THESAURUS LINGUAE GRAECAE®
Accessibility
Updated October 28, 2024
Our commitment to accessibility
The TLG continuously strives to make its resources accessible to and inclusive of all our users, including those with visual, cognitive, or motor impairments.
Information for blind users
All content and interactive elements on the page are usable with screen readers.
Forms and inputs have been labelled so that their purpose is communicated via a screen reader.
Accessibility testing has been conducted with the NVDA screen reader using the Firefox web browser.
Information for partially sighted and low-vision users
Some pages do not comply with the WCAG AA standard of 4.5:1 between foreground and background colours. For greater contrast, Windows users can turn on the "High Contrast" feature. Mac users can use the "Increase contrast" feature in the System Preferences (under Accessibility).
All pages can be magnified up to 300% and the page content will reflow so that all the content is presented on the page without the need for horizontal scrolling.
There may be browser features or extensions that will support your individual needs, such as changing text size and colour, system settings, or applications that can override colours on this site.
Adjusting monitor settings to change brightness, contrast or colour settings, or using a physical-coloured monitor overlay may also provide extra support when using this site.
Information for keyboard-only users
All elements of this site should be reachable and usable with a keyboard.
Elements that can be used with a keyboard should display a visible focus outline when the element has been reached by the keyboard.
The three main sections of each page are the headwords list, search functionality and the selected headword's definition. They can be quickly accessed via keyboard by pressing the h, s and d keys respectively.
Available formats
The pages are presented as HTML.
Navigation
The site can be navigated with both a mouse and a keyboard. Please see below for some specific guidance on navigating the site:
Skip to main content
Skip to main content link is the first element in the page, in order to skip the header entries and the headwords list and move to the main part of the dictionary.
Menus
Dropdown menus appear in the autocomplete while searching for a headword or for an author. Use the down arrow key to select an item, and press 'enter' to submit that item as a search term.
The dropdown menus can be closed by pressing the Esc key.
Popups
Some site features, such as abbreviation expansions and text snippets, are contained within popups. Popups appear on-screen once their link has been activated with a mouse or keyboard. When the popup opens the focus is being pulled into the popup, and it is possible to close the popup by either pressing the Esc key, or selecting and clicking the X link in the popup.
Links
All links are reachable and usable with a mouse and keyboard. When a link receives focus it is enclosed into a solid red outline. Links can be activated with a keyboard by using the Tab key to reach the link, then pressing Enter/Return or Space.
How accessible are the TLG Lexica?
The site adheres to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1).
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the site is accessible, we understand that we may not be able to always guarantee full AA compliance. Please let us know if you experience any problems by emailing tlg@uci.edu and we will make every effort to address the issue.
Browser and mobile device support
The TLG lexica are optimised for modern browsers including Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Google Chrome.
The site is responsive, meaning that the content reflows depending on the screen size and orientation of the device being used.
If you find any issues with accessing the content in any format or on any device, please contact tlg@uci.edu.