Checkers and Tools
- Wave WebAim
Web Accessibility Checker. - Firefox Wave plugin
Firefox extension checks for accessibility issues. - Siteimprove Accessibility Checker
A Chrome extension - NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA)
An open-source screen reader for Windows. Widely used in the visually impaired community. Excellent for testing. - WCAG Contrast checker
Firefox extension checks colour contrast. - WebAIM contrast Checker
- Juicy Studio Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser
- Snook.ca Colour Contrast Check Tool
- RGB to HEX colour code converter
- Microsoft readability test
- Web Developer Toolbar
Firefox extension with a wide range of tools. - CleanCSS
CSS minifier that reduces file size. Based on CSSTidy.
Other Resources
- Ontario.ca/accessibility
- W3C Guidelines and Checklist (Elsevier)
- Council of Ontario Universities Toolkit
(Section 14) - W3C Accessibility
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- How to meet WCAG (quick reference)
- Accessible Digital Documents and Websites
- Creating accessible .pdf documents
- Creating accessible .doc files
- Creating accessible .ppt (PowerPoint) files
- Creating accessible .xsl (Excel) files
- Accessibility for Web writers from 4Syllables
