Web Tools that assist in Accessibility

Bobby is a free service provided by CAST to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities.

HTML Validator: a free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.

CSS Validator: W3C CSS Validation Service validates your Cascading Style Sheet.

WAI's list of Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools: This is the W3C WAI site of tools that can automatically do much of the evaluation, repair, and transformation of web pages, potentially saving time. The WAI maintains a current list.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Tools: An international consortium of private and public organizations whose purpose is to develop vendor-neutral open standards for the World Wide Web.

WAI Quick Tips Reference Card introduces key concepts of accessible Web design.

Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility: W3C's checklist for their accessibility guidelines.

Application tools

How to Make Accessible Web Content Using Frontpage 2000 - a tutorial from WebAIM

UsableNet's LIFT: A software solution to assist in developing accessible websites. Versions are available for DreamWeaver and FrontPage (used by iTAC).

AccVerify/AccRepair: HiSoftware solutions for accessibility testing and repair (used by K-State Research and Extension).

Accessibility with Acrobat 5.0.

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