Directory of Accessibility Resources

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Online tools for checking webpages for compliance with standards for accessibility to those with visual disabilities.

Resources in This Category

• Accessibility Code Sniffer

  http://squizlabs.github.io/HTML_CodeSniffer/
  The tool checks pasted HTML code and detects violations of all levels of WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 guidelines.

• Accessibility Color Wheel

  http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php
  A tool to help choose a color pair with good contrast and suitable for text and background of accessible sites. It simulates also various kinds of color-blindness.

• AccessLint

  http://accesslint.com/
  Accessibility checker that lists problems which need review.

• ATRC Web Accessibility Checker

  http://achecker.ca/checker/
  Analyses a page for conformance with WCAG 1.0 and 2.0, BITV 1.0, Section 508, and the Stanca Act.

• Check My Colours

  http://www.checkmycolours.com/
  Tool allows to analyze the colors of any webpage to verify optimal contrasts for better accessibility.

• Color Vision

  http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/
  Test website foreground/background colors for contrast and clarity to color blind visitors.

• Color-Blind Design Evaluation

  http://newmanservices.com/colorblind
  Tool to show what website colors look like to color-blind people.

• Colorblind Web Site Filter

  http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
  View web pages through the eyes of visitors with three different types of color blindness.

• Contrast Ratio Tool

  http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/
  Simple tool to calculate color contrast ratios.

• Contrast-Finder

  http://contrast-finder.tanaguru.com/
  The tool evaluates the contrast ratio of two colors and provides alternative colors with better contrast.

• Cynthia Says

  http://www.cynthiasays.com/
  The tool allows to tests websites against predefined checkpoint groups to validate it against various accessibility guidelines.

• Juicy Studio: Colour Contrast Analyser

  http://juicystudio.com/services/luminositycontrastratio.php
  Uses the W3C algorithm to check for sufficient contrast between background and foreground colours.

• OCAWA Accessibility Validator

  http://www.ocawa.com/en/Test-your-web-site.htm
  Standing for Operational Control and Analysis for Web Accessibility. OCAWA tests the accessibility of websites using international accessibility standards.

• Readability Test

  http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php
  A variety of reading level algorithms help to determine how easily readable the content of a specified web page is.

• Site Valet

  http://valet.htmlhelp.com/
  Tool to check websites for quality, accessibility and web standards compliance.

• Tenon.io

  http://tenon.io/
  Tool helps to identify 508 and WCAG 2.0 issues. Algorithms help to prioritize what to fix first.

• Vamolà Web Accessibility Checker

  http://www.validatore.it/vamola_validator/checker/index.php
  Tool to check websites, uploaded or pasted HTML against Allegato A L.4/04 and WCAG 2.0 (Level A to AAA) accessibility guidelines.

• Vischeck

  http://www.vischeck.com/
  Allows the user to see the world as color blind people see it. Checks by images and urls.

• WAVE 3.0 Accessibility Tool

  http://wave.webaim.org/
  Online tool checks page accessibility, displays page with tags to show good and bad points.

• Web Accessibility Analysis

  http://www.webnauts.net/check.html
  A combined interface for a collection of tools for web standard and accessibility testing.

• Webthing Accessibility Valet

  http://valet.webthing.com/access/url.html
  Tool allows to validate different accessibility levels of websites.

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