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Accessibility

Links related to the topic of accessibility

eInclusion - Website of the European Commission that collects initiatives to promote participation in the Information Society for all, including disadvantaged and at risk of exclusion. It provides information about EU policies, initiatives, events, research, best practices, forums, workgroups and more.

Standards and recomendations

Norma UNE 139803:2004 - Curent software Web Accessibility certification standards in Spain for people with disabilities. Covers accessibility requirements for content on the Web. Based on the WAI.
WAI Accessibility Recommendations - W3C initiative to involve stakeholders from industry, government, organizations for disabled users, research institutions and others to achieve an accessible Web.
Section 508 - U.S. law aimed at eliminating barriers in information technology. The universe of Section 508 has a standard and a set of tools to assist compliance.

Toolbars and browser plug-ins

Toolbars

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar (for Internet Explorer) - Counterpart of the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar with fewer features. Allows:
- Identify, select and display information from the various elements of a page.
- Outline tables, cells, images, etc.
- Validate page.
- Resizing browser (800x600, 1024x768, etc.)
Web Accessibility Toolbar (for Internet Explorer and Opera) - The best existing tool to help manual testing of web pages. Very recommended! Allows:
- Identify components of a page.
- Use other online applications such as validators.
- Simulate user experiences.
- Access to references and other resources.
Web Developer Toolbar (Firefox, Flock and Mozilla) - Has a variety of functions to review pages, style sheets (CSS), forms and images. Very recommended! Allows along many other things:
- Outline elements.
- Resizing browser.
- Disabling browser functions.

Plug-ins

Aardvark Extension (Firefox, Flock and Mozilla) - Extension to review how the sites you visit are designed and identify each part of the page with a red color. Allows to identify HTML elements like divs, p, etc.
Accessibility Extensions (for Firefox and Mozilla) - To navigate through the site as would a person with disabilities.
CheckIE Plug-in (for Internet Explorer) - Gathers a number of services (17) for online evaluation and repair accessible via the browser contextual menu (right click).
Checky Extension (Firefox, Flock and Mozilla) - Plug-in specialized in the validation and analysis of web pages. Links a large number of validators and online analysis services. Validates, analyzes, reviews and inspects documents containing HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML, P3P, links, metadata, and more. Very recommended!
Fangs Extension (for Firefox) - Creates a text representation of the page similar to how it would be read by a screen reader.
Firebug Extension (for Firefox) - DOM's explorer. Check the JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax.
HTML Validator Extension (for Firefox and Mozilla) - Validates the HTML directly in the browser using the HTML Tidy program that is embedded in Mozilla and Firefox browsers.
Live Http Headers Extension (for Firefox) - Check headers sent by the server.
MozBraille Extension (Mozilla and Firefox) - Transform your browser into a browser accessible for people with partial or total visual impairment. Provides three outputs: Terminal braille, audio and size enlargement of the texts.
SIDARand HERA Extension (for Netscape, Firefox, Flock and Safari) - The SIDAR plug-in facilitates access to sections and web resources of Sidar. The HERA-plug-in allows to review website via the HERA validator.
TAW3 with a Click (for Firefox) - Verify accessibility of the site through the TAW3 service.
View Source Chart Extension (for Firefox) - Creates a color chart with the structure of the site. Recommended!
X-Ray Extension (for Firefox) - Lets you see the tags of the page without having to view the code. Excellent for evaluating the semantics of the page.