Accessibility Resources

Access Keys

• Accesskeys and Reserved Keystroke Combinations Chart
• Clagnut: Accesskey Standards
• Using accesskey attribute in HTML forms and links
• W3′s Forms in HTML Documents – Using Accesskey
• Accesskeys: Unlocking Hidden Navigation
• Access Information, Technques and Keyboard Access Information (UK Government Recommendations)
• Provide Clear Navigation Mechanisms

Validation and Testing

• Gazingus.org’s Validation Bookmarks
• NetMechanic’s Spell Check for Web Pages
• Pcman’s Web Page Screen Resolution Tester
• Web Page Monitor (check for different sized monitors)
• AnyBrowser’s Web Site Viewer – How does your site look to other browsers
• Window Sizer – Check a page at various window resolutions
• AnyBrowser.org Developing Web Pages to Work for Every Browser
• Archive.org: Preserving the Internet Web Pages (Find old web pages)
• Bobby (checks sites for browser compatibility and disability access)
• Web Browsers Compatibility from Delorie
• Viewing A Sample Page Under Various Conditions and Uses
• Webmonkey – Browser Kit
• A Compendium of HTML Elements (browser compatibility lists)
• NetMechanic’s Browser Compatibility
• Learnwebdesign’s Browser References
• Public Lynx Access Browsers
• Checking with Multiple Browsers (the hard core way)

CSS

• Code Style Media Monitor (projection, print, etc)
• Guide to CSS2 Support in PDA/Handheld Browsers
• pawgo.com’s Handheld Internet 101
• Pcman’s Free WAP Tools and Resources (WML/WAP Page Emulator)
• How Can I Tell HTML Browsers from WML (Wireless) Browsers
• The Wireless FAQ (WAP, WML)
• W3C Mobile Access – Seamless Web Access From Mobile Devices
• CSS Mobile Profile Test Suite
• W3C Mobile Access Activity Statement
• W3C CSS Mobile Profile 1.0
• W3C HTML 4 Specs on Mobility – Handheld
• Aural style sheets
• The W3C CSS2 recommendation, Section 7: Media types
• Open Mobile Alliance for the Mobile Services Market
• Web Design for Mobility – Handheld, PDA, etc.

Statements

• Lorelle’s Accessibility Policy Page – an example
• Creating an Accessibility Statement
• Review: International Compliant Style (IC-Style) Accessibility
• Accessibility Statement and Resources
• A Primer for Accessible Web Pages
• Section 508 US Accessibility Law
• Checkpoints for Web Accessibility Guidelines

Testing Different Functions

• Readability Of Websites With Various Foreground/Background Color Combinations, Font Types And Word Styles
• Vischeck (simulates color blind vision)
• Accessibility Checking Favelets (scripts)
• Bobby (checks sites for disability access and browser compatibility)
• HiSoftware’s Online Content Accessibility and Quality Tester
• Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: Evaluating Websites for Accessibility
• WaiZilla: Open Source Accessibility Testing
• WAVE Online Accessibility Tool Checker

Colour Blindness

• Can Color Blind Users See Your Web Page?
• Q42 Color Blindness Simulator
• Visibone’s Color Blind Color Chart
• Color Blind Web Filter – Testing Online
• Blindness-Related Resources on the Web and Beyond
• Accessible Web Page Design – Resources for the Visually Impaired
• Design Considerations: Readers with Visual Impairments

Unmarked or Unsorted

• Dive Into Accessibility
• Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign
• Digital Web Magazine – Accessible By Design
• IT-Enquirer: VueScan Multi-sampling vs. Silverfast’s
• Emacspeak –The Complete Audio Desktop
• An Introduction to Speech-Access Realities
• Taking Your Camera on the Road » Validating the Code Behind the Page
• Notes on Tools for Checking and Improving Web Page Accessibility
• Arguments for Making your Site Universally Accessible
• Don’t Fake Your Markup Accessibility Issues for CSS
• How Alt Attributes Help Accessibility
• Five Site-accessibility Tips to Help Comply with Section 508
• Improving Web Site Usability and Appeal
• Designing More Usable Web Sites
• Making Accessibility Accessible: The Reasons Organizations Don’t Have Accessible Websites
• Dracos Accessibility Examples (using popular "inaccessible" websites and redesigning them to be accessible)
• CSS Accessibility Problems: Is Markup Dead?
• Accountability of Accessibility and Usability
• Useit.com CSS and Usability
• W3C Device Independence Principles – Understanding Accessibility Issues
• Guidelines for Creating Accessible Web Sites
• Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education
• Designing More Usable Web Sites – massive links
• Designing More Usable Web Sites
• Alertbox: References on usability of web design
• Accessibility Forum
• Makoa.org’s Accessibility Resources and Information
• The Accessible Web
• Guild of Accessible Web Designers
• Dive Into Accessibility
• AnyBrowser.com – Your Source for Browser Compatibility Verification