Web Page Accessibility

Rules | Tools | Other Sites | Assistive Technologies

Rules -- Regulations and Guidelines

• Policy 99-3, Universal Accessibility for NYS Web Sites, published on Sept. 30, 1999: http://www.oft.state.ny.us/policy/99-3.htm
• "The purpose of this technology policy is to require that all New York State agencies' web sites provide universal accessibility to persons with disabilities."
• Web Accessibility Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
• Access to Information Technology: http://seddmznt.nysed.gov/cio/access/access.html
• from the New York State Workgroup on Accessibility to Information Technology co-chaired by Marilyn Cordell, of Office for Technology (OFT) and Deborah Buck of the Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities (OAPwD)
• A Blueprint for Single-A Accessibility Compliance, SUNY/CUAD 2000: http://www.idyllmtn.com/papers/suny2000/

Tools -- Useful tools and utilities 

• Bobby: http://www.cast.org/bobby/
  • "Bobby is a Web-based tool that analyzes Web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities. CAST offers Bobby as a free public service in order to further its mission to expand opportunities for people with disabilities through the innovative uses of computer technology."
• TidyGUI: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ablavier/TidyGUI/
  • Windows GUI encapsulation of Dave Raggett's HTML Tidy, a free utility application from the World Wide Web Consortium that helps you clean up your web pages."
• Lynx Browser: http://lynx.browser.org/
  • "Lynx is possibly the most widely used text mode browser on the Internet. It runs on a wide variety of platforms, including Unix, VMS, Macintosh and Windows. Lynx is a full-featured browser, there is almost no content on the web that Lynx cannot retreive and display, either by itself or by calling on other software designed for the purpose."
• Lynx Viewer: http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
  • "This service allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser."
• Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines : latest version http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/
• Core Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CORE-TECHS/
• HTML Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/
• CSS Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/

Other Sites

• SUNY Oswego: Web Content Accessibility: http://www.oswego.edu/webinfo/wca.html
• RPI: Web Content Accessibility: What is it?: http://www.rpi.edu/About/wcag/
• AWARE: http://aware.hwg.org/
  • "AWARE stands for Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education, and our mission is to serve as a central resource for web authors for learning about web accessibility."

Assistive Technologies

• Computers in Libraries June 1999, Volume 19, Number 6 http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jun99/cilmag.htm
  • "Computer Technology That Can Enable the Disabled"
• Information Technology and Disabilities (ITD) http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/easijrnl.htm
  • " is an electronic journal devoted to the practical and theoretical issues surrounding the development and effective use of new and emerging technologies by computer users with disabilities. Founded by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information), ITD will feature articles on issues affecting educators (K through college), librarians, adaptive technology trainers, rehabilitation counselors, human resources professionals, and developers of adaptive computer hardware and software products. In addition to refereed, in-depth feature articles on issues of concern to our target audience, ITD will feature a number of regular departments, each edited by an expert in the field."
• Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
  • "EASI's mission is to serve as a resource to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities. We stay informed about developments and advancements within the adaptive computer technology field and spread that information to colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries and into the workplace."
• Adobe's PDF Conversion by E-Mail - Accessibility tools for PDF documents: http://access.adobe.com/access_email.html