Tools

3PlayMedia provides a number of services to help users easily create accessible videos. Services include creating closed captions, audio description, transcription, and translation and subtitling, all of which are essential to providing accessible video content. 3PlayMedia is a paid service, with three pricing plans that are intended to work for a...

Courtesy of Queen's University, located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Accessibility Hub invites users to be an "Access Ally." Some of the materials are specific to the campus, with accessibility tools for faculty, students, and visitors. However, the How-to Info tab contains a bevy of general tools. Here, readers will find resources for designing...

This tool, created by design and technology studio Use All Five, shows the compliance of colors in relation to each other. Up to ten colors can be compared against each other simultaneously. After selecting a combination of colors,  the tool generates a chart showing the contrast ratio and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance for...

Amara is a browser-accessible subtitle and captioning platform that enables users to crowdsource translations to help create subtitles. It is important to note that Amara offers different membership options, including those that require payment. Amara Public is free to all users, plus all of the subtitles published on the platform are open access...

Balabolka is a text-to-speech program that uses Microsoft Speech API to convert text to audio. Balabolka is available in several languages and works with most text file formats. 

Blackboard Ally integrates with most major learning management systems to create more accessible digital courses. This product can check for accessibility issues and create alternative accessible formats, guide instructors on how to improve course content, and provide institutional level data in regards to course content accessibility. Blackboard...

CADET is free, downloadable caption-authoring software that enables anyone to produce high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions. CADET can also be used to generate audio-description scripts. This software does not require an internet connection in order to operate: it runs locally in...

The CeDaR database, developed by the National Center on College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) at the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD), provides information on disability services in higher education for prospective college students with disabilities. Users can search the database by state, degree type, public or private...

CamScanner is a mobile application that can scan, save, archive, upload, search, acquire, and manage files and documents from one location. The application employs OCR recognition technology and offers a wireless printing option, a global fax option, filing synchronization, pdf editing, format conversion, and more. 

Georgia Tech's Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI) focuses on "the promotion of technological innovation and development of user-centered research, products, and services for individuals with disabilities." On this website, readers can browse CIDI's research portfolio, learn about upcoming trainings, and check out their full service ...