Tools

The Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT) was created by the Trace Research and Development Center to identify if animations, video, web content and software may contain sequences that risk provoking a seizure. The tool can detect common seizure triggers, including three general flashes or three red flashes within a one-second period, or...

This tool, made available by WebAIM, provides a simple way to check the accessibility of a web page's content. WAVE can be used by entering the URL of interest and WAVE will display the page marked up with embedded icons indicating potential accessibility errors, alerts, features, and other information. The left sidebar presents a summary of what...

This course, made available by Udacity, Inc., provides users with "hands-on experience making web applications accessible." The self-paced course begins by explaining "when and why users need accessibility," and covers additional topics such as how to make it possible for site visitors to navigate a page using a keyboard rather than a mouse, how to...

This website features "strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities." Sections of the website include: Accessibility Fundamentals, Planning & Policies, Design & Develop, Test & Evaluate, Teach & Advocate, and Standard/Guidelines. Each section features important concepts and...

"What is web accessibility?" Find an answer, along with plenty of tips and tools to cultivate the practice, on Web Axe. Formerly a podcast and blog, and now focused on the latter initiative, Web Axe is a great resource for anyone responsible for creating online content. Unfortunately, web accessibility has actually decreased in recent times, so it...

This website, made available by the Center for Persons with Disabilities, features an interactive tool that can be used to check the contrast between two colors against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Foreground color and background color can be entered by their RGB hexadecimal value or selected by a pop up box. The WebAIM Color Contrast...

This website provides services, tools, instructional media, and other resources dedicated to the development of accessible web content for persons with disabilities. Examples of some services available to users include: Accessible Website Certification; Training; Consulting; Evaluation Services including WAVE, a tool that instantly checks any...

WTFocus is a browser-accessible tool to test the accessibility of website design, specifically for focus appearance. Focus appearance is an important part of interface design, and especially impacts users that navigate webpages with input devices like keyboards and keyboard emulators, as well as users with low vision. Keyboard focus is the point of...