Accessibility
At Bank of Ireland Life we want our website to be accessible for everybody. The information here will help you make changes to your computer to make browsing easier.
- Browser compatibility
- Print friendly
- Site Map
- Scalable font size
- If you use a screen reader
- Adobe PDF documents
Browser compatibility
You can view the Bank of Ireland Life website on a wide range of browsers. However, we have designed our site for optimal viewing on the following browsers:
PCs
Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.5 and upwards Mozilla firefox Version 1 and upwards
MACs
Mozilla firefox version 1 and upwards Safari 1.3 and 2.0
Print friendly
Our 'print friendly' option removes navigation from the printed page as well as background colours allowing you to print only the information you want in an easily readable format.
Site Map
Our Site Map provides general information about the structure of our site.
Scalable font size
We have developed our website with scalable font. In most of the modern browsers, the 'text size' option can be found in the 'view' menu in the top left of the browser window.
If you use a screen-reader
The web pages are designed to be easy to use, the information is structured in a meaningful way, headers are used throughout and we have kept our navigation links in ordered lists so you can find or skip them easily.
Visitors using recent versions of screen readers can navigate using the following keystrokes:
- H to cycle forwards through the headings
- Shift + H to cycle backwards through the headings
- 1 to navigate to the next level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the next heading on this level)
- Shift + 1 to navigate to the previous level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the previous heading on this level)
- INSERT + F6 to provide a list of all headings
If you have difficulty using our website please contact us describing the problem and telling us which screen reader you use. This information will help us improve our website.
Adobe PDF documents
Where there are PDF documents on the website you can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are using a screen reader you will find information on the Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources including a free online conversion tool for PDF documents.