Accessibility Resources (A to Z)

Accessibility Testing, Tools and Checkers

Databases of Product Tests and Reports

• EPUBTest - crowdsourced tests of reading systems and environments

• Library Accessibility Alliance Evaluations

• University of Washington E-Resource Testing Database

Testing Tools

• Deque axe DevTools

• Free Automated Tools, compiled by Harvard University’s Accessibility Department

• 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

AI

• Generative AI Tools (2 pages) - fact sheet created by Hepler Consulting

Citation Management

• w3c forum discussion on citations and screen readers

Color

Color Blindness Simulators

• 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

• 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

Screen Readers

JAWS

• Download JAWS Note: JAWS is available for free use, in 40 minute increments.

NVDA

• Download NVDA

• Learn NVDA - tutorials by the American Foundation for the Blind

ReadAloud

• Install Read Aloud browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, or Edge

VoiceOver (Apple)

• Apple documentation

Social Media

• Accessible Social - free resource hub

  • Of note: Accessible Social Guidebook - free ebook with detailed information

  • Accessible Social Checklist - well organized, single-page checklist

• Accessible Social Media - documentation hub from Northeastern University

• Section 508 - general federal guidance, with best practices and examples for X, LinkedIn, and Facebook

STEM Content

• Accessible Math Languages & Tools for Content Presentation

• Chem4Word - Chemistry Add-In for Microsoft Word

• Learn LaTeX in 30 Minutes

Tactile Graphics

• Cricut Tactile Graphics - creating tactile graphics and embossed braille using a Cricut, from Perkins School for the Blind

Visual Media

• Guidelines and Best Practices for Captioning Educational Video - guidelines created by the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)

WCAG

• WCAG 2.1 AA Checklist - public Google Sheet checklist to assess WCAG level