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TechDis Accessibility & Usability Resource TechDis Accessibility & Usability Resource: Provides information on the technical and practical aspects of accessibility (including usability issues) and its evaluation, and information on how disabled users access the Internet. (Accessibility) http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/ Section508.gov Section508.gov: Official website for Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act. (Accessibility) http://www.section508.gov Joeclark.org Joeclark.org: Accessibility info and Weblogs from the writer Joe Clark (Accessibility) http://www.joeclark.org Access.Edu Access.Edu: Information pertaining to the creation of accessible Web sites, evaluation tools, tutorials. (Accessibility) http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/access Accessible eLearning For All Accessible eLearning For All: The ALFA Project is being developed to allow educational content providers to create eLearning on any subject and in any language. (Accessibility) http://www.alfaproject.co.uk The Alliance for Technology Access: Web Accessibility The Alliance for Technology Access: Web Accessibility: Extensive articles with many links to resources to educate and help with planning and creating accessible web pages. (Accessibility) http://www.ataccess.org/rresources/Webaccess.html Viewable With Any Browser Viewable With Any Browser: Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific WWW. Resources, more information and links about this effort. (Accessibility) http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/ Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility: Outlines approaches for preliminary review web site accessibility and for evaluation of conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. (Accessibility) http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/ SightWeaver SightWeaver: SightWeaver is a tool for repairing HTML tables, to make them more accessible. (Accessibility) http://www.mackers.com/projects/sightweaver/ Accessible Web Design Accessible Web Design: Articles supporting the campaign for making the web universally accessible. (Accessibility) http://www.mardiros.net/accessible-web-design.html RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design: Royal National Institute for the Blind's campaign for accessible web design. (Accessibility) http://www.rnib.org.uk/digital/ Designing More Usable Web Sites Designing More Usable Web Sites: Research and links from the Trace Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Accessibility) http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web/ The Guild of Accessible Web Designers The Guild of Accessible Web Designers: An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards. (Accessibility) http://www.gawds.org Microsoft - Accessibility Microsoft - Accessibility: Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services. (Accessibility) http://www.microsoft.com/enable ATPM.com - Web Accessibility ATPM.com - Web Accessibility: Article by Raena Armitage. Addresses why Web accessibility matters, and gives some practical tips to apply to your Web sites right now. (Accessibility) http://www.atpm.com/10.01/web-accessibility.shtml Could Helen Keller Read Your Page? Could Helen Keller Read Your Page?: Technical tips on improving the accessibility of a web page. (Accessibility) http://www.pantos.org/atw/35412.html ICDRI: Accessibility on the Web ICDRI: Accessibility on the Web: Article defining accessibility and arguing its importance from ethical and economic perspectives. Covers basic techniques for design and testing. (Accessibility) http://www.icdri.org/WebAccess/accessibility_and_web_JKD.htm Web Accessibility Web Accessibility: An overview of website access for people with disabilities, and an overview of UK law and the Disability Discrimination Act. (Accessibility) http://www.web-accessibility.co.uk UI Access UI Access: Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies. (Accessibility) http://www.uiaccess.com CNN: Web Sites are Locking out the Disabled CNN: Web Sites are Locking out the Disabled: Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning, but many Web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Things don't have to be that way. (Accessibility) http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/07/web.site.accessibility.idg/index.html Web Accessibility Initiative Web Accessibility Initiative: Guidelines and resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). (Accessibility) http://www.w3.org/WAI/ AiSquared AiSquared: Developers of tools for seeing or hearing content from your computer. (Accessibility) http://www.aisquared.com/ Remote Captioning Remote Captioning: Remote captioning over the Internet of live events for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals or anyone requiring instantaneous voice-to-text conversion. (Accessibility) http://www.remotecaptioning.com IBM Accessibility Center IBM Accessibility Center: Information on IBM's 'accessible' products and services. (Accessibility) http://www-3.ibm.com/able/ Web Alert Web Alert: Campaign for an independent and accessible WWW for everyone regardless of the browser that they use. (Accessibility) http://amigaphil.planetinternet.be/WebAlert.html Self Direction Community Project Self Direction Community Project: Providing online disability awareness training. (Accessibility) http://www.selfdirection.org Accessibility Guide Accessibility Guide: A guide designed to help webmasters comply with web accessibility guidelines, with special emphasis on HTML techniques. (Accessibility) http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/accessibility/index.html Web Accessibility and Universal Design Web Accessibility and Universal Design: List of resources based around accessibility issues, guides, check lists and legal issues. (Accessibility) http://template.bsd.uchicago.edu/accessibility.html Campaign for Accessible Web Sites Campaign for Accessible Web Sites: Site created to offer free advice and information for webmasters who want to make their sites accessible to all. (Accessibility) http://caws.mybravenet.com/ Web Credible: Accessibility Resources Web Credible: Accessibility Resources: Offers tips, tricks, tutorials, links and information about Web accessibility, including UK legal requirements. (Accessibility) http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/ Euroaccessibility Euroaccessibility: Launched to foster European cooperation toward a harmonised methodology for evaluating the accessibility of web sites. Members, committees and task forces, working rules, objectives, and FAQ. (Accessibility) http://www.euroaccessibility.org/ Making Your Web Content Accessible Making Your Web Content Accessible: Essay on the 'case for accessibility'. (Accessibility) http://www.pathcom.com/~kujira/intro.htm EServer TC Library: Accessibility EServer TC Library: Accessibility: A rapidly-growing annotated bibliography of reviewed and rated online resources in accessible and universally-usable design. (Accessibility) http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Accessibility Digital Web Magazine: Accessibility Digital Web Magazine: Accessibility: Web accessibility articles by various authors. (Accessibility) http://www.digital-web.com/topics/accessibility/ Introduction to Accessible Web Design Introduction to Accessible Web Design: Article introducing accessible Web design and initiatives to improve accessibility. (Accessibility) http://www.miswebdesign.com/resources/articles/accessibility-intro.html WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind: Information, training, resources, guidelines and standards for Web accessibility and disability access to the Web. (Accessibility) http://www.webaim.org ATPM.com: Putting Curb Cuts and Wider Doors on the Internet: Toward Web Site Accessibility ATPM.com: Putting Curb Cuts and Wider Doors on the Internet: Toward Web Site Accessibility: Article by Sylvester Roque and Kimberly Nyles-Roque. Covers disabilities that can affect the internet experience, and gives advice on how to improve sites and avoid causing problems for users. (Accessibility) http://www.atpm.com/8.11/accessibility.shtml Americans With Disabilities Act Information Americans With Disabilities Act Information: The US Dept. of Justice's resource page for the ADA. Voluminous, and not limited to computer and Internet issues, but at least it should be fairly authoritative, if you're willing to wade through the material. (Accessibility) http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ Accessible Webpage Design: Resources Accessible Webpage Design: Resources: Site created to promote awareness about the need for accessible web design and to steer those who wish to learn more about the topic into the right direction. (Accessibility) http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/pub_resources.htm Library Hi Tech Volume 20, Number 2, 2002 Library Hi Tech Volume 20, Number 2, 2002: Special issue: Accessibility of web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Read abstracts online; pay for access to full articles. (Accessibility) http://caliban.emeraldinsight.com/vl=296906/cl=87/nw=1/rpsv/cw/www/mcb/07378831/v20n2/contp1-1.htm UnBounded Access UnBounded Access: Provider of web accessibility technology, services and research. (Accessibility) http://www.ubaccess.com The Wave The Wave: Helps you check if your page is accessible to people with disabilities. New version includes tests for section 508. (Accessibility) http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp Dive into Accessibility Dive into Accessibility: A comprehensive 30 day guide to making your website more accessible. Can be downloaded as a PDF. (Accessibility) http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/ AccessifyForum.com AccessifyForum.com: Discussion forum regarding site building, news, and legal issues relating to accessibility. (Accessibility) http://www.accessifyforum.com/ Macromedia - Accessibility Macromedia - Accessibility: Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Macromedia software. (Accessibility) http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/ Ogston.com Ogston.com: Advice, guides and reviews from a web accessibility specialist. (Accessibility) http://www.ogston.com Design Your Web Content for Accessibility Design Your Web Content for Accessibility: Short article by Bryan D. Caplovitz covering audience, guidelines, and validation. (Accessibility) http://home.austin.rr.com/accessibility/ Web Page Accessibility Section 508 Checklist Web Page Accessibility Section 508 Checklist: Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Section 508 Guidelines (Accessibility) http://www.egginc.com/navair-mac/checkList_508.html Color-Blind Design Evaluation Color-Blind Design Evaluation: Online tool to show what your site colors look like to color-blind people. (Accessibility) http://newmanservices.com/colorblind RetroAccess RetroAccess: Website evaluation/correction tool that checks your website code against accessibility standards and guides you through the repair of problems. (Accessibility) http://www.retroaccess.com/ Henry's Hints on Web Access Henry's Hints on Web Access: Discusses the invisible image techniques for text only browsers. (Accessibility) http://www.ga.unc.edu/~hes/access-hes.html Internet Captioning Professionals Internet Captioning Professionals: Internet captioning of live audio and video webcasts for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals or anyone requiring instantaneous voice-to-text conversion. (Accessibility) http://www.internetcaptioning.com Web Accessibility Survey Web Accessibility Survey: Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages. (Accessibility) http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/websurveys.htm Webdisabilities.com Webdisabilities.com: Listing of web companies that have been awarded a kite mark for considering the disabled user. (Accessibility) http://www.webdisabilities.com/ Society for Technical Communication: Internet Accessibility Society for Technical Communication: Internet Accessibility: Information about accessibility to the Internet. Points to many articles, websites and tools to help create and analyze digital documents. (Accessibility) http://www.stcsig.org/sn/internet.shtml Tunna-resources Tunna-resources: Website design tips for new and disabled webmasters. (Accessibility) http://www.tunna-resources.co.uk Accessify.com Accessify.com: Tools, links and resources on Website accessibility. (Accessibility) http://www.accessify.com/ UsableAccess.com UsableAccess.com: Web accessibility and usability resources including articles, news, discussion, and research. Focuses on both theory and practice of user-centered design. (Accessibility) http://www.usableaccess.com/ Government of Canada: Accessibility Government of Canada: Accessibility: Official standards and guidelines for Government of Canada Web sites, as part of the Treasury Board's "Common Look and Feel" initiative. (Accessibility) http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/clf-upe/1/1_e.asp ALT texts in IMG ALT texts in IMG: Detailed techniques for using the ALT tag. (Accessibility) http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/%7Eflavell/alt/alt-text.html Webmates Webmates: The purpose of Webmates is to assist other webmasters in their personal efforts to comply with the current standards regarding coding, accessibility and usability. (Accessibility) http://excellentsite.org/webmates/ Adobe - Accessibility Adobe - Accessibility: Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Adobe software. (Accessibility) http://access.adobe.com/ Usability First - Accessibility Usability First - Accessibility: Includes background information on Accessibility and lists computer related accessibility aids according to types of disability. (Accessibility) http://www.usabilityfirst.com/accessibility/index.txl W3 Compliant Sites W3 Compliant Sites: A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers. (Accessibility) http://w3csites.com AnitraPavka.com AnitraPavka.com: Personal weblog with views on accessibility issues, news, and accessibility events. (Accessibility) http://www.anitrapavka.com/ AccessibleNet.org AccessibleNet.org: Accessible directory of links and resources to help Policy Makers and Web Designers make informed decisions about Web accessibility. (Accessibility) http://www.accessiblenet.org Opensourcetutorials.com: Web Accessibility Is Similar To Search Engine Optimization Opensourcetutorials.com: Web Accessibility Is Similar To Search Engine Optimization: Matthew Drouin explains how web accessibility is similar to SEO along with the 5 essential actions to take to make a site accessible. (Accessibility) http://www.opensourcetutorials.com/tutorials/Design-And-Layout/Accessibility/basic-wai/page1.html HTML4.com HTML4.com: Information on web accessibility, usability and web standards. (Accessibility) http://www.html4.com/ Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center: The AWARE center is a resource developed by the HTML Writer's Guild to assist all web writers to create more accessible web sites. (Accessibility) http://aware.hwg.org/ Freedom Scientific Freedom Scientific: Developer of JAWS for Windows Screen Reader and MAGic Screen Magnification Software. (Accessibility) http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Flapback Accessibility Demonstration Flapback Accessibility Demonstration: A review of browsers, tools and design principles for creating user-sensitive, device-independent web pages. Finger-spelling and morse code are employed to argue for an internet on-ramp serving desktop, handheld and special surfers alike. (Accessibility) http://www.islandnet.com/~robertal/access.htm Accessible Web Page Design Accessible Web Page Design: List of resources for building accessible websites. (Accessibility) http://www.makoa.org/web-desi.htm