Stanford Online Accessibility Program

Developers Toolbox

There are a number of tools, both Open Source and for purchase that content creators can use as part of their creation work-flow. The include both authoring solutions and accessible "turn-key" web solutions, to testing and Quality Assurance tools for the desktop. We have attempted to accumulate a listing of them here; however due to the rate that new software emerges into the marketplace this list cannot be considered complete. If you discover or are currently using some software that assists you in your daily web content creation and it is not listed here, please do let us know.

• Accessible ISO-8859-1 Table
  The table of ISO-8859-1 character codes and named entities. While this large table is available in numerous locations across the web, each instance we uncovered was not very accessible. Often the table was simply visually laid out and enclosed in the < pre> element - hardly accessible to screen readers and other alternative devices.
• AccVerify /AccRepair software
  AccVerify and AccRepair provide a complete, scalable enterprise test management system that enables validation and repair of content for compliance to defined standards.
• Color Evaluation Tool
  To evaluate the color contrast characteristics of your desired colors, try out this JavaScript based tool.
• Firefox/Mozilla Extensions
  These Firefox/Mozilla extensions are all useful during the development or repair phase of your content creation.
• Hi-Caption Studio software
  Hi-Caption Studio allows users to interactively quickly create captioning files for their media files. Just as you would rather use a web content editor to create web files, this program allows you to easily create the formatted captioning file, without having to learn the code behind it but with the power of making the code accessible.

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