Accessibility Statement
We are committed to making our websites and mobile applications usable by all people, whatever their abilities or disabilities. To achieve this we strive to comply with the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
Use the right assistive technology to customise this site to your needs
While the site has been created to be usable ‘as is’, many people will enjoy the most accessible experience by customising their device to suit individual needs. For example, use a screen reader such as JAWS, NVDA or Voiceover to have the site read out loud, or change web page colour-schemes, or increase text size using web browser tools.
The BBC’s Accessibility Help page provides comprehensive assistance with changing browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible.
Watching or listening to media
Keyboard shortcuts
Control media playback with handy keyboard shortcuts.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space or Enter | Pause or play video |
| Esc | Exit fullscreen |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase or decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video |
| c | Toggle captions off, on, or cycle through the available tracks |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen |
| m | Mute or unmute video volume |
Captions
Captions are subtitles specifically designed to help people with impaired hearing. Captions show synchronised dialogue identifying speakers where needed, and describe important sounds. They are available as a screen overlay for many programs.
Captions are mostly prepared in advance for accuracy. However sometimes conveying information fast is considered more important than absolute accuracy, such as breaking news.
Limitations of this site’s accessibility
While we’ve done a lot to ensure this site is accessibility, you may find some limitations:
- We always aim to communicate clearly, and as simply as possible; however some of the articles may require a reasonable level of technical understanding due to the technical nature of what they are about.
- Being a media organisation, many of our stories contain multimedia components such as audio and video. We are working to add captions, text transcripts and audio description to stories.
- While the site has been created to be as accessible as possible and has been reviewed by accessibility experts, some of the website has not yet been fully user-tested with people who have disabilities.
Let us know if you have difficulties using this site
If you find anything on the site difficult to use please contact us with details of your experience.
You can help get to the bottom of your difficulty faster by providing us with the information suggested in Contacting Organisations about Inaccessible Websites.
All constructive feedback regarding the accessibility or usability of this website is welcome and will be carefully considered.
This statement was last updated on 05 June 2018.
