1. SortSite
SortSite is a good way to get a quick overview of your website. Just one click and the app will analyze your entire website by testing over 450 standards based checkpoints. This is an easy way to quickly and efficiently test your site's web standards.
2. ACTF aDesigner
A self proclaimed "disability simulator", ACTF aDesigner is a tool to help developers create web pages that are easily accessible by the sensory impaired. Many blind people use voice browsers to read aloud the text on a page. This tool helps you visualize what they see to better improve your product.
3. JuicyStudio's Image Analyzer
This is a quick tool that checks for accessibility in images. It will scan for width, height, alt, and longdesc attributes in the images embedded in a wage page and checks if they are at appropriate values.
4. GrayBit
GrayBit is an online app that makes any web page black and white to help create accessible websites for the visually impaired. It's easy to use; all you have to do is type in the URL of the web page you wish to test and press enter.
5. Semantic Extractor
W3C's semantic extractor pulls out information from HTML. The idea is for the developer to see exactly what information is available just from the HTML so they can better optimize their websites for search engines and the visually impaired.
6. MEGENTA Accessibility Validator
MEGENTA is a web app still in beta that works by evaluating web pages using two different guidelines. One for the Stanca Act, which follows WCAG 1.0 standardss, and one specifically for the visually impaired.
7. Cynthia Says
This is an app from HiSoftware that quickly identifies mistakes in content in regards to Section 508 standards. The website offers a demo that scans one web page at a time, but it can be a useful tool to check accessibility issues.
8. FAE
The Functional Accessibility Evaluator was created at the University of Illinois that quickly scans single web pages for accessibility issues. If you create a free account, there are features that allow you to save reports and scan more than one page at a time.
9. Online-Utility's Readability Calculator
This app reads text and estimates what education or age requirement the reader would need to fully understand that text. This is useful when developing for people with English as a second language or young kids.
10. Accessibility Valet
Accessibility Valet is a web application that checks web pages against Section 508 and W3C WCAG. You can check one URL at a time with the demo, with unlimited use with a paid subscription. It exports an HTML file displaying mistakes by highlighting them.
11. resizeMyBrowser
This is a handy little app that resizes your browser window to a lot of popular dimensions. In includes many smartphones and tablets in a predefined list as well as allowing you to create your own function presets.
12. Load Time Analyzer
Some developers spend too much time focusing on the details of accessibility and forget the basics. Load Time Analyzer is a tool that checks if the load time of a website is appropriate as well as helps to identify potential bottlenecks that could cause a website to load slowly.
13. Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT)
This is a toolbar for Internet Explorer that is designed to aid the process of accessibility evaluation in websites. It comes with many features and is also available for the Opera web browser.
14. Web Accessibility Inspector
This is a tool that runs directly on the desktop and scans web pages for potential accessibility concerns. It allows for visual representation of the problems in a browser by using markers to show the potential issues.
15. Lynx Viewer
Lynx viewer allows you to see what your website would look like in Lynx, a popular text only web browser. Why is this important? This is how most devices designed for the visually impaired operate, and this can help in optimizing your blind accessibility.
16. Vischeck
Vischeck is an app that will show you what your website looks like in the eyes of a colorblind individual. All you have to do is type in the URL of your web page and it will automatically translate it into what a colorblind person would see.
17. AChecker
AChecker will quickly scan through a single HTML page to identify core issues in accessibility on that page. Then it will provide a report and categorize those issues into three types: known problems, likely problems, and potential problems.
18. Fangs Screen Reader Emulator
Fangs simulates a text version of your web app to help identify potential issues in accessibility early on. Text is how many accessibility devices read web pages, so this is a good tool to use when first starting the design on your website.
19. EvalAccess
EvalAccess is a tool that helps web developers evaluate accessibility issues using the WCAG 1.0 from W3C. All you have to do is type in a web page and it automatically scans it and reports all potential issues.
20. WP Accessibility
This plugin for Wordpress addresses accessibility issues found in Wordpress themes. It's customizable and you can easily modify your website through Wordpress itself. For those who just want a blog without any further fuss but still want to make their websites accessible, this is the way to go.
21. MAGpie
MAGpie, short for Media Access Generator, is a tool that enables developers to quickly add caption to a variety of video formats. With videos growing in popularity due to lowered costs of bandwidth, it has never been more important to properly caption videos for people with sensory disabilities.
22. Dreamweaver's Accessibility Extension
Dreamweaver comes standard with an extension to automatically check your pages for accessibility before if even goes on the web. Although not the most robust source of information, it is nonetheless a useful tool.
23. HTML Tidy
This is a free tool to quickly scan through HTML pages and fix sloppy mistakes in your HTML into nicely laid out code. It supports HTML5 and is an open source project with the source code available on Github. It supports a wide variety of problems and is available online or as a desktop application.
24. Snook.ca's Colour Contrast Checker
This is a tool to check the contrast on your web pages to find out if your website is at an acceptable level for the vision impaired. You just have to type in the URL of your web page and the app will do the rest.
25. WAVE
An acronym for web accessibility evaluation tool, WAVE is an app that quickly analyzes a web page to aid in the process of web accessibility evaluation. This app will show you the targeted page with embedded icons and markers to show you where the accessibility problems are.
26. CommonLook Website Testing Tool
This is a set of software products that are designed to work without any set up. It focuses on PDFs, allowing you to ensure PDF documents you create will comply with Section 508. If you need to create accessible PDFs for a large audience, this is the way to go.
27. JuicyStudio's CSS Analyser
The CSS Analyser will use the W3C's validation system to check the validity of your CSS. Along with a color contrast check, this is a good tool to quickly see if your CSS design is up to par with standards.
28. Accessibility Evaluation Toolbar for Firefox
The accessibility evaluation toolbar is an addon for the Firefox web browser that helps web developers test pages for accessibility based on the iCITA HTML Best Practices. It will scan any webpage you can browse on your web browser and return a list of elements that do not comply with standards.
29. WebAnywhere
Webanywhere is an interface, loaded through a web browser, that can help web developers visualize how the blind experience their website. It turns the Internet into an audio experience, and it is helpful when trying to make your website blind-accessible.
30. Accessibility Color Wheel
The Accessibility Color Wheel is a web application to help developers choose foreground and backgrounds colors to better suit the needs of the visually impaired.
