Accessibility Tools

A-Prompt is a free, downloadable accessibility checker for your web site.  This tool is a joint project of the University of Toronto and the University of Wisconsin.

Bobby WorldWide is a project originated by the Center for Applied Special Technology (now operated by Watchfire) to promote the building of web sites that are accessible by people with disabilities.

Hermish is another tool to check Web pages for accessibility, as well as browser compatibility and other characteristics.  Useful links, too.

Tidy HTML is a very useful tool for correcting faulty HTML code.  If you're frustrated because you can't find the error in your code, this utility may be able to fix it for you.

Visicheck is a resource designed to show you how your site appears to someone who is color-blind, and how to correct any problems.  (Since I am color-blind, I can appreciate this!)

Web Accessibility Toolbar is an incredibly handy addition to Internet Explorer for the awards webmaster.  Besides helping you check your own site for accessibility, it can help you evaluate sites which apply for your award.  And it's free!  (From the National Information and Library Service in Australia)

XStandard is a WYSIWYG web page editor which generates clean XHTML code and uses CSS for formatting, separating formatting from content.  The Lite version is free.

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