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Accessibility Testing Tools - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of tools and evaluation resources to assist in the assessment of accessible websites.
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- Accessibility Testing Tools: Articles - Archive
- Articles about different types of testing tools that assess the accessibility of websites.
Added: 16 December 2005
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- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: Overview
- W3C, 2006. A detailed list of Web accessibility evaluation tools that is searchable and sortable...
Added: 27 March 2006;
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- Quick Reference - Testing Web Content for Accessibility
- Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM), expanded and improved version 2008. "Article Contents: 1. Human Checks: Use a checklist; Disable styles and linearize tables; Check alternative text; Verify color and contrast; Test content scaling; Check keyboard accessibility; Evaluate form accessibility and usability; Test with a screen reader; Valid HTML and CSS. 2. Testing with WAVE: About WAVE; Using WAVE; WAVE Icons; Report Views.
Added: 4 May 2007;
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- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- W3C, 2006. "Web accessibility evaluation tools are software programs or online services that help determine if a Web site is accessible. This document highlights different features of evaluation tools which can assist during evaluation reviews such as the methodologies described in the WAI resource Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility..."
Added: 27 March 2006;
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- Web Accessibility Testing: Do Automatic Testing First
- By Karl Groves. February 2, 2012. "Ask any ten accessibility people how they test for accessibility and you're bound to get a different answer from each one . Some people test with JAWS or other assistive technologies and, if they can use the site, they “pass” it. Some people subject the site to a series of ad hoc tests for things they deem important. Some people use a checklist. Others use complicated methodologies to ensure complete and thorough coverage. On some level, each method has its merits. In the grand scheme, so long as we’re making progress toward a more accessible Web, I think we’re doing good. I do, however, have very strong feelings that how people test could be improved in ways that make the testing more efficient, less intrusive on projects, and deliver better impact for end users. One thing we should rethink is the role and effective use of automated testing..."
Added: 1 March 2012;
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- 3 Awesome Accessibility Tools That Can (and Should!) Be Used for SEO Diagnostics
- by Ann Smarty. Search Engine People, September 6, 2010. "... Here are three awesome absolutely free accessibility tools that most SEOs would definitely appreciate! 1. Functional Accessibility Evaluator; 2. Fangs; 3. Firefox Accessibility Extension..."
Added: 9 September 2010;
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- Making Your Web Colors Visible For All – Five Color Accessibility Tools
- by Jennifer Farley. SitePoint, August 20, 2009. "If you are designing, or re-designing your web site, it is time well spent running your website through the color accessibility tools below to ensure that your site can be seen correctly by as many people as possible. Most of these tools use WC3 guidelines to perform their various operations..."
Added: 28 August 2009;
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- 12 Tools To Check Your Site's Accessibility
- by Sean P Aune. SitePoint, July 6, 2009. "When you design any web site, one of your first goals is to make sure you get as many visitors as you can, but have you checked the true accessibility of your site? Can a color blind person read it? Are all of your scripts cooperating? Your colors may look nice together, but is the contrast different enough that it is all legible? Well, those questions are exactly what these 12 tools are designed to help you answer, and it certainly may never be a bad idea to run more than one to make sure they are all telling you the same thing..."
Added: 7 July 2009;
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- Updated WAVE Toolbar
- by Jared Smith. WebAIM, April 24, 2009. "A few weeks ago we announced the release of the new WAVE web site. Today, we're happy to announce the release of a new, much improved version of the WAVE Firefox Toolbar. The WAVE Firefox Toolbar allows you to check the accessibility of any web page directly within the Firefox web browser..."
Added: 1 May 2009;
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- NVDA: a free, open source screen reader
- by Roger Johansson. 456 Berea St, posted March 26, 2009. "Testing your work with a screen reader, especially if you're building something that is more advanced than a basic info website, is likely to help you create a more accessible website..."
Added: 6 April 2009;
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- WCAG 2.0 recommends using luminosity contrast ratio to check colour contrast
- by Roger Johansson. 456 Berea St, February 18, 2009. "... WCAG 2.0 recommends using luminosity contrast ratio to check colour contrast..."
Added: 16 March 2009;
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- Color Contrast Checker from Web Accessibility in Mind
- WebAIM, 2009. An accessibility colour contrast checker with lets you select or enter a foreground and background color in RGB hexadecimal format and then select the lighten and darken options to change the colours slightly or change the luminosity.
Added: 2 February 2009;
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- Web Standards Validator
- accessware.co.nz. Tests against the New Zealand web standards and recommendations and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) priorities.
Added: 17 December 2008;
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- WAVE Toolbar
- WebAIM. "The WAVE Firefox toolbar provides a mechanism for running WAVE reports directly within Firefox. Because the toolbar reports runs entirely within your web browser, no information is sent to the WAVE server. This ensures 100% private and secure accessibility reporting. The toolbar can check intranet, password-protected, dynamically generated, or sensitive web pages. Also, because the WAVE toolbar evaluates the rendered version of your page, locally displayed styles and dynamically-generated content from scripts or AJAX can be evaluated..."
Added: 16 October 2008;
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- Firefox Accessibility Extension
- by Jon Gunderson, Illinois Center for Information Accessibility. "Support web developers and people with disabilities in accessing and testing web resources for accessibility features..."
Added: 16 October 2008;
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- Contrast Analyser, Version 2.1
- by Steve Faulkner. The Paciello Group Blog. Posted September 15th, 2008. The WAT- C Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0..."
Added: 2 October 2008;
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