Accessibility

We are committed to producing accessible and usable online services. We have previously held sessions with residents to check usability.

This site should function in most up-to-date browsers, regardless of platform. The responsive design should be usable for anyone using a modern smart-phone, tablet or computer. 

You can change the way your internet browser displays this site to make things easier to see. This is better controlled within the browser itself.

AbilityNet have created very useful tutorials, which you can find below.

Change text and background colours

• Change the colours on your browser

Magnify your screen

• How to turn on your computer's magnification features.

Make the mouse pointer easier to see

• How to change the colour and size of the mouse pointer, or add trails to make it more visible.

Make your device speak text aloud

• How to turn on and customise your device's text-to-speech features.

Make your text larger

• How to change the settings in your operating system or web browser to increase the text size, making it easier to see.

Change fonts

• How to change the fonts on your screen

This website can be translated using Google translate or Intertran. Some languages cannot be translated but we have provided a document explaining how to receive further information in that language.

• Click here for a full list of languages.

A large number of Northumberland County Council documents are made available to the public in the portable document format (PDF). PDF files can be viewed using a number of different software products.

Some free alternatives include:

Name	Platform
Adobe Reader	Windows, MacOSX, Unix/Linux, iOS, Android
Evince	Windows, Unix/Linux
Foxit Reader	Windows, Unix/Linux
Nitro Reader	Windows
Okular	Windows, MacOSX, Unix/Linux
Sumatra PDF	Windows

 
We do not endorse or offer warranties as to the suitability or safety of any of the listed products. Care should be taken to ensure the software being installed is appropriate for your needs and malware-free.