Our website is under constant redesign to meet accessibility standards. If for any reason, you are unable to use this website to its full capacity, please contact the webmaster. We will make a reasonable effort to improve, fix or remove any information that is considered otherwise unviewable, unreadable, inappropriate, inaccurate, or misleading.

• The standard font used throughout the site has been chosen to be easily legible.
• Wherever possible, we use live text instead of graphics to reduce the download time of pages and increase your control.
• No information is exclusively conveyed using color. This doesn't mean that colors are not used to organize information; instead it means there are also other, non-color dependent ways of doing this.
• All images and hyperlinks, where appropriate, have an alternative text attribute. This means when an image or hyperlink is conveying important information its content is described with an alternative text.
• We have attempted specifically to comply with Section 508 referring to website accessibility standards.
• If you have difficulty accessing the site or have any comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us.

• Web accessibility tools

  
  The following tools are provided to help you use Canton's Web site. Please contact the Webmaster  if you require alternative formats for specific documents or are having difficulty accessing any of our pages.

   

• Need Larger Text

   

  If you're using Internet Explorer, try this:

   

  CTRL + Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard (Command key on a Macintosh) and press the + (plus) key to increase the text size. OR

   

  From the View menu, select Text Size, and choose the Larger font sizes until you can easily read the web page.

   

  The Web Accessibility Initiative site provides instructions for other browsers and operating systems.

   

• Using PDF documents

Adobe Acrobat is required to view and print PDF documents that appear on this website. To download this program for free, visit the Adobe website. To read PDF documents with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources. Many of the PDFs on the City of Canton Web site are structured to be read properly by screen readers and downloaded as text files. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader for best results.

 

To use Acrobat Reader's accessibility features, download a copy of the PDF document to your local computer: From the Filemenu, select Save as and specify where on your computer you would like to save the copy.

 

Select the PDF document by clicking on it (Adobe Reader should launch) OR start Adobe Reader and browse to the PDF document to open it.

 

Read Out Loud function:

When a document is open in Adobe Reader, from the View menu, select Read Out Loud, then one of the following:

• Activate (Shift + CTRL + V)
• Read this page only (Shift + CTRL + V)
• Read to end of document (Shift + CTRL + B)
• Pause (Shift + CTRL + C)
• Stop (Shift + CTRL + E)

Converting PDFs to text

From the File menu, select Save as Text, then indicate

• the file type and extension you prefer (the default is .text) and
• where on your computer (i.e. desktop) you would like the file saved.

Many popular browsers contain built-in accessibility tools.

• Internet Explorer Accessibility Information
• Firefox Accessibility Information

 

 

 

The services for translating this website is a free tool provided by Google Language Tools. Some text and/or graphics will not be translated because of Google's translation software limitations. Because the translation is computer generated, the translation should not be considered a completely correct, totally accurate, or an exact translation of this site from its original language, US English.

The City of Canton does not claim or imply any accuracy or reliability of the translations nor accepts any liablility (including cultural implications) for the translated site. The translated site should not be considered and does not serve as an official translation of any City documents or materials.

Any reliance on the translation is done so of your own free will and the City of Canton shall not be held liable for the content. At any time, you may view the original website in the English version. Please use these translations for reference only.