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There are countless resources available on accessible web design.
Listed below are some tools that you can use to check the design of web
pages. There are probably others not listed that are just as good,
perhaps better. Those listed below are fairly representative of what
is available.
When you look at resources on accessible web design, always check for
references to the
Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines.
Note: In the final resource, links will open in a new window.
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
This article discusses techniques and tools for
preliminary review and conformance evaluation of accessibility of web pages,
against the international standards, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
1.0.
Bobby
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
Bobby offers an online check of websites
against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Enter the URL
for the page to generate a report.
According to the Bobby website:
Once
your website reaches a Bobby Approved rating, you are entitled (though not
required) to use the applicable Bobby Approved icon on your site. These
icons identify your organization as one committed to inclusion.
UW-Madison Web Accessibility Checklist
http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/accessibility/checklist.php
Use this checklist online to manually
evaluate a website. The checklist then prepares a summary for you.
A-Prompt
WebAIM
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
A-Prompt is software available for free
download. It not only checks pages for accessibility, but provides guidance
regarding fixing problems.
Lynx Viewer (Text based browser)
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
Lynx is a text-based browser. You can
check your pages to assess how accessible the content is by text only.
The options are to send the URL of the web page for an automated report, or
to download Lynx and view the pages yourself as text-based presentations.
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