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Texas AM Web Accessibility Showcase Accessibility Testing: Tools Resources

On-Campus Resources. Web Accessibility TeamThat's us!Grassroots organization of web developers, designers, and programmers with an interest in web accessibilityOpen to anyone who wants to join and work toward improving the accessibility of the campus web presence. On-Campus Resources. Web Accessi

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Texas AM Web Accessibility Showcase Accessibility Testing: Tools Resources

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    1. Texas A&M Web Accessibility Showcase Accessibility Testing: Tools & Resources Erick Beck Division of Marketing & Communications Texas A&M University ebeck@tamu.edu

    2. On-Campus Resources Web Accessibility Team That's us! Grassroots organization of web developers, designers, and programmers with an interest in web accessibility Open to anyone who wants to join and work toward improving the accessibility of the campus web presence

    3. On-Campus Resources Web Accessibility Website http://webaccess.tamu.edu/ Hub for the Texas A&M Web community to collaborate with and educate each other on issues regarding accessibility and usability. Policy & Law Education & Training Tools & Resources

    4. On-Campus Resources Web Accessibility Listserv webaccess@listserv.tamu.edu Posting open to anyone, but must subscribe to receive the replies Low traffic mailing list for discussion of web related topics and announcements from the Web Accessibility Team

    5. On-Campus Resources Web Accessibility Coordinator itim@tamu.edu Position mandated by TAC 206 Primarily involved with the enforcement/assessment side of web accessibility rather than educational aspects Contact them to report inaccessible sites Contact them to request exemption from 508 requirements

    6. Online Resources Checklists We’re not lawyers, nor do we play one on TV Easy to follow lists help us understand Section 508 requirements WebAIM http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist/ Humbolt University - “Translated to English” http://www.humboldt.edu/~wag/education/explained.html List of useful checklists http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/checklists.html

    7. Online Resources Validators Clean code is your friend! Valid XHTML will solve 90% of your accessibility issues XHTML will not even validate without proper ALT usage “But Dreamweaver says it’s OK” – No, use the validator W3C HTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/ http://validator.tamu.edu/

    8. Online Resources Browser Tools The web standards movement has in many ways succeeded to the point that it is looking to expand its scope, and one of the areas in accessibility Access Firefox hub for Firefox accessibility tools Compiled by a blind user http://www.accessfirefox.org/ Opera http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/access/ http://www.webaim.org/resources/opera/ Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=614

    9. Online Resources Tutorials Section 508 Accessibility http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/508.html Color Blindness http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/colorBlindness.html HTML/CSS http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/html.html Javascript & Application Development http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/javascript.html Microsoft Office Suite Files http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/msOffice.html

    10. Online Resources Tutorials, Cont. PDF Documents http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/pdf.html Video – Flash/Quicktime/WMV http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/tutorials/video.html Third-Party Educational Resources http://webaccess.tamu.edu/education/sites.html WebAIM http://www.webaim.org/articles/

    11. Online Resources Screen Readers/Magnifiers JAWS Demo of an expert user - http://vimeo.com/1157346 Window Eyes Tips for building magnifier-friendly web pages http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/screen-magnifiers.shtml

    12. Online Resources Video Captioning Captioning resources http://webaccess.tamu.edu/resources/video.html

    13. Online Resources Accessibility Checking Software Each of these will test one page at a time Accessibility Valet http://valet.webthing.com/access/url.html Cynthia Says http://www.cynthiasays.com/ WAVE http://wave.webaim.org/ Firefox plugin also available

    14. Local Resources Accessibility Checking Software ITIM group in CIS has been evaluating software packages to bring to the university Would allow site-wide scans IBM Rational Policy Tester http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/policy/accessibility/ Successor to Bobby and Watchfire WebXM Status of project???

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