Comments on: 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility

By: Santosh Reddy Gayam

Santosh Reddy Gayam — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:25:42 +0000

This is a really good resource for Accessibility tools.
If there are any Accessibility tools offline to evaluate web applications it will be great. If anyone find any tools please share.
Knowledge Shared is Knowledge Gained.

Thanks once again

By: Deaf User

Deaf User — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:52:02 +0000

P.S. Captions and transcripts also help other groups such as foreigners, those having difficulties hearing certain people with accents, those with cognitive difficulties, etc. There are researches to prove that bimodal presentation (i.e. audio and text) significantly improves accessibility for a wider audience.

Transcripts benefit everyone, including website owners who want to improve their SEO and ROI. Transcripts are easier and faster to skim than to listen to audio all way. If videos are captioned, it is strongly advised to have them backed up with transcripts (in case a video doesn’t work or a user cannot view it for various reasons).

By: Deaf User

Deaf User — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:47:34 +0000

Please don’t forget also to make captions and transcripts for videos, podcasts, webcasts – there are millions and millions of people who have little or no hearing as well as those who have no access to audio for various reasons (restrictive environments, restrictive technology, etc). Those are part of priority checklist.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:25:12 +0000

Great article! I write some about accessibility on my blog as well! I think it is avery important :)

By: Web Design Sheffield

Web Design Sheffield — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:07:23 +0000

Where i work we have made it standard that every website we produce will be accessible – unless there is a very good reason not to.
Its really good to see a list of tools (some of these are new to me) in one place.

By: dani

dani — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:32:30 +0000

now I’m trying ATRC for WCAG 2.0, WCAG 1.0, and other accessibility guidelines from other countries

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:43:52 +0000

Seriously awesome list! Folks like me who do webwork in government are bound by law and by policy to make our sites accessible, and it’s often painstaking, time-consuming work to verify.

Some of these tools I’ve used, but others are new to me – looks like aDesigner and WebAnywhere could be useful additions to my toolbox. Can’t wait to take ‘em for a spin!

By: Bob Potter

Bob Potter — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:55:57 +0000

Thanks for this list. As one who strives to design websites so that everyone can enjoy them, these will definitely become a part of my development process.

By: Mark Aplet

Mark Aplet — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:46:46 +0000

I really enjoy articles on accessibility and glad to see that this topic is finally getting some face time by our industry leaders. I too have a few articles on accessibility on my website that your readers may enjoy. In particular a companion article to this one. Applications to help you create more accessible designs. http://www.visual28.com/articles/applications-to-help-you-create-more-accessible-designs

By: Jared Smith

Jared Smith — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:37:34 +0000

Hmmm… no reference to WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org)??? WAVE is a web-based tool and also has a Firefox toolbar that does all of the evaluation locally within Firefox, allowing in-browser evaluation of CSS, AJAX, dynamic, intranet, or secure content.