{"id":17132,"date":"2021-05-24T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/tled\/?page_id=17132"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:52:04","slug":"accessibility-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/accessibility\/accessibility-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore these general resources for helpful accessibility tools and guides. For ACC-specific support resources, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/accessibility\/quick-links-to-accessibility-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACC Support Links<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Accessibility Cheat Sheets<\/h3>\n<p>Download printable, one-page guides from the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) to make your materials more accessible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DqEL78Ct4Tgf-nJlSXANiL367nys2LBn\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DxkSeCwLkEtTVqqIPT7qaTHVFDTIyce2\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Excel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DvSXiV1FFEzWdDO8C5Q3vK_Hp_58ceyi\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS PowerPoint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/#msword-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF Conversion in Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/#accessibility1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creating Accessible Electronic Content<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Accessible Document Guides<\/h3>\n<p>WebAIM offers articles on creating accessible documents. Explore these guides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/acrobat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Acrobat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/powerpoint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PowerPoint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Word<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Color Contrast Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorzilla.com\/firefox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ColorZilla<\/a>: Extract color values from any page element.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAVE<\/a>: Analyze contrast ratios for all text elements on a page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Closed Caption Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/captions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/captions\/realtime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real\u2011Time Captioning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Accessibility Sites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/knowbility.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knowbility.org<\/a> \u2013 A nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas, and an award\u2011winning leader in accessible information technology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/udloncampus.cast.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UDL On Campus<\/a> \u2013 Learn about Universal Design for Learning in higher education (watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O_MCvjkd8Jc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduction video<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210506213717\/https:\/\/csd.uconn.edu\/free-low-cost-assistive-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free\/Low\u2011Cost Assistive Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reading Tools<\/h3>\n<p>The Kurzweil reader now works with Blackboard LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor. This allows more students to test independently without SAS involvement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/support.respondus.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4409607390747-How-to-enable-the-Kurzweil-ReadTheWeb-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Enable Kurzweil Web Extension<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore these general resources for helpful accessibility tools and guides. For ACC-specific support resources, visit ACC Support Links. Accessibility Cheat Sheets Download printable, one-page guides from the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) to make your materials more accessible: MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint PDF Conversion in Word Creating Accessible Electronic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":5219,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","heading":"Accessibility Checker Tools","accordion":[{"title":"Code Validators","description":"<p>Use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/validator.w3.org\/\">W3C HTML Validator<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/249\">HTML Validator add-on for Firefox<\/a>\u00a0to verify that web pages have correct syntax.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Browsers","description":"<p>You can use the browser\u2019s accessibility functions (e.g. text size, zoom, no page style) to determine whether or not the site responds as expected to those functions.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Keyboard Testing","description":"<p>Try to use your website with the keyboard (hide your mouse) to see how accessible is the site. You can also use a\u00a0<a title=\"screen reader simulation by webaim site\" href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/simulations\/screenreader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screen reader simulation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"shortcuts for screen reader by webiam site\" href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/simulations\/shortcuts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screen readers shortcuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Webpage Accessibility Checkers","description":"<p>These are single-page evaluation tools that will give you warnings and errors for accessibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\">WebAIM WAVE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/achecker.ca\/checker\/index.php\">AChecker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powermapper.com\/products\/sortsite\/tests.htm\">SortSite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deque.com\/deque-fireeyes\">FireEyes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"title":"API Viewers","description":"<p>Test and evaluate Internet applications such as Flash, AJAX, JavaScript (Windows platform).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms696079%28v=vs.85%29.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft\u00ae Inspect Objects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipse.org\/actf\/downloads\/tools\/aDesigner\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aDesigner desktop accessibility tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"title":"Add-ons and Toolbars","description":"<p>You can extend the capability of the browsers to help you easily find accessibility issues.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jimthatcher.com\/favelets\/\">Jim Thatcher\u2019s Favelets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/1843\">Firebug add-on for Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paciellogroup.com\/node\/18?q=node\/22\">Web Accessibility Toolbar 2011 (WAT) plug-in for IE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/60\">Web Developer Extension for Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/toolbar\">WAVE toolbar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/9108\">Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar add-on for Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Test ARIA and Focus with Bookmarklets \" href=\"http:\/\/yaccessibilityblog.com\/library\/test-aria-focus-bookmarklets.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yahoo&#8217;s ARIA and Focus with Bookmarklets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yaccessibilityblog.com\/library\/find-empty-links-and-buttons.html\">Empty Link and Button Bookmarklet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"title":"Color Analyzers","description":"<p>Contrast and color can be issues for accessibility. Use these tools to easily analyze the colors of a website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paciellogroup.com\/node\/18?q=node\/20\">Colour Contrast Analyser 2.2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/juicystudio.com\/services\/luminositycontrastratio.php\">Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vischeck.com\/downloads\/\">Vischeck Colorblindness Simulator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/contrastrebellion.com\/\">Contrast Rebellion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"title":"Assistive Technology","description":"<p>These are some tools that people with disabilities use to access the Web.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sublist\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomscientific.com\/downloads\/jaws\/jaws-downloads.asp\">JAWS for Windows Screen Reader desktop software<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvda-project.org\/\">NVDA free open source screen reader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwmicro.com\/\">WindowEyes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomscientific.com\/downloads\/magic\/MAGic-downloads.asp\">MAGic Screen Magnification with Speech desktop software<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aisquared.com\/zoomtext\/more\/zoomtext_magnifier\">ZoomText Magnifier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuance.com\/for-business\/by-product\/dragon\/dragon-for-the-pc\/dragon-professional\/index.htm\">Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"title":"Reporting Tools","description":"<p>Users can submit this form to review pages for accessibility and send the information to authors to correct the accessibility problems in webpages.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/irt.austincc.edu\/accessibility\/Web%20Accessibility%20Report%20Tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3C Web Accesibility Report Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"}],"background":"No Background","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","size":["Wide"],"id":""}],"hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":17193,"id":17193,"title":"ACCPurpleStars","filename":"ACCPurpleStars.jpeg","filesize":783526,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/accessibility\/accessibility-resources\/accpurplestars\/","alt":"ACC logo on HLC campus","author":"6","description":"","caption":"","name":"accpurplestars","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":17132,"date":"2021-05-24 22:10:23","modified":"2021-09-02 17:27:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2000,"height":1333,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","large-width":1024,"large-height":682,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":2000,"2048x2048-height":1333,"x_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/ACCPurpleStars.jpeg?fit=1242%2C828&ssl=1","x_large-width":1242,"x_large-height":828}},"image_description":"","readability":["true"]}],"sidebar_left":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/accessibility\/ada-compliance\/\">ADA Compliance &amp; 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