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Accessibility Validators

Learn how to write pages that are accessible to people with different abilities and browsers with more specific requirements. Accessibility validators and checklists allow you to verify that your site is viewable by people who are differently abled.

Accessibility Validator - Validate Your Web Site for Accessibility
Use this form to validate your Web site against accessibility standards. Having an accessible site makes it easy for search engines to read as well as people with disabilities.

How to Use an Accessibility Validator
Unlike HTML validators, accessibility validators require that you do a bit more manual work to make sure that your sites are accessible. This document will help you understand how to use an accessibility validator so that your site actually is accessible.

Validating for Accessibility
Learn how to use accessibility validators like CynthiaSays to validate your HTML for accessibility.

Checklist for Web Content
This is a great page to use against all your Web pages. It is a simple checklist to verify that your pages meet accessibility guidelines.

HiSoftware Cynthia Says
An online accessibility validator that checks against section 508 standards and WCAG guidelines.

Vischeck URL
Check how your Web page looks to a color blind person. You might be unpleasantly surprised.

Web Accessibility Guidelines
IBM is a leader in computer accessibility, and this page gives some simple tips to make your Web pages more accessible.

WebXACT (formerly Bobby)
One of the most comprehensive online accessibility validators available, WebXACT will validate your pages for quality and privacy issues as well as accessibility.

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