Accessibility Matters: Creating a Better Web Resources
Disabled in Tech Slack
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Links -- Guidelines & Testing
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Overview
- WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference
- W3C EspaƱa - Accesibilidad
- US Government site on Section 508 (also 504 relevant)
- W3C page on US accessibility standards
- WAI-Aria Authoring Practices
- Web AIM, resource with checklists and whatnot
- Testing Accessibility of Pattern Libraries
- AChecker, accessibility checker
Links -- Others
- Design for Real Life by Eric Meyer and Sara Watcher-Boettcher
- Using the dialog role, a way to make accessible modals in HTML (NOT compatible with all browsers!)
- WebAIM Screen Reader Survey, a breakdown of a lot of stats related to screen reader users
- Annie Segarra, activist and source of The Future Is Accessibility shirts
- The A11y Project
- SVG 1.1 Accessibility study
- David Berman video on accessibility concerns
- IBM Accessibility page
- SVG 1.1 Accessibility study
- David Berman video on accessibility concerns
Chrome Extensions
- Chrome Accessibility Developer Tools, plugs into dev tools
- WAVE Tool, accessibility testing
- NoCoffee, allows you to simulate certain vision problems
- aXe, more accessibility testing
- Color Contrast Analyzer, color contrast checker
Some Screen Readers
JAWS
- Most widely used
- PC-only
- Costs around $1000 USD
NVDA
- Free screen reader
- Fairly popular after JAWS/built-in ones
Narrator
- Comes (free) with Windows
- Activate with Windows Key + Enter
Voice Over
- Comes (free) with Macs
- Activate with Command + F5
Browser-specific, like ChromeVox
- Only work in-browser
- Added through extensions