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Information on IBM's 'accessible' products and services.
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IBM Accessibility Center Product accessibility information Developer guidelines Laws, standards and regulations Accessibility education Partnerships Events Resources Accessibility at IBM Downloads Accessibility Center News IBM Software for Older Users. Big Blue introduces software that makes working on computers and surfing the Net easier...Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services.
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Accessibility at Microsoft, Home Accessible technology enables opportunity for people of all abilities—including those with difficulties, impairments, and disabilities—to scale new heights and achieve goals they never thought possible. Product Information Discover how to make the computer easier to see, hear, and use.Accessibility features...Guidelines and resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI home page Change text size or colors WAI: Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities What WAI Does WAI develops guidelines widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility support materials to help understand and implement...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.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
Includes background information on Accessibility and lists computer related accessibility aids according to types of disability.
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/accessibility/index.txl
Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific WWW. Resources, more information and links about this effort.
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
The AWARE center is a resource developed by the HTML Writer's Guild to assist all web writers to create more accessible web sites.
http://aware.hwg.org/
Information, training, resources, guidelines and standards for Web accessibility and disability access to the Web.
http://www.webaim.org
Online tool to show what your site colors look like to color-blind people.
http://newmanservices.com/colorblind
Discusses the invisible image techniques for text only browsers.
http://www.ga.unc.edu/~hes/access-hes.html
Accessibility info and Weblogs from the writer Joe Clark
http://www.joeclark.org
Website evaluation/correction tool that checks your website code against accessibility standards and guides you through the repair of problems.
http://www.retroaccess.com/
Technical tips on improving the accessibility of a web page.
http://www.pantos.org/atw/35412.html
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.
http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/pub_resources.htm
Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages.
http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/websurveys.htm
Providing online disability awareness training.
http://www.selfdirection.org
Internet captioning of live audio and video webcasts for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals or anyone requiring instantaneous voice-to-text conversion.
http://www.internetcaptioning.com
Developer of JAWS for Windows Screen Reader and MAGic Screen Magnification Software.
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Freedom Scientific Low Vision, Blindness and Learning Disability Adaptive and Assistive Software and Hardware Technology Our products include screen reading software for the blind, magnifier software for those with low-vision, and other products for accessible scanning and reading, as well as braille displays, notetakers, and the world’s leading accessible PDA for the blind. HARDWARE NEWS...Official website for Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
http://www.section508.gov
Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Macromedia software.
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/
A guide designed to help webmasters comply with web accessibility guidelines, with special emphasis on HTML techniques.
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/accessibility/index.html
Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies.
http://www.uiaccess.com
Detailed techniques for using the ALT tag.
http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/%7Eflavell/alt/alt-text.html
A comprehensive 30 day guide to making your website more accessible. Can be downloaded as a PDF.
http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/
Research and links from the Trace Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/
Tools, links and resources on Website accessibility.
http://www.accessify.com/
Short article by Bryan D. Caplovitz covering audience, guidelines, and validation.
http://home.austin.rr.com/accessibility/
Provider of web accessibility technology, services and research.
http://www.ubaccess.com
Article introducing accessible Web design and initiatives to improve accessibility.
http://www.miswebdesign.com/reso...rticles/accessibility-intro.html
The ALFA Project is being developed to allow educational content providers to create eLearning on any subject and in any language.
http://www.alfaproject.co.uk
Information on web accessibility, usability and web standards.
http://www.html4.com/
Helps you check if your page is accessible to people with disabilities. New version includes tests for section 508.
http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
Personal weblog with views on accessibility issues, news, and accessibility events.
http://www.anitrapavka.com/
Accessible directory of links and resources to help Policy Makers and Web Designers make informed decisions about Web accessibility.
http://www.accessiblenet.org
Articles with advice and tips on making website content universally accessible.
http://www.mardiros.net/accessible-web-design.html
Article defining accessibility and arguing its importance from ethical and economic perspectives. Covers basic techniques for design and testing.
http://www.icdri.org/WebAccess/accessibility_and_web_JKD.htm
A rapidly-growing annotated bibliography of reviewed and rated online resources in accessible and universally-usable design.
http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Accessibility
SightWeaver is a tool for repairing HTML tables, to make them more accessible.
http://www.mackers.com/projects/sightweaver/
The purpose of Webmates is to assist other webmasters in their personal efforts to comply with the current standards regarding coding, accessibility and usability.
http://excellentsite.org/webmates/
Article by Raena Armitage. Addresses why Web accessibility matters, and gives some practical tips to apply to your Web sites right now.
http://www.atpm.com/10.01/web-accessibility.shtml
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.
http://www.atpm.com/8.11/accessibility.shtml
Extensive articles with many links to resources to educate and help with planning and creating accessible web pages.
http://www.ataccess.org/rresources/Webaccess.html
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.
http://www.euroaccessibility.org/
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.
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/
Offers tips, tricks, tutorials, links and information about Web accessibility, including UK legal requirements.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/use...dly-resources/web-accessibility/
Information about accessibility to the Internet. Points to many articles, websites and tools to help create and analyze digital documents.
http://www.stcsig.org/sn/internet.shtml
A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers.
http://w3csites.com
Matthew Drouin explains how web accessibility is similar to SEO along with the 5 essential actions to take to make a site accessible.
http://www.opensourcetutorials.c...cessibility/basic-wai/page1.html
Web accessibility and usability resources including articles, news, discussion, and research. Focuses on both theory and practice of user-centered design.
http://www.usableaccess.com/
Outlines approaches for preliminary review web site accessibility and for evaluation of conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards.
http://www.gawds.org
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.
http://www.islandnet.com/~robertal/access.htm
An overview of website access for people with disabilities, and an overview of UK law and the Disability Discrimination Act.
http://www.web-accessibility.co.uk
Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Section 508 Guidelines
http://www.egginc.com/navair-mac/checkList_508.html
Web accessibility articles by various authors.
http://www.digital-web.com/topics/accessibility/
Disability simulator software that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. (IBM ID required to download.)
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner
Guides and resources to help build applications with accessibility and usability.
http://www.508Spot.com/
Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Adobe software.
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/main.html
List of resources for building accessible websites.
http://www.makoa.org/web-design.htm
Information pertaining to the creation of accessible Web sites, evaluation tools, tutorials.
http://access.ed.uiuc.edu/
Royal National Institute for the Blind's campaign for accessible web design.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/gr...ebsite/public_goodwebdesign.hcsp
Special issue: Accessibility of web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Read abstracts online; pay for access to full articles.
http://thesius.emeraldinsight.co.../mcb/07378831/v20n2/contp1-1.htm
Bob Easton searches for accessibility best practices.
http://www.access-matters.com/
Article by Matt Bailey. Designers of web sites that are not accessible to disabled users are overlooking a market segment of millions of searchers and potential buyers.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3506256
The Design Times Section 508 guidelines, checklists, information, and tools to help build applications with accessibility and usability.
http://users.adelphia.net/~djhudson819/accessibility/
Weblog about web standards, accessibility and usability.
http://www.standards-schmandards.com
A blog about web accessibility and issues involving access technology at large, including but not limited to screen readers, operating systems and productivity software.
http://blog.carrolltech.org/
Links to information on web accessibility and resources for building sites that are accessible to all users regardless of disability.
http://www.usability.gov/accessibility/index.html
A tool for web developers and project teams. It breaks down the WAI Checkpoints into individual tasks for each job role in a development team.
http://www.binaryblue.com.au/access_wizard/
A free online resource centre to help designers and managers create accessible web sites. Also links to consultancy services.
http://www.webaccesscentre.com/
Explains the requirements of Section 508 and sets forth, in broad outline, the Postal Service's policies on how to comply with them.
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/hand/as508/welcome.htm
Technical Reference guide in support of USPS AS-508, detailing techniques and technical approaches to Section 508 and accessibility.
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/hand/as508a/welcome.htm
A tool to help choose a color pair with good contrast and suitable for text and background of accessible sites. It simulates also various kinds of color-blindness.
http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php
Offers advice, articles and tutorials for standards compliant web site design including accessibility, xhtml and css.
http://www.webdesignstandards.co.uk/
Free report provides an assessment of a site's accessibility, and information on how to improve.
http://askalice.ssbtechnologies.com:8080/askalice/index.html