Accessibility

• AWARE Center
• Web Accessibility Initiative
  WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
• Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Section 508 Checklist
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

• Alternative Web Browsing
• A-Prompt Project has been developed to assist Web authors in improving the accessibility and usability of HTML documents.
• AccRepair from HiSoftware
• Eye disease simulations
• Hearing impaiment simulation
• IBM Home Page Reader 3.0
• InFocus from SSB Technologies
• LIFT Online from UsableNet
• Opera is one of the fastest browsers available. Images are easily toggled on and off to check for alt attributes.

• Example code for Form Labels
  Form element labels aid usability by allowing users to click label text to select radio and checkbox elements. They are implemented using the <label for="elementID"> tag, in conjuction with the ID attribute of the <input> tag. Adding a style selector for labels lets you change the cursor (and other style accessible presentation characteristics) to indicate the clickable labels. This works in IE5+, and Moz0.9+. Older, non-compliant browsers will simply ignore the tag, making it fully backwards compatible.
• WebAim form pages
  Coded examples and information about the various form tags, how they work, and includes access to how each of the forms sound when a reader is being used. Transcripts are also offered
• Forms Accessibility
  Guiding users using tabindex, fieldset, legend, accesskey and label
• HTML specification/browser support page
  HTML support history... attributes, use, comaptibility. Tags and HTML items arranged alphabetically.
  The web site also has a section -
  Common Tag Attributes: Accessibility Attributes
  (Accesskey, Disabled, Tabindex, Title, and Browser peculiarities are covered in this section)

"Any user, anywhere, at any type of terminal, should be able to access information. By creating Web sites according to today's accessibility guidelines, authors continue to fulfill that ideal."