Accessibility Tools

Below are some useful tools that will help you keep your website accessible.

WAVE - web accessibility evaluation tool - This free tool allows you to enter in the URL of your webpage and it will scan it and show you whether there are any accessibility issues.

Colour Contrast analyser - This free tool works in conjunction with the WCAG2 guidelines in colour contrast which the WC3 now recommend and we also strongly endorse and follow. It allows you to compare the foreground and the background of say a button with text, to check if there is enough contrast between the two colours so that the text is visible to all users. Download the  PC version  | Mac version

Web Accessibility Toolbars for your browser

There are various toolbars available and it depends on what browser you are using as to which one you use.

Firefox: N-Abled Web Accessibility Toolbar - General text zoom and colour checker.
Web Developer Toolbar - This is the most recommended toolbar as you can turn off CSS to ensure that page content displays as it should and is read as it should by a screen reader.

Note: Text zoom can be tested by using ctrl and the '+' on your keyboard to zoom in. Likewise ctrl and '-' will zoom out, and ctrl and '0' will reset to original size.

Internet Explorer: Vision Australia's Web Accessibility Toolbar - Similar to the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox.

Opera: Vision Australia's Web Accessibility Toolbar.

Google Chrome: Web Developer Toolbar - Similar to the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox.

Safari: Safari Developer tools - not completely designed for accessibility, however some features could be used to test accessibility.