Accessible IT Resources
Web Accessibility
Action Plan: Evaluating Your Website for Accessibility
A checklist from WebAIM, it is a 7–step process that is designed to help you to evaluate the level of accessibility of a Web site using a variety of easy–to–use tools and methods.
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) commitment to lead the Web to its full potential includes promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops its work through W3C's consensus-based process, involving different stakeholders in Web accessibility. These include industry, disability organizations, government, accessibility research organizations, and more.
Trace Center: Designing More Usable Websites
A section of Trace Center's Designing a More Usable World is dedicated to cooperative efforts linked toward building a more usable Web for all.
WebAIM
WebAIM has provided comprehensive Web accessibility solutions since 1999. These years of experience have made WebAIM one of the leading providers of Web accessibility expertise internationally. WebAIM is a non–profit organization within the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University.
Accessibility Checkers
Below is a lost of several accessibility checkers, and are either web-based, stand-alone, free, or commercial.
WAVE Online
A product of WebAIM, the WAVE accessibility checker evalutates web pages for several known accessibility issues. It does NOT necessarily use any aingle accessibility standard or guideline, but rather a collection of issues that would affect functional performance and accessibility of a web page.
AccMonitor Online
A web–based accessibility evaluator by HiSoftware that allows you to check individual web pages against Section 508 standards and W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Priority checkpoints 1, 2, and 3.
A–Prompt
A–Prompt (Accessibility Prompt) is a software tool designed to help Web authors improve the usability of Web pages created in HTML format. A–Prompt first evaluates an HTML Web page to identify barriers to accessibility by people with disabilities. A–Prompt then provides the Web author with a fast and easy way to make the necessary repairs. The tool's evaluation and repair checklist is based on accessibility guidelines created and maintained by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium.
NILS Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer
The Web Accessibility Toolbar is provided by the Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) team at the National Information and Library Service (NILS), Australia. The Web Accessibility Toolbar has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that identify components of a web page, facilitate the use of 3rd party online applications, simulate user experiences, provide links to references, and additional resources.
UsableNet, LIFT
A server application that facilitates guideline compliance for all website content including static and dynamic, internet and intranet pages.
REHAB711NC: Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources for People with Disabilities
This course is designed for web content developers to learn about the disability access issues faced by people with disabilities in using the web and how web resources can be designed to improve accessibility. The course provides a foundation on how people with disabilities access information on the web using mainstream browsers and specialized assistive technologies like speech renderings. Participants will learn about the two main standards for web accessibility, the W3C Web Content Accessibility Standards and the Section 508 requirements for web materials. The strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation and repair tools will be presented to help participants understand how to use the available tools to evaluate and repair their web resources. Participants will learn about common HTML accessibility problems, and HTML and CSS techniques that can be used to improve accessibility. Captioning of multimedia materials is also covered for Microsoft Media Player, Real Player and Quicktime, and the accessibility of non–W3C technologies like PDF and Flash will also be discussed.
- Training:
- http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/
- Description:
- http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2134
All Things Web
A collection of various web accessibility checklists and techniques.
DreamWeaver Accessibility
Bobby (now WebXact)
A web-based accessibility checker that can evaluate individual web pages against the Section 508 Web Standards or the Web Accessibility Initiative's (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Priority 1, 2, and 3
