Web Accessibility

Resources

These websites are presented only as helpful resources and may not be fully representative of Purdue's Web Accessibility Policy. If you use a checklist below, please refer to the Policy to ensure that your site meets the necessary requirements.

Policy and Related Information

• Web Accessibility Policy (Issued March 15, 2010)
  • Web Accessibility Policy - Appendix A (standards and examples)
  • Status Report Form (submit yearly by April 1)
• Section 508 Standards
• Purdue University Equal Opportunity Policies
• U.S. Access Board's Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards

Have Questions or Need Help?

Policy Questions

• Contact the Office of Institutional Equity
  • Email: equity@purdue.edu
  • Phone: (765) 494-7253
  • TTY: (765) 496-1343

Technical Questions

• Submit questions to the committee on the Contacts page
• Join the "Web Accessibility" group on Mixable and ask fellow developers questions or share resources
• Web Accessibility Mailing List

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Accessibility Evaluation Tools

If you are going to be checking multiple web pages, a toolbar plugin should be used instead of the online application. Unlike the online application, the toolbar plugin will allow you to check password-protected pages and pages with dynamically generated content.

• WebAIM Section 508 Checklist
• Section 508 Manual Evaluation Reference
• WCAG 2.0 guidelines
• Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM)
  • WAVE — Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
  • WAVE Firefox Toolbar plugin
• Web Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer
• Functional Accessibility Evaluator
  • Functional Accessibility Evaluator Toolbar for Firefox
    • Download instructions are underthe heading "Install Accessibility Extension from Firefox Add-ons Site."
• W3C List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
• Fangs Screen Reader Emulator for Firefox

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Color Checkers

• Color Contrast
  • WebAIM Color Contrast Checker
  • Check My Colours — Color Contrast
  • Contrast Analyzer, Version 2.2
• Color Blindness
  • Color Blind Web Page Filter
  • Vischeck Color Blindness Simulator

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Document and Video Accessibility

PDFs and Adobe Documents

• Adobe Accessibility Resources
• Adobe Acrobat accessibility training resources
• PDF Accessibility Instructions from WebAIM
• Accessibility Checker for PDF Forms
• What are "PDF tags" and why should I care?
• Resources from the October 2011 PDF document training sessions by Terrill Thompson
  • PDF Accessibility Key Points, Tips, & Resources
  • Making PDFs Accessible powerpoint slides

Microsoft Office Documents

• Creating Accessible Microsoft Office Documents
• Preparing Microsoft Word documents to create accessible PDF files
• How to Create Accessible Microsoft Office Files
• PowerPoint: Are your presentations accessible?
• Accessibility: Create for all audiences

Video Accessibility

• Automatic Sync Technologies provides captioning and transcription services.

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HTML5 Accessibility

This site is a resource to provide information about which HTML5 user interface features are accessibility supported in browsers, making them usable by people who rely upon assistive technology (AT) to use the web.

Microsoft Accessibility

The Microsoft Accessibility page offers accessibility guidance and information in relation to their products. To view a specific page, click on a topic below.

Accessibility features built into Microsoft products

(i.e., Windows, Internet Explorer and MSN, Office, Hardware, Web Publishing, etc.)

• Windows 7
• Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 9
• Office 2010
• Office 2007

Documentation in accessible formats for Microsoft products

(i.e., Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Media technologies, Internet Explorer, Office 2010, Office 2007, Office 2003, Office XP, FrontPage, PhotoDraw 2000, Publisher, and Developer Tools & Servers)

Accessibility tutorials for Microsoft products: Windows, Office, and Internet

• Windows 7
• Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 9
• Office 2010
• Office 2007

Guides by impairment: vision, dexterity and mobility, hearing, learning, language and communication

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Educational Opportunities

For those interested in participating in the Accessible Technology Webinar Series from their computer, the Great Lakes ADA Center is offering the series free of charge to those who register. To obtain more information go to https://adagreat.powweb.com/. For more information on the series visithttps://adagreat.powweb.com/Webinar/AccessibleTechnology/.

Articles and Other Resources

• Web Application Accessibility — Web pages that are accessible reach a broader audience.
• College Web Pages Are "Widely Inaccessible" to People With Disabilities — Wired Campus — The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online — The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Award winning accessible sites
  • http://www.roseproject.org — voted Ireland' most accessible site 2009
  • http://www.bart.gov — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) received an award for Low Vision and Screen Reader Accessibility at the 2009 California Digital Inclusion Awards.

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