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Summary
- Content management (2)
- Multimedia (4)
- Assessment Tools (17)
- Screen readers (10)
- Simulations (13)
This page is part of the portal ideos Resources-Accessibility . It lists 46 links to software or to Plugins on eAccessibility.
Notes:
- Last Updated: Thursday, 3 June 2010.
- If you know of an online resource on eAccessibility that is not listed here, thank you for submitting your proposal .
- This resource portal was designed by our intelligence service Strategic Foresight can provide you with specific studies on the application.
Content Management
ATutor
. ATutor is an Open Source.
This is a web content management for online learning. ATutor is being developed in compliance with accessibility guidelines and usability. |
DAISY ") Create an audio book from Microsoft Word (button "Save as DAISY")
2007, vous pouvez générer d'un simple clic un livre audio en format DAISY DTBook . By installing this plugin in Microsoft Word 2007, you can generate a simple click audiobook DAISY DTBook. |
Multimedia
JW FLV Media Player
permettant de contrôler l'affichage de sous-titres synchronisés et l'écoute d'une audio-description synchronisée pour une vidéo (consulter les fonctionnalités d'accessibilité du JW FLV Media Player ). The video player JW FLV Media Player is an open source Flash player to control the display of synchronized captions and listening to a synchronized audio descriptions for video (check the accessibility features of the JW FLV Media Player ). |
MAG pie
permettant de rendre accessible les fichiers multimédias en facilitant la création de sous-titres et d'audio-description synchronisés. MAG walk is open source software to make accessible multimedia files, facilitating the creation of subtitles and audio descriptions synchronized.
It runs under Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, NT, or XP or Macintosh OSX. |
CCPlayer
Flash media player developed by the Open Source and enabling synchronized captioning (but not the audio-description).
It is controllable from the keyboard. |
World Caption
permettant de créer des sous-titres synchronisés pour des vidéos en format QuickTime . World Caption is open source software to create synchronized captions for videos in QuickTime format.
It runs on Mac OS X version 10.4 or higher. |
Assessment Tools
A-Prompt
The A-Prompt software has been designed to help Web authors improve the accessibility and usability of Web content.
The software is downloadable and usable on a computer running Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
It uses the international recommendations for web accessibility ( WCAG 1.0 ). |
Wave
Wave is an assessment tool online accessibility of websites created by WebAIM .
Its uniqueness compared to other assessment tools online is displayed directly on the web page the results of its assessment and not in a report.
There is also an extension for Firefox: Wave Toolbar . |
TAW (Web Accessibility Test)
TAW is an assessment tool online accessibility of websites.
It performs an assessment of compliance against WCAG 1.0 .
There is also an extension for Firefox: TAW 3 with a click. |
AChecker
d'évaluation de l'accessibilité d'un site Web. AChecker is an Open Source tool for evaluating the accessibility of a website.
It uses different grids accessibility standards (WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, 1.0 ITCB [Germany], Section 508 [U.S.], Stanca Act [Italy]). |
aDesigner2
The tool allows aDesigner2 assess the accessibility of a web page and a Flash player.
It can also simulate vision problems on a Web page to verify that it remains legible. |
Contrast Analyser
Contrast Analyser is a tool to verify that the contrasts of color on a Web page is sufficient.
It can also simulate certain visual conditions such as blindness. |
Cynthia Says
Cynthia Says is an assessment tool online accessibility of a Web page according to WCAG or Section 508. |
Firefox Accessibility Extension
The plugin Firefox Accessibility Extension "makes it easier for people with disabilities to see and browse the contents of a Web page.
Developers can use the plugin to check the accessibility of a web page. |
Functional Accessibility Evaluator (ICIT)
This tool for assessing the accessibility of websites gives you an online report (English) for a Web page.
To evaluate a Web site and receive more information, you must register. |
Web Accessibility Toolbar [IE]
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer allows you to manually assess the accessibility of a web page. |
Web Accessibility Toolbar [Opera]
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera allows you to manually assess the accessibility of a web page. |
Web Developer Toolbar [Firefox]
Firefox Web Developer Toolbar allows you to manually assess the accessibility of a web page. |
Hera
HERA is an online tool to check the compliance of a Web site with respect to international guidelines for web accessibility ( WCAG 1.0 ).
It first performs an automatic analysis of the first page and the errors are listed in a form, automatically detectable errors but also the rules which must be manually reviewed.
HERA facilitates the review manual giving instructions on how to achieve this control.
The evaluation form used to change the results and add comments.
A report in different format can be generated and different languages are available, including French. |
Ocawa
Ocawa is an assessment tool online accessibility of a website according to WCAG or repository ADAE (a bar Ocawa be downloaded for Firefox). |
Validation Service |
Validation Service W3C CSS
This online service allows you to check the validity of the CSS and html documents styled with CSS. |
Service Code Validation W3C
This online service allows you to check the validity of HTML documents. |
Screen readers
NVDA
NVDA is a new screen reader and free under GPL for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. |
Firevox
Firevox is a Firefox plugin to use Firefox as a screen reader for blind people. |
Jaws
Jaws screen reader most widely used by blind people.
It can be downloaded online and used free for 40 minutes. |
Mobile Speak
Mobile Speak is a screen reader to vocalize some mobile phones available on the market ( list of compatible phones ). |
Talks
Talks is a screen reader to vocalize some mobile phones available on the market. |
Thunder Screenreader software
Thunder Screenreader software is a free screen reader that works under Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. |
VoiceOver
. VoiceOver is a screen reader for Apple. |
WebAnywhere
The University of Washington has developed software called WebAnywhere installed on a Web server.
This software (free) is an online screen reader for a blind person to use any computer connected to the Internet with multimedia speaker allowing him to listen to the speech. |
Orca
Orca is a screen reader running under Linux. |
Screen Reader COBRA
COBRA is a screen reader developed by Baum. |
Simulations
A free iPhone web simulator for designers
A website simulator iPhone Web developers. |
Color Simulation Controls
This tool provides a simulation of colors seen in the type of color blindness. |
Color Vision
This tool allows you to simulate how colors are seen depending on the type of color blindness. |
Colorblind Web Page Filter
This tool allows to simulate the rendering of a page in a particular type of colorblindness (deuteranopia, protanopia ...). |
dotMobi Emulator
Simulate the display of your website on a mobile phone (Nokia or Sony). |
Vischeck
Vischeck offers a simulation tool line of vision can have a color blind to a web page according to its pathology (protanope: Perception of green and blue only, Deuteranopia: perception of red and blue only, Tritanopia: Perception red and green Only). |
WebAIM Low Vision Simulation
WebAIM offers a Flash application to simulate visual impairment (macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma) on the visual perception of a Web page.
This application is primarily aimed at web developers so they understand the importance of adhering to accessibility guidelines (avoid image texts and focus on the text links to image links, code tables in relative ...). |
Yellowpipe Lynx Viewer Tool
Lynx is a software that allows users to surf the web in text mode only.
Thus, it helps to understand how a website is presented to a blind person. Yellowpipe Lynx Viewer Tool is a plugin which installs Firefox. Lynx can also be downloaded as software. |
Fangs
Fangs is a simulator screen reader for Firefox. |
Firefox plugin to simulate the display of your website on an iPhone
Simulate your Firefox browser to display a website on an iPhone. |
Safari
. The Web browser of Apple to simulate the display of a website on different browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera) as well as a phone the iPhone. |
Simulator Web site on an iPhone
Test your web site when it is accessed via an iPhone. |
Test your website on an iPhone simulator
A simulator for the iPhone Web site. |
