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University of Illinois Functional
Accessibility Evaluator
http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu -
Free tool that creates summary web accessibility reports for administrators and detailed reports for
developers
U. of Illinois Firefox Accessibility
Extension
http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/ Web site developers can use this
site to check how functional their Web pages are. Enter a URL in the
slot provided to have the pages evaluated.
Accessibility Tutorial
http://www.web-accessibility-tutorial.com/
- Schools or companies can use this free site for Section 508
accessibility training. Also individuals who are already fully
qualified, the site offers a chance to teach accessibility to others.
Jim Thatcher
http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
-This tutorial explains Section 508, what it means for a site to be
Web accessible, standards that can be followed to make it easier to
create accessible sites, and such other forces for Web accessibility as
the Americans for Disabilities Act.
Web Accessibility for
All
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/tutorials/descriptionTutorial.htm
- This tutorial focuses on the most difficult elements to make
accessible on web sites, i.e. charts, graphs, tables, and diagrams.
WebAIM Section 508
Checklist
http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist.php - Site is
dedicated to accessibility
of Web site HTML as well as Scripts, Plug-Ins, Java and other tools.
Department of Justice
Section 508 Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508home.html - This is an overview of
Section 508 requirements. The site contains two surveys, one from 2001
and one from 2003, which contributed to the development of Section 508
requirements.
Jim Thatcher Testing
http://www.jimthatcher.com/testing.htm -
Examines software tools for checking web accessibility, including what
can and cannot be tested and compares six commercial varieties in terms
of their adequacy. None of them can validate your web site, no matter
how expensive. Tools that validate web site do so on the basis of
automatic Section 8 tests. The question is raised as to how much human
evaluation is needed for properly judging the sites.
Accessibility Testing Software Compared
http://www.ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw03/papers/arch/paper.html -
Four
tools that test web accessibility are examined against the W3C Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Priority 1 checkpoints. Each has
strengths and weaknesses and none describes all accessibility issues.
Thus the tools are aides and do not provide definitive assessment.
Truwex,
Section 508 Compliance Validation Tool
http://www.erigami.com/accessibility.html - For both web compliance
managers and web developers. Managers can check web site 508 compliance
and produce reports for upper management. Developers can check whether
new web pages meet the standards and use diagnostics to fix identified
problems.
Hermish.com's Web Accessibility Validator
http://www.section508.info/ - Allows you to check whether your web
site breaks the law by not complying with Section 508 standards.
Compares the html of your web page with the standards. Click on the
"Check Page" to get results.
Accessibility Validation Demo
http://www.contentquality.com/ - With the HiSoftware Cynthia Says
portal, you can locate Section 508 errors in the material on your web
site. The test validates one page at a time. Enter your site's URL and
other info.
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