InfoGuides: Don't Reinvent the Wheel: ADA Compliance

Website Accessibility Tools

WAVE: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
A web accessibility evaluation tool developed and provided at no cost by WebAIM to aid in the web accessibility evaluation process.
Siteimprove Accessibility Checker
A Chrome extension to check websites for WCAG 2.0 AA compliance.
FAE: Functional Accessibility Evaluator
A tool that evaluates a website or a single web page based on the WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements.
tota11y
An accessibility visualization toolkit from Khan Academy.
Accessibility Evaluation Toolbar
Support web developers in testing web resources for accessibility features.
Web Developer Extension
For Firefox or Chrome
Accessibility Valet
Check a document for WCAG 2.0 AA compliance by URL.
AChecker
This tool checks single HTML pages for conformance with accessibility standards to ensure the content can be accessed by everyone.
Cynthia Says
Allows users to test individual pages on their website and provides feedback in a reporting format that is clear and easy to understand.
Accessibility Resource Links
A huge listing of websites dealing with accessibility issues.
Color Contrast Checker
WebAIM tool to ensure your contrast is WCAG 2.0 AA compliant.
NC LIVE Accessibility Site
VPATs and other accessibility documents compiled by NC LIVE staff.
NCCCS Accessibility
Information from the the NCCC System Office's Virtual Learning Community.

Captioning Guidelines
Provides the basics of captioning and elements of quality captioning.
3PlayMedia
Captioning company that works in higher education.
Camtasia Tutorials
Covers the essentials in their Camtasia Getting Started Series. Learn the basics in about 30 minutes.

VPATs (Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates) are a necessary document to begin assessing the WCAG 2.0 AA compliance of a product or vendor.

Visit the library product VPAT Repository from Surry Community College to download VPATs from many library vendors.