Accessibility Policy and Options

Standards Compliance

We are striving for WAI WCAG 1.0 compliance as well as compliance to the Federal Government's Section 508 amendment to the Federal Rehabilitation Act.

We meet most all of the Level 'AAA' WCAG guidelines and Section 508 requirements. There are other minor corrections to be made, but the following are the major exceptions and corrections.
WCAG Level 'A' : Most Table requirements
WCAG Level 'AA' : Most Table requirements and Relative Sizes
WCAG Level 'AAA' : Most Table requirements
Section 508 : Most Table requirements

There are some structural items we are still addressing.

We test our pages using Bobby/WebXact and pages are also viewed using the text-only browser Lynx.

If you notice any glaring accessibility concerns please contact us and we will make a reasonable attempt to correct it. Accessibility is a work in progress, so please be patient.

Accessibility Options

The Sauk County web site uses 'Access Keys' for your convenience.....

What is an Access Key?

An access key allows you to use a keyboard shortcut to activate a link.
The general access keys for this site are as follows:

Toggle Font Size Click Here to Test	L	Site Map	\
Normal Font Size	2	Larger Font Size	3
Home	s	Forms	o
Quick Links	q	FAQ's (Coming Soon)	/
County Info	i	Contact Us	u
Departments	k	Related Links	r
Job Postings	j	Accessibility Options	z
Site Usage	y	Website Disclaimer	x
Top of Page	=	Bottom of Page	'
Left of Page	[	Right of Page	]
Content Area of Page	-	Search Sauk County	`
Left Navigation Bar	:

Access Keys are activated as follows :

Internet Explorer via Alt + Key + Enter
Mozilla/Netscape via Alt + Key
Macintosh via Ctrl + Key
Opera via Shift + Esc + Key

The following browsers support Access Keys:

Internet Explorer (Windows 4+ / Mac 5+ )
Mozilla (Windows + Linux)
Netscape 6+ (Windows)
Opera 7 (Windows + Linux)

Overriding Site Style Sheet

Applying Personalized Style Sheet : For some of the modern browsers you have the option of applying a personalized Cascading Style Sheet to the site. Creating a Style Sheet is beyond the scope of this document but we will show you where to go to apply a personalized style sheet, if you have one. This may be done to increase the font size, change the font type, change background, link and text colors, and many other things. This site has been designed to give you the option to doing this. We still have some work to do before we perfect this technology. Browser support for personalized style sheets is rather quirky, so be prepared. A listing of the styles to be commonly overridden can be found here for your convenience.

Others : Browser specific non-style sheet based style changes.

Internet Explorer 6

Applying Personalized Style Sheet

Tools -> Internet Options -> Accessibility -> Format Documents Using My Style Sheet -> browse to Style Sheet
Note : You will have to select the following to have the style sheet be applied properly:
Ignore font size specified on Web page
Ignore font specified on Web page
Ignore colors specified on Web page.

Other Options

Font type and Colors : Tools -> Internet Options -> Colors - Fonts (type)
Font Size : View -> Toolbars -> Customize -> Add Size

Mozilla/Firebird/Seamonkey/Netscape 6+

Applying Personalized Style Sheet

At this time they do not support this feature.

Other Options

Font type and Colors :Tools -> Options -> Web Features -> Fonts And Colors
Dynamic Increase Text Size : View -> Increase Text Size (Ctrl + '+')
Dynamic Decrease Text Size : View -> Decrease Text Size (Ctrl + '-')

Opera

Applying Personalized Style Sheet

File -> Preferences -> Fonts - Page Style -> My Style Sheet

Other Options

Opera has a plethora of options; In Opera go to the following for more information:
Help -> Opera on the Web -> Accessibility