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Assistive Tech Links - Web Accessibility


Common metrics

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative WCAG 2.0 Guidelines (Final Call)

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

U.S. Access Board 508-based web guidelines
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm

Comparison of 408 and WCAG 2.0 Guidelines                   http://www.jimthatcher.com/508wcag2.htm



Detailed information

Accessify
http://www.accessify.com/

Official 508 website
http://www.section508.gov/

WebAIM
http://www.webaim.com/


WebAble
http://www.webable.com/

 

Information/plugins for common authoring suites

Dreamweaver 8
http://www.adobe.com/resources/accessibility/dw8/overview.html

GoLive                      
http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/access_golive.html



Web-based evaluation tools

Cynthia Says
http://www.cynthiasays.com/fulloptions.asp


Accessibility Valet
http://valet.webthing.com/access/url.html


Ask Alice
http://askalice.ssbtechnologies.com:8080/


WAVE 3.5b
http://www.wave.webaim.org/wave35/


WebXACT
http://webxact.watchfire.com/

VisCheck (color-blindness)
http://www.vischeck.com/


Colour Contrast Analyser
http://www.wat-c.org/tools/CCA/1.1/index.html


Lighthouse
http://www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm



Browser add-on evaluation tools

Web Accessibility Toolbar (IE addon--broad array of access info)
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=614

Accessibility Toolbar (Firefox extension--broad array of access info)
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/mozilla/


Web Developer Extension (Firefox extension--advanced page info)                        http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

Fangs (Firefox extension--simulates screenreader output)
http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?show/fangs

Fire Vox (Firefox extension--adds text-to-speech to Firefox)
http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/

 

End-user evaluation tools

JAWS (Popular screen reader used by blind and low-vision web users)
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp

MAGic (Popular screen magnifier used by low-vision web users)
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp


ZoomText (Popular screen magnifier used by low-vision web users)
http://www.aisquared.com/



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