This is provided for informational purposes only; the State of California does not specifically endorse the use of any particular site or tool over another.
Basics
- 10 Simple Accessibility Tips You Can Do Today - Six Revisions
- Accessibility and Section 508 – Webmaster User Group, September 2011
- Presentation (PDF)
- Quick Reference (PDF)
- Accessify Forum
- Captioning Resources - WebAIM
- Creating Accessible CSS - WebAIM
- Dive Into Accessibility
- Intro to Web Accessibility – W3C
- Section 508 Standards Guide - Section508.gov
- Usability.gov: Resources on Accessibility
- User Testing for Web Accessibility – Six Revisions
- W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
- Web Content Accessibility & the Mobile Web - W3C
- WebAIM
- Website Accessibility - California State University
- WCAG Quick Reference (PDF) – Department of Rehabilitation
Forms & Tables
- Accessible Forms - Jim Thatcher
- Accessible Forms – Web Standards Project
- Accessible Tables – Jim Thatcher
- Creating Accessible Forms – WebAIM
- Creating Accessible Tables – WebAIM
Google/YouTube
- Accessibility - Google
- Accessibility: Building Products that Everyone Can Use - YouTube
- Accessibility Updates for Google Docs, Sites, and Calendar - YouTube
- ChromeShades
- ChromeVox Screen Reader
- Creating Accessible Interactive Web Apps Using HTML5 - YouTube
- Evaluating Accessibility With ChromeVox - University of Michigan
- How to: Add Captions To Your YouTube Videos - Mashable
- Leveraging Android Accessibility APIs To CreateAn Accessible Experience - YouTube
- YouTube Caption API, Speech Recognition, and WebVTT Captions for HTML5 - YouTube
- Google Group Discussion List - Email
- Twitter @googleaccess
PDFs
- Accessibility Resource Center - Adobe
- Accessible PDFs - HHS.gov
- Acrobat PDF Accessibility - WebAIM
- Converting Documents to PDF – WebAIM
- Create Accessible PDFs - Microsoft
- IT Accessibility Resource Guide (PDF) – California Technology Agency
- Making Microsoft Word 2007 Documents Accessible (PDF) – Franchise Tax Board
- Microsoft Accessibility: Technology for Everyone - Microsoft
Rich Media Accessibility
- Adobe Flash Accessibility - Six Revisions
- Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities - Useit
- WebAIM Articles on:
- Acrobat PDF
- Captions
- Media Player Accessibility
- Flash
- Microsoft Office (Word/PowerPoint)
Assistive Technology
- Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Websites: Observing Users who Work with Screen Readers - Redish.net
- JAWS
- Screen Magnifiers – Wikipedia
- Screen Reader Simulation - WebAIM
- Screen Readers – Wikipedia
- Videos – Watch Users with Screen Readers Navigating Websites – Univ of Wisconsin
Tools
- 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility - Six Revisions
- Accessibility Color Wheel
- Accessibility Evaluation Tools – An Overview - WebAIM
- Acrobat Reader 7 - WebAIM
- AIS Accessibility Toolbar - WebAIM
- Caption Colorado
- Captioned Text
- Captioning Software - WebAIM
- ChromeShades
- ChromeVox Screen Reader
- Color Blind Web Page Filter
- Color Contrast Checker - WebAIM
- Color Contrast Checker – Juicy Studio
- Color Contrast Checker – Snook
- Color Evaluation Tool – Stanford
- Cynthia Says
- Hermish
- Markup and Robustness Evaluation Tools
- Opera
- Using the AIS Web Accessibility Toolbar - WebAIM
- Vischeck
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - W3C
- WAVE – Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - WebAIM
Training/Tutorials
- Before and After Demonstration – W3C
- Think Vitamin - Video Tutorial Courses
- Web Accessibility – Department of Rehabilitation
- Web Accessibility Training Guide (PDF) – Department of Rehabilitation
- W3C: Accessibility Presentations & Tutorials

