Accessibility Resources (A to Z)

Accessibility Testing

Databases of Testing Products

• EPUBTest - crowdsourced tests of reading systems and environments

• Library Accessibility Alliance Evaluations

• University of Washington E-Resource Testing Database

How to Test

Automated Tools

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

Color Contrast

Manual Testing

• Manual website checklist from Stanford University

AI

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

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

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

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