site accessibility

The City of St. Catharines website has been designed to incorporate accessibility technology.

The following features are supported:

Text & Mobile - Use the TEXT & MOBILE link in the upper right corner of the page to view our website from a mobile device such as BlackBerry and iPhone or screen readers
Text Size - Use the - + TEXT SIZE buttons on the left side of the breadcrumb navigation bar to adjust the text size
Text to Speech - Use BrowseAloud software to speech enable our website, this software is free and available for download, please see below

Browse This Site Out Loud

Have difficulty reading online? Your computer can read this site to you.

Click on the icon to the right

Follow the simple steps to download and install BrowseAloud
Once installed, as your mouse pointer moves over the words on a web page, they are spoken out loud
For most browsers you can also choose to have the text highlighted as it is read, or you can ask BrowseAloud to read a complete page to you
Stop the reader at any point, just press the Ctrl key on the keyboard