Accessibility Resources
Tools & Validators
The tools listed here can help web developers make websites
accessible. No tool subsititutes for a human evaluation. There is no
tool that can evaluate web content for all types of accessibility
errors. A human check is always necessary.
- W3c HTML Validator
- The first step in creating accessible pages is to write valid
code. Make sure your HTML validates.
- Firefox Web
Developer Toolbar
- This extension to the Firefox browser adds a menu and a toolbar
to the browser with various web developer tools. Tools include links
to validators, outlining of images with missing alt text, hiding
images, disabling styles and javascript - plus many more. This tool
is a must-have for web developers.
- HiSoftware AccMonitor and AccVerify
- AccMonitor is a server-based monitoring application. It can
crawl websites, check for accessibility problems, and produce
reports for campus web developers. AccVerify is a desktop
application campus web developers can use to repair accessibility
problems in web pages, and document accessibility compliance.
AccVerify is only available on Windows. Contact
Jay Rees for further details.
- Cynthia Says Web
Content Accessibility Report
- The HiSoftware Cynthia Says Portal can check a web page to see
if the content meets Section 508 Accessibility Standards. The report
generated gives valuable advise on what's wrong and how to fix it.
Cynthia Says can not check for all aspects of accessibility or 508
compliance (human checks are still needed), but it's a good first
pass that will indicate where a page may have problems.
- WAVE
- This web-based tool provided by
WebAIM helps developers find accessibility errors and possible
errors in web pages. See the
Using WAVE overview
for information about how it works.
- Vischeck
- Check images and image-based web designs with Vischeck to
simulate what users with color-blindness will see.
-
Daltonize
- Perform color correction to make images accessible to
color-blind users.
