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Website Accessibility and Language Translation
The City of San Dimas has developed an accessible website design with Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) in mind. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. The importance and expansion of government services online has lead to website improvements that ensure ease of use to the largest possible audience. With accessibility as an objective we will continue improving the user experience for everyone and applying relevant ADA standards.
Notice Under The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):
As a disclaimer the City of San Dimas continues to make efforts to improve accessibility of this website and services. Despite the efforts to make all pages and content on sandimasca.gov as accessible as possible, some content may not be fully adapted to the newest accessibility standards. If you are experiencing any difficulty or issues with any content on our site and require assistance, please contact us during normal business hours and we will be happy to assist.
Website Accessibility Menu
As an effort towards being more user friendly, an accessibility menu can be enabled on any page. The green icon at the bottom left corner of every screen will bring up different options to improve website readability. Adjustments can be made to website contrast, highlighting links, changing text size, text spacing, and many more options.
Where can you get additional accessibility help?
Most popular browsers and plug-ins contain built-in accessibility tools and features. For more information, please visit the accessibility information pages for these tools:
- Google Accessibility for Chrome Browser
- Microsoft Accessibility for Internet Explorer Browser
- Accessibility Information for the Firefox Browser
- Accessibility Information for Adobe PDF Reader
Website Language Translation Tools:
This page will show you how to choose the language pages will display in. The following includes steps for computer browsers (Chrome and Edge), phone browsers, and for translating documents. These steps will have to be repeated for every new website that is visited. For assistance call 909-394-6200.Translate a Google Chrome page
- On the Google Chrome homepage, click on the 3 dots on the top right corner of the browser.
- Click on Settings.
- Click on the Translate... button on the left-hand side of the page.
- In the dialogue box, you will see the order of the languages based on your preference.
- Click on Choose another language.
- You will see a list of languages in a drop down.
- Click on the language you want, then click on Translate.
- You will see the language you added in the Languages window selected and the page translated.
To learn more about translating a Google Chrome page into the language you want, visit Translate Pages in Google Chrome, a video from Google.
Choose a mobile device language in Google Chrome
- Open the Google Chrome app on your mobile device and tap on the 3 dots on the lower part of the screen.
- Note: The dots might be in a different spot on your mobile device.
- In the pop-up menu, scroll to Translate.
- Tap on Translate.
- Click on gear icon next to "Page Translated".
- Click on pencil icon next to To and select the language you want in the list.
- Tap on Translate.
- Note: this may not be available for all languages.
Translate a document
- On the Google Translate homepage, click on Documents to upload the document.
- Under Choose a document, upload your document by clicking on Browse your computer.
- Clicking the down arrow v to choose the language you want to translate the document into.
- Choose the language you want from the list of languages. You can also search for the language in the Search languages section.
- Click on the Translate button.
- Click on Download translation.
Translate a Microsoft Edge page
- On the Microsoft Edge homepage, click on the three dots on the top right corner of your browser.
- Click the button on the right-hand menu, click on Translate.
- Click on Translate to in the top-right corner.
- Select the language you want in the drop down window.
- Click on the translate button.
To learn more about translating a Microsoft Edge page, watch How to translate a web page using the Microsoft Edge Browser, a video from Microsoft.
