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Accessibility Tools: Fangs, a JAWS simulator

Found another big list of accessibility checking tools at NSCU. Maybe I should start making a comprehensive list. Or a wiki. Or a delicious link set. Or something. Anyhow… Fangs, […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- December 2, 2006
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Accessibility and User Research

A List Apart had a nice article on accessibility and the importance of real-world user testing. And for some reason dasBlog is tripping out on me. Here”s the link: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/workingwithothers/ […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- November 25, 2006
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Free Screen Reader Testing Tools

Some good comments at accessify.com about screen reader testing tools: http://www.screenreader.net/ has a free reader called Thunder http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?show/fangs – Fangs is a screen reader emulator http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/ – FireVox is a FireFox […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- November 21, 2006
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Accessible pages: screen readers and hidden content

When developing a web site for screen readers and other accessible browsers, you often have to wrestle with the demands of Section 508 compliance and a nice design. One WCAG […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- November 21, 2006
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Section 508 Validator

I found another online accessibility checker for Section 508 etc compliance at www.aprompt.ca. It’s web-based but also has a downloadable Windows version.

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- October 22, 2006
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Section 508 Validators

I’m doing a web site where one of the requirements is Section 508 compliance and I wanted to find an online validator similar to W3C’s XHTML and markup validator. So, I […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- October 8, 2006