URL in the address bar (ex. read://https://albertahumanrights.ab.ca)
  • An icon will appear on the URL bar to toggle the mode
  • In Immersive Reader mode,  various assisted reader options are enabled on the page

reference: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-immersive-reader-microsoft-edge-chromium