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This list includes documentation, webinars, databases and other material about various accessibility topics. If you’re interested in learning about accessibility software or vendors, see the Software & Vendors page.
Accessibility Communities
SIGACCESS (Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing). International accessibility community with links to accessibility guides, a newsletter, conference, and other resources.
Accessibility Testing, Tools and Checkers
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Manual website checklist from Stanford University
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - free browser extensions for quick website tests, and more thorough testing for a cost
Alt Text, Image Description, and Figure Management
Describing Figures - focus on STEM content for the Association of Computing Machinery
AI
Generative AI Tools (2 pages) - fact sheet created by Hepler Consulting
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Coblis - upload an image and view through different lenses
Color Contrast
Overlays
Overlay Fact Sheet - a multi-author report on why overlays may not be accessible
#UserWay Will Get You Sued - updated 4/17/24; blog post by Adrian Roselli on the inaccessibility of overlays
PDFs
Defining PDF Accessibility, by WebAIM
Creating Accessible PDFs - documentation from Harvard University
Plain Language
Keyboard Navigation
Language
Language Tagging
Language Tagging from Penn State, including documentation for Microsoft Office, PDF and HTML
Lang entry in PDF documents, WCAG documentation
World Language Accessibility in Canvas, Word and Powerpoint
Plain Language
Hemingway App - online text editor; evaluates clarity
McDonald, C., & Trujillo, N. (2024). Library Terms that Users (Don’t) Understand: A Review of the Literature from 2012-2021. College & Research Libraries, 85(6), 906. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.85.6.906
Overlays
Overlay Fact Sheet - a multi-author report on why overlays may not be accessible
#UserWay Will Get You Sued - updated 4/17/24; blog post by Adrian Roselli on the inaccessibility of overlays
PDFs
Defining PDF Accessibility, by WebAIM
Creating Accessible PDFs - documentation from Harvard University
Screen Readers
JAWS
Download JAWS Note: JAWS is available for free use, in 40 minute increments.
NVDA
Getting Started Testing with NVDA - training from Harvard University
Learn NVDA - tutorials by the American Foundation for the Blind
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