Cada día se abren nuevas posibilidades técnicas del os interfaces mentales, lo que sólo se veía como una lejana posibilidad, más propia de un film de ciencia ficción se esta desarrollando cada vez más, en este fragmento de un documental emitido por el canal historia podemos ver algunas de sus posibilidades de cara a utilizar el ordenador mediante impulsos cerebrales.
Después de leer el libro de Johnny Long “Google Hacking” (obra que recomiendo) una de esas cosas que asustan es que combinando cosas en google se pueden encontrar otras… una buena muestra de ello es el comando
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Una verdadera joya para buscar cosas que no se deberían de ver bajo ningún concepto… esperemos encontrar una solución a esto… y por cierto esto no lo pongo para que hagas un mal uso del mismo, todo lo contrario es para evitar males mayores. Por ello cuidado como lo empleas.
El web consortium W3 tiene un espacio específico dedicado a la Accesibilidad en donde uno puede obtener un listado completo (aparte de otras muchas cosas más) de herramientas muy útiles a la hora de desarrollar páginas con contenidos accesibles, siempre es bueno acudir a ese espacio de cara a saber las últimas novedades, por si no quieres acudir al mismo me tome la libertad de incorporar aquí el listado completo que en próximos días valoraré con más profundidad algunas de mis preferidas de cara a analizar y desarrollar páginas accesibles.
, 24 August 2006 Description: Acc - an Accessibility Evaluator is a developing Firefox Extension, which is capable of evaluating and reporting some accessibility criteria. Acc - an Accessibility Evaluator can spot some basic explicit HTML-coding flaws like other tools, but it includes features like: Visual layout extraction implementation; Basic scalability test; Deeply nested layout tables test; Skip to Main Content link check; Navigation consistency check compared to previous page; and Scripted page evaluation. Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Browser: Mozilla/Firefox Reports: HTML License: Free Software
AccessKeys.org, 10 August 2006 Description: AccessColor is a free online tool which analyses the internal and external CSS of a web page to test the colour contrast and colour brightness between the text and background colours. It uses the algorithm recommended by the W3C at http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML
etre, 1 August 2005 Description: Etre’s Accessibility Check evaluates your page against subset of the WAI guidelines. These guidelines form the basis of most global legislation relating to accessibility. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML
Description: A tool that helps in the choice of a color pair (text/background) to use in a web page. It simulates three kinds of colour blindness and it shows the result of w3c algorithms, that compute contrast and difference of brightness, applied to the chosen colours. The accessibility color wheel shows if the color pair is “good” from an accessibility point of wiew. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Step-by-step evaluations Online service: Online checker License: Open Source
Binary Blue, 24 June 2003 Description: The Accessibility Wizard is a tool for web developers and project teams. It breaks down the WAI Checkpoints into individual tasks for each job role in a development team. Every member of a development team is directed to implement the WAI Checkpoints at a specified conformance level (A,AA or AAA). This is a sure way of meeting accessibility conformance. A web client that supports the Flash 6 (or higher) plugin is the minimum requirement to use the wizard. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Step-by-step evaluations Runtime: Flash License: Free Software
WebThing Ltd Description: Analyses HTML and XHTML pages. Reports deprecated and invalid markup, and violations of accessibility guidelines. Supports a choice of detailed report formats for developers (including full cross-referencing of warnings to the markup and to the guidelines tested), and executive summary reports for management/QA. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker, Server installation Operating system: Windows, Linux Reports: HTML, XML, EARL API interface: C / C++ / C# License: Trial or Demo, Commercial
HiSoftware, 1 January 2005 Description: AccMonitor by HiSoftware is designed for Web site Accessibility Management. AccMonitor Server provides an enterprise test management system that enables validation of content for compliance with standards-based and organizational policies. AccMonitor provides a comprehensive interface for testing content against standards for quality, search and accessibility. It monitors the accessibility status of an entire Web site or a subdirectory of the site around the clock for WCAG priorities 1 to 3 as well as section 508 requirements. You can send email alerts to any number of recipients, or get results provided as EARL. AccMonitor can test Web Sites around the clock and report Accessibility issues based on development, content management requirements and scheduling. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF, SVG Online service: Server installation Operating system: Windows Reports: HTML, XML, EARL, CSV License: Commercial, Enterprise
HiSoftware Description: AccRepair by HiSoftware provides for the verification and correction of Accessibility policy and standards required for Web sites. AccRepair supports the WCAG Guidelines at all three levels, as well as Section 508, and through the Usability Test Manager provides usability testing. AccRepair is designed to work as a standalone client or integrated with Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Office 2000 and XP. AccRepair includes a Repair Library Editor allowing for team services and automated repairs of common accessibility errors, and all the verification functions of AccVerify, as well as Hi-Caption and metadata management. A developer’s kit including API’s and sample source code is available to allow extension or integration with other products. AccRepair provides out-of-the-box testing and reporting for Accessibility, Privacy, Metadata and Usability standards. It also allows users to define and conduct custom tests. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF, SVG Operating system: Windows Authoring tool: FrontPage IDE: Visual Studio Runtime: .NET Reports: HTML, XML, EARL, CSV License: Commercial, Enterprise
HiSoftware Description: AccVerify implements programmatic verification and reports all errors/non-compliance with the standards, plus checklist for criteria that can’t be verified programmatically. Verifies the all else fails text version. Differentiates between 508 and WCAG. It allows for a variety of report formats, including EARL, and provides an API for developers to incorporate it in other projects. AccVerify can run as a standalone product for Microsoft Windows, or as an extension to Mercury TestDirector and Microsoft’s FrontPage, Office, and .NET server products. AccVerify provides ability to test transactional pages through script building technology. AccVerify provides out-of-the-box testing and reporting for Accessibility, Privacy, Metadata and Usability standards. It also allows users to define and conduct custom tests. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF, SVG Operating system: Windows Authoring tool: FrontPage, Flash MX IDE: Visual Studio Runtime: .NET Reports: HTML, XML, EARL, CSV License: Commercial, Enterprise
Adobe Description: Acrobat 7.0 Professional has a variety of accessibility checks for PDF accessibility: 1) the Acrobat “quick check” examines a PDF file for structure and tags to see if it has the information necessary to make it accessible as well as checking for inappropriate protection settings; 2) the Acrobat “full check” list errors and provides suggestions for how to fix them; 3) using the “read out loud” feature assists an assessment of access to all appropriate content and that the information is presented in an understandable order. Language: English Formats: PDF Operating system: Windows License: Commercial
IBM, 7 July 2004 Description: The aDesigner is a disability simulator that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. Web developers can use aDesigner to test the accessibility and usability of Web pages for low-vision and blind people. The tool looks at such elements as the degree of color contrast on the page, the ability of users to change the font size, the appropriateness of alternate text for images, and the availability of links in the page to promote navigability. The tool also checks the pages’ compliance with accessibility guidelines. Language: English, Japanese Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508, JIS Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows Reports: HTML, XML License: Trial or Demo, Commercial
Adobe Description: This conversion service will convert to Adobe PDF files that are in English and most West European languages to text or HTML. A URL for the PDF files needs to be provided. Alternatively, local PDF documents can be emailed to Adobe: to pdf2txt@adobe.com for coversion to plain text; to pdf2html@adobe.com for conversion to HTML. Language: English Repair options: PDF to HTML Online service: Hosted service License: Free Software
AnyBrowser.com Description: Tools relevant for accessibility include viewing in various screen sizes and viewing with images are replaced by ALT text. Also available are HTML validation, link checking, search engine tools, and other browser compatibility tests. Language: English Assistance: Page transformation Formats: HTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
UB Access, 30 March 2004 Description: The ART Guide - ART reviews sites for compliance with the international accessibility standards of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). ART also assesses sites against the accessibility requirements that the U.S. and other national governments demand for their Websites and for those of their vendors. Going beyond current technologies, ART also proposes clear and simple-to-implement solutions to possible violations of these standards. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
UB Access, 30 March 2004 Description: The ART Simulator - simulates a site in different ways to help developers gauge how easily the disabled can use the site. The simulator, the first tool of its type, serves two critical purposes: It enables site owners and developers to both experience first-hand the barriers to accessibility faced by the disabled and to better understand how to improve disabled users experience. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Page transformation Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
Watchfire, 14 March 2005 Description: Watchfire® Bobby™ 5.0 is a web accessibility desktop testing tool designed to help expose barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines, including Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Bobby spiders through a website and tests to see if it meets accessibility requirements, including readability by screen readers, the provision of text equivalents for all images, animated elements and audio and video displays. During a scan, Bobby checks HTML against select accessibility guidelines and then reports on the accessibility of each web page. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Formats: HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows License: Commercial
AWARE Description: Several filters to manipulate images and other file types to see how they may appear for other users. Language: English Formats: CSS Online service: Online checker
AWARE Center Description: This color laboratory allows you to select colors and see how they appear next to one another, and in various foreground/background combinations. It also allows you to see those colors as they might appear to color-blind users. Language: English Online service: Online checker
Fujitsu Limited, 18 February 2004 Description: ColorDoctor is a tool that checks accessibility from the aspect of color. It converts any image displayed on screens such as browsers or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into gray scale or colors that persons with certain color perception conditions can see. Language: English, Japanese Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Operating system: Windows License: Free Software
Colorfield Description: Colorfield Insight is a Photoshop plug-in that allows designers to predict image legibility for color deficient viewers by accurately simulating color blindness. Allows designers to model and predict image legibility for color deficient viewers. Language: English Operating system: MacOS Authoring tool: Photoshop License: Commercial
Fujitsu Limited, 8 December 2004 Description: ColorSelector is a program that provides a real-time evaluation of whether or not the colors of a website’s fonts and backgrounds are easily viewable by people with cataracts or color blindness. When a website or slides are created, ColorSelector determines whether the color combination of font and background is easily readable, while also displaying the most appropriate combination. In this manner, it assists in the creation of websites and slides with a high level of accessibility. Language: English, Japanese Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Operating system: Windows, MacOS License: Free Software
Q42, 11 March 2002 Description: Colour Blind Check is a little tool for people to test their webpages with. It re-colorizes any webpage you like into a palette that closely resembles the typical palette available to a person having a red/green color vision deficiency. (It approximates to Protanopia.) Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Page transformation Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
etre, 1 December 2005 Description: One in twenty people have some form of colour vision deficiency. Etre’s Colour Blindness Simulator allows you to upload an image to experience it as colour blind users may. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports
etre, 1 December 2005 Description: Etre’s Colour Check determines the colour difference and contrast between any two colours to maximumise readability. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports
Juicy Studio, 24 June 2003 Description: This colour contrast analyser is provided to allow you to check the contrast of two colours using the W3C’s colour contrast algorithm (http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast) by specifying the colours directly. It calculates the difference in colour and the difference in brightness of the foreground and background colours, and indicates if they meet the threshold requirements. Language: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Japanese, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
Vision Australia & WAT-C, 4 February 2005 Description: The Colour Contrast Analyser is a tool for checking foreground & background colour combinations to determine if they provide good colour visibility for conformance with Checkpoint 2.2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. It determines colour visibility based on algorithms suggested by the W3C - Two colors are considered to provide good colour visibility if the brightness difference and the colour difference between the two colors are greater than a set range. In addition to analyzing contrast for normal vision it also calculates results for three types of colour blindness (Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia). Language: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508, BITV Assistance: In-page feedback Operating system: Windows License: Free Software
Wat-C & Vision Australia, 12 April 2006 Description: It is primarily a tool for checking foreground & background colour combinations to determine if they provide good colour visibility. It also contains functionality to create simulations of certain visual conditions such as colour blindness. Determining “colour visibility” is based on two sets of algorithms: Luminosity Contrast Ratio and Colour Difference and Brightness Difference, suggested by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF, SVG Operating system: Windows License: Free Software
Juicy Studio, 12 February 2006 Description: The Colour Contrast Analyser Firefox extension lists colour combinations used in the document in a table that summarises the foreground colour, background colour, luminosity contrast ratio, and the colour difference and brightness difference used in the algorithm suggested in the 26th of April 2000 working draft for Accessibility Evaluation and Repair Tools (AERT). Each element is also listed with its parent elements, and class and id attribute values when specified to make it easier to locate the elements. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Browser: Mozilla/Firefox License: Free Software, Open Source
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Description: The CLF Self-Assessment Guide has been developed by the Treasury Board Secretariat for departments and agencies to determine the compliance level of their Internet Web sites with the Common Look and Feel Standards. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Formats: HTML, XHTML
NetCentric Technologies Inc. Description: NetCentric Technologies’ CommonLook family of software products is designed to greatly simplify the process of verifying the compliance of websites and PDF documents with accessibility and a wide variety of other standards (including Section 508, Common Look and Feel and W3C standards). ‘Out of the box’ and without customization they provide an immediate solution. Language: English, French Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF Operating system: Windows License: Commercial
Q42, 20 August 2004 Description: The Q42 contrast checker tool enables you to compare the contrast in a web page. This is done by comparing the text color with its background for each element with contents. The contrast is determined by comparing the brightness of the foreground and background color, and the absolute color difference. Note that this is only a tool for improving accessibility, not a strict guideline. If you’re not sure about the results, you should consult other methods. There are two ways to integrate the contrast checker in to your browser - as a bookmarklet (also known as a favelet) to your browser, or on the context menu (this will provide you with tight browser integration, even enabling you to run the contrast checker in frames). Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Browser: Internet Explorer License: Free Software
JuicyStudio, 1 June 2004 Description: This service has been provided to allow you to check the validity of your CSS against the W3C’s validation service, along with a colour contrast test, and a test to ensure that relevant sizes are specified in relative units of measurement. Language: English, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML License: Free Software
Deque Inc., 27 January 2005 Description: Deque Ramp Ascend is a Web accessibility evaluation and repair tool. It checks for compliance against W3C-WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 standards. It combines robust algorithms with user input during evaluation. Evaluation can be configured to suit individual accessibility policies / practices. Guided / automated remediation covers all violations including n-dimensional tables, forms, skip navigation, missing alt tags and SMIL captioning. Reports are several and include listings of individual violations as well as summaries across checkpoints / Section 508 rules. Ramp is accessible with JAWS For Windows and has plug-ins for FrontPage, Dreamweaver and HomeSite. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Repair options: Code modification, Captioning Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris Authoring tool: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, HomeSite Reports: HTML, XML License: Commercial, Enterprise
Deque Inc., 27 January 2005 Description: Deque Ramp Grade is a Web accessibility evaluation tool. It checks for compliance against W3C-WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 standards. It combines robust algorithms with user input during evaluation. Evaluation can be configured to suit individual accessibility policies / practices. Reports are several and include listings of individual violations as well as summaries across checkpoints / Section 508 rules. Ramp Grade is accessible with JAWS For Windows and has plug-ins for FrontPage, Dreamweaver and HomeSite. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris Authoring tool: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, HomeSite Reports: HTML, XML License: Commercial, Enterprise
Deque Inc., 27 January 2005 Description: Deque Ramp Personal Edition (PE) offers a Low cost way to learn about accessibility and test web pages for W3C WAI WCAG and Section 508 compliance one Web page at a time. This accessible tool has the same algorithms for evaluation as Ramp Ascend. Evaluation can be configured to suit individual accessibility policies / practices. Reports are several. It has plug-ins for FrontPage, Dreamweaver and HomeSite. Ramp Personal Edition is available for educational institutions, not for profit organizations and registered students of Web accessibility courses at no cost under Deque’s One Accessible World Program. (Registration is required). Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris Authoring tool: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, HomeSite Reports: HTML, XML License: Free Software, Commercial
Deque Inc., 3 June 2005 Description: Repurposes PDF documents into well-structured HTML and XML. Transforms embedded images into appropriate format, e.g., EPS, TIF, PSD or JPEG, GIF and PNG. Supports tagged and untagged PDFs. Output can be made accessible with Ramp Ascend. Language: English Guidelines: Section 508 Assistance: Page transformation Repair options: PDF to HTML Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux Reports: HTML, XML License: Commercial
Deque Inc., 11 October 2005 Description: A cross-platform, Java 2 Enterprise Edition driven collaborative solution provides fully automated accessibility evaluation and repair management for any organization. The Web based user interface is intuitive to use. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Repair options: Code modification, Captioning Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF Online service: Server installation Operating system: Windows, Linux, Solaris Authoring tool: Dreamweaver Runtime: Java Reports: HTML, XML License: Commercial, Enterprise
Imagiware, Inc. Description: Doctor HTML is a Web page analysis tool which retrieves an HTML page and reports on any problems that it finds. The primary focus of this tool is to provide a clear, easy-to-use report of information that is relevant for improving your Web page. Language: English Formats: CSS, HTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML
Stichting Bartimeus Accessibility (with Vision Australia), 6 June 2005 Description: The drempelvrij.nl toolbar is a free and very useful tool which can be used to check the accessibility of a website. The toolbar can be used in combination with a step-by-step online guide and a checklist to check each of the 16 guidelines of the Quality Mark drempelvrij.nl. Language: Dutch Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker Browser: Internet Explorer Reports: HTML License: Free Software
Laboratory of HCI for Special Needs - UPV/EHU, 9 February 2006 Description: EvalAccess 2.0 is an on-line web accessibility evaluation tool which has been developed using Web Service technology. Due to its architecture it can be easily integrated into other applications such as authoring tools. This tool provides different methods for evaluating web accessibility: evaluation of a single web page, evaluation of a web site and evaluation of HTML mark-up. It returns a complete report of errors as a result of the evaluation. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups Formats: HTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML, XML License: Free Software
EveryEye Ltd Description: EveryEye is a software tool for accessible design. If you are an interactive, software, or media content designer or publisher you can use EveryEye to see your designs the way older and colour-blind people see them. You can quickly see the difficulties they will experience and make sure you get them right for an extra 28% of the population. Language: English Assistance: Page transformation Operating system: Windows License: Commercial
Peter Krantz, 6 June 2005 Description: This Mozilla Firefox extension creates a textual representation of a web page similar to how the page would be read by a modern screen reader. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, Page transformation Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Browser: Mozilla/Firefox Reports: HTML License: Open Source
Renzo Giust - Crosscode, 15 June 2005 Description: The Flicker Test checks images in a web page for flickering, rate of flickering and colour contrast. This particularly affects people with Photosensitive Epilepsy. A URI can be entered in an input field and a report is generated with detailed reports on each image. Language: English, Italian, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508, JIS, Stanca Act, BITV Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML License: Free Software
cactusflower.org, 22 April 2006 Description: Calculates Foreground and Background color contrast and difference per W3C algorithms. This is a web-based, platform independant tool. It requires that Javascript is enabled in your browser. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML License: Free Software
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 25 November 2005 Description: The Functional Accessibilit Evaluator analyzes web resources for markup that is consistent with the use of DRES/CITES HTML best practices for development of functionally accessible web resources and resources that support interoperability. The HTML best practices are not a new standard, but rather a statement of techniques for implementation of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and United States Federal Government Section 508 standards that not only improve accessibility for people with disabilities, but also the interoperability of web resources for everyone so all people benefit by having more options to access and use web resources. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris, BSD Unix Reports: HTML, XML License: Free Software, Open Source
Fundación Sidar, 1 January 2005 Description: A web-based system that performs some automated WCAG 1.0 testing, then guides a user through tests which need to be done or confirmed manually. Hera is multilingual (you can change on the fly), and a translation interface is available to easily add new languages.Hera development is ongoing, and is mostly in spanish. The system is written in PHP and is available for adaptation under the GPL open-source license. Language: Danish, English, French, Galician, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback, Page transformation Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML, PDF Online service: Online checker Browser: Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera Reports: HTML, EARL License: Free Software, Open Source
HiSoftware, 20 December 2005 Description: From HiSoftware. Hi-Caption Studio 8 provides users with the ability to create, test and mange captioning for their Windows Media, RealOne Player, and QuickTime productions. It also integrates the ability to test, remediate and caption Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 (now part of Adobe), presentations directly within the Flash authoring tool. Also available in Spanish (Castellano) Language: English, Spanish Repair options: Captioning Formats: Multimedia Integration Language" class="linkthumb">SMIL Operating system: Windows Authoring tool: Flash MX Reports: HTML, XML License: Commercial
HiSoftware, 1 June 2005 Description: The portal based testing service, powered by AccMonitor Compliance Server, allows customers to get an immediate and ongoing “status” of their Web page content quality and accessibility status. It provides “out-of-the-box” testing and reporting for Accessibility, Alternative Text Quality, Privacy and Search Engine Optimization Standards. Users simply enter a URL and press a button to receive their browser based test result. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: HTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML License: Free Software, Commercial
HiSoftwareR, 14 March 2003 Description: The HiSoftware Cynthia Says Web portal is a web content accessibility validation solution, it is designed to identify errors in your content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines. Unlike HiSoftware’s Desktop Software, AccVerify, this online test only validates one page at a time. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML License: Free Software
Marc Gueury, 1 January 2006 Description: HTML Validator is a Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing. The details of the errors are seen when looking the HTML source of the page. The extension is based on Tidy. Language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations Automatic checking: Single pages Repair options: Code modification Formats: HTML, XHTML Browser: Mozilla/Firefox License: Free Software, Open Source
Wrong HTML, 1 February 2004 Description: This tool is Windows shell extension for HTML Documents. After it is installed, a page’s html file can be up-loaded to some validators from the right-click menu. Language: Japanese Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Operating system: Windows License: Free Software
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 1 January 2005 Description: The Illinois Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft® Office provides a simple way to create highly accessible and standards compliant web versions of Microsoft Office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) that are more accessible and usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. The HTML generated by the Wizard supports everyone from legacy browsers and slow Internet connections to the needs of blind users with screen readers. The Wizard does this through the support of W3C XHTML, CSS, & Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the US federal government’s Section 508 accessibility requirements. Language: English Repair options: Word to HTML, Excel to HTML, Powerpoint to HTML Operating system: Windows License: Trial or Demo, Commercial
Juicy Studio, 14 July 2003 Description: This service examines all images found on a web page to check for any accessibility issues. The width, height, alt, and longdesc attributes are examined for appropriate values. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports Formats: HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
SSB & BART Group, 30 September 2002 Description: InFocusT Enterprise is an automated web accessibility manager for administrators and compliance managers. Its simple but powerful web client delivers detailed reports for scheduled or on-demand tests. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Server installation Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris Reports: HTML API interface: SQL License: Commercial, Enterprise
UsableNet, 8 December 2005 Description: LIFT Machine is a server-based application that automatically scans internal and external websites for over 140 quality, accessibility, and usability issues. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups, Restricted pages Formats: HTML Online service: Server installation Operating system:Linux, Solaris Reports: HTML License: Commercial, Enterprise
UsableNet, 8 December 2005 Description: Creates a text equivalent of an HTML page. Language: English Assistance: Page transformation Formats: HTML, XHTML Operating system: MacOS, Linux, Solaris, BSD Unix License: Commercial
Juicy Studio, 13 November 2005 Description: The Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser (Beta) enables allow foreground and background colour combinations to be tested against the suggested luminosity contrast ratio algorithm (http://juicystudio.com/article/luminositycontrastratioalgorithm.php) being considered by the W3C for WCAG 2.0. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
Infoaxia, 25 August 2004 Description: Lynx Simulator is an online free transformation tool which allows users to simulate a web page and see how it would look when rendering by a text browser Lynx. In terms of accessibility, you can use this simulator for checking accessibility aspects such as alternative text and reading order. You’ll be able to find some critical issues without screen readers. Language: Japanese Assistance: Page transformation Formats: HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
DJ Delorie, 26 December 1999 Description: Simulates how a page will look in the Lynx text browser. Links on the page can be activated. If you follow links in the resulting page, they will also be filtered through Lynx viewer. It also handles frames the way Lynx does. However, doesn’t not give menu of the ALT text or URL’s of AREA elemnts like lynx does. Perl Source is posted at the site. Can only be used on a site that the user has file upload access to. Language: English, French Assistance: Page transformation Online service: Online checker License: Free Software, Open Source
Yellowpipe Internet Services Description: The Lynx Viewer allows webmasters to see what their pages will look like when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser. It is also presumably, how search engines see your site. In addition to that, it can help determine if web pages are accessible to the vision impaired. No restrictions of use Language: English Online service: Online checker
CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, 13 March 2003 Description: MAGpie is a free JAVA-based application for creating captions and audio descriptions for QuickTime, Real and Windows Media content. MAGpie is available for use on both the Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Language: English Repair options: Captioning Operating system: Windows, MacOS Runtime: Java License: Free Software
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 25 November 2005 Description: The Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension adds features to Mozilla or Firefox to make it easier for people with disabilities to view and navigate web content based on the structural markup used to create the web page. The Mozilla/Firefox accessibility extension can be used directly by everyone to navigate the structure of a HTML web resource. It can be used by authors to check their structural markup to make sure it matches the actual content structure of the resource. Language: English, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: In-page feedback, Page transformation Formats: HTML, XHTML Browser: Mozilla/Firefox License: Free Software, Open Source
Keynote NetMechanic Description: Using Keynote NetMechanic services you can improve the functional integrity of your Web site and optimize your site to be reached by more potential customers. Language: English Assistance: Page transformation Formats: HTML Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML
NIST, 1 February 2003 Description: Uability and accessibility testing tools for websites: Web Static Analyzer Tool (WebSAT) - checks HTML against typical usability guidelines. Web Category Analysis Tool (WebCAT) - helps a usability engineer with web category analysis/card sort, Web Variable Instrumenter Program (WebVIP) instruments a website to log of user interaction, Framework for Logging Usability Data (FLUD) - a file format and parser for representation of user interaction logs, FLUDViz - produces a 2D visualization of a single user session, VisVIP - produces a 3D visualization of user navigation paths, TreeDec - adds navigation aids to website pages. Note: WebMetrics project is no longer actively supported. Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: HTML Operating system: Windows, Linux Browser: Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox License: Open Source
Urbilog/France-Telecom, 1 October 2002 Description: Ocawa runs accessibility tests based on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines using a built-in expert system. The Ocawa website offers free single or multiple page site audits with output reports indicating all inaccessible aspects of a page via precise highlighting of the page source. For large clients and intranet facilities, an Ocawa Server can be installed for unlimited testing. Shortly, a new version of Ocawa (V2.5) will display the French ADAE rules or the WAI rules more explicitly in the reports. Ocawa was developped by Urbilog and France Telecom R & D. Language: English, French Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages, Page groups Formats: HTML Online service: Online checker, Hosted service, Server installation Reports: HTML License: Trial or Demo, Commercial
Microsoft, 1 January 2000 Description: The Office HTML Filter is a tool you can use to remove Office-specific markup tags embedded in Office 2000 documents saved as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Once you have completed editing an HTML document in Word 2000 or Excel 2000, you can use the Office HTML Filter to remove the Office-specific markup tags from the final copy of the HTML document. Features of V2.0 include: control over which types of markup tags are removed; export a cascading style sheet file based on a Word 2000 document; copy any fragment of a Word document as HTML. Language: English Repair options: Word to HTML License: Free Software
WebThing Ltd Description: Formal validation of HTML and XML, based on an Apache module (available under the GPL). Choice of report formats including cross-referencing errors to the code. Backend parsers supported are OpenSP (SGML/HTML, the same as the W3C validator) and Xerces (offering full XML support). Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages, Restricted pages Formats: HTML, XHTML, Multimedia Integration Language" class="linkthumb">SMIL, SVG Online service: Online checker, Server installation Reports: HTML, XML, EARL License: Free Software, Open Source
Trace R & D Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 13 April 2006 Description: Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT) is a free, downloadable tool, available from the Trace Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that allows web content to be tested for compliance with these guidelines. The tool creates a recording of a computer monitor as you use it. With this screen capture as input, PEAT conducts luminance flash and red flash evaluations to determine risk of seizure-provoking content. The analysis uses algorithms developed specifically for web and computer applications by the Trace Center, Dr. Graham Harding, and Cambridge Research Systems working together, and is based on Dr. Harding’s extensive research on photosensitive seizure disorders. Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports Automatic checking: Single pages Operating system: Windows License: Free Software
Peter Krantz, 9 September 2005 Description: A simple tool where you can calculate a readability index score for a text of your choice. The calculator uses the following formulas: English: Flesch-Kincaid reading ease and grade level; Spanish: Fernandez Huerta; French: Kandel & Moles; Swedish, Danish: LIX. Language: Danish, Dutch, English, French, Spanish Guidelines: WCAG 1.0, Section 508 Assistance: Generating Reports, Step-by-step evaluations, In-page feedback Automatic checking: Single pages Formats: CSS, HTML, XHTML Online service: Online checker Operating system: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris, BSD Unix Reports: HTML License: Free Software
Juicy Studio, 20 January 2003 Description: The Readability Test uses the Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid reading level algorithms to help you determine how readable your content is. Reading level algorithms only provide a rough guide, as they tend to reward short sentences made up of short words. However, they can give a useful indication as to whether you’ve pitched your content at the right level for your intended audience. Language: English Guidelines: WCAG 1.0 Assistance: Generating Reports, In-page feedback Formats: XHTML Online service: Online checker License: Free Software
Clear Language and Design (CLAD) Description: The tool helps to to find out if a draft manuscript is at the right Grade Reading Level for the intended audience, by asking a series of questions. It is based on the Simple Measure Of Gobbledegook (SMOG) readability formula. Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML
Linda Wasmer Andrews Description: The Reading Level Calculator is a web tool based on the SMOG readability formula. This form relies on client-side scripting to calculate the reading level. Language: English Assistance: Generating Reports Online service: Online checker Reports: HTML
