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Accessibility Resources

• Government
• World Wide Web Consortium
• Organizations
• News Publications
• Software Support
• Other Sites
• Discussion Lists
• Books

Government

Section508.gov. The Federal Government's Web site on Section 508.

The Access Board, a U.S. Federal Government agency "devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities".

Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC), a federal advisory committee providing recommendations for updates of accessibility standards issued under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and guidelines under section 255 of the Telecommunications Act.

World Wide Web Consortium

The W3 Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The source for all things accessible.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The World Wide Web Consortium released a new working draft of the guidelines in June, 2003.

Techniques for Accessibility Evaluation and Repair Tools

Evaluation and Repair Tools Techniques Issues List

Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility, from the W3. A list of accessibility tools.

Excerpts from the NBA Tape Recording Manual, Third Edition. Guidelines on how to record descriptions of images, charts, graphs, etc.

XML Accessibility

Organizations

Assistive Technology Industry Association

News Publications

Government Computer News, Section 508 articles section.

Federal Computer Week, accessibility articles section.

Software Support

Adobe & Macromedia Accessibility

• Adobe Acrobat Accessibility
• Adobe Acrobat Download Page

Microsoft Accessibility

• Search Results from Microsoft on Accessibility

Google Accessibility

Google Accessible Search, an alternative to the regular Google, that makes it easier for blind searchers to find content.

Accessible FormNet Software

Accessible FormNet Software. GSA's forms server uses Accessible FormNet. GSA's forms server's URL is: http://www.gsa.gov/forms.

Un-zip Utilities

Un-zip utilities from download.com. Check out the list of options here for downloading an un-zip utility. These are needed to uncompress compressed files that were compressed by a zip utility.

Apple Accessibility

UsableNet

• UsableNet's Free Accessibility Suites

iCITA

• Illinois Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
• Functional Accessibility Evaluator

Other Sites

Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible, from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM).

JimThatcher.com. Section 508 tutorials, created by Jim Thatcher.

Web Accessibility in Mind (WAIM). Dedicated to making on-line educational opportunities accessible. Has tutorials for using different software tools to make their output accessible.

Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center (AWARE)

Dive into Accessibility: 30 days to a more accessible web site, by Mark Pilgrim. Tutorials on making your site accessible, plus discussions of how different users have accessibility issues.

Building Accessible Websites, an on-line version of Joe Clark's book.

ScreenreaderVisibility, from Wiki.

STEP508, developed by GSA, prioritizes repair of accessibility errors on agency Web sites.

Freedom Scientific, vendor of JAWS

Discussion Lists

HTML Writers' Guild Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education (AWARE) list

Web Accessibility In Mind, discussion list for accessibility-related questions.

Accessibility Forum, partly funded by GSA, brings together stakeholders, from vendors to users.

Books

Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone. John M. Slatin, Ph.D. and Sharron Rush. © 2003, Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 0-201-77422-4. Section 2 of the book discusses implementation from a usability standpoint, with a fair amount of depth.