Tools for Conducting an Accessibility Review
February 1, 2010 – 12 Comments
There are no automated tools that will identify all the accessibility barriers on a web page. You have to open the hood and look at the code to see whether there are problems that may trip up a screen reader user, someone with low vision, or someone with a motor impairment who doesn’t use a mouse. In this post, I list the tools I use to conduct accessibility reviews.
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Case Studies
Descriptions of usability, accessibility and user research projects.
- CareerOneStop
(October 27, 2009) - Aquent
(May 6, 2009) - American Library Association
(May 4, 2009) - PBS Kids Play!
(May 4, 2009)
Deliverables
Sample deliverables from past projects.
- Usability Test
(March 8, 2010) - Accessibility Review
(May 7, 2009) - Expert Review
(May 6, 2009) - Site Map
(May 5, 2009)
Presentations
Materials from presentations I’ve given at conferences.
- Assessing credit card disclosures
(October 22, 2009) - Determining readability
(May 6, 2009)