How To Use
Enter the location of the web page you want to check in the entry field at the top of the page. Select the 'Check It' button to evaluate the page. If you wish to select a different accessibility guideline than the one shown, select the 'change guideline' link.
The accessibility checker evaluates your Web page and produces a report of all accessibility problems for your selected guideline. The checker identifies 3 type of problems:
1. Known problems (you must modify your page to fix these problems)
2. Likely problems (you likely must
How do you check to see if your Web pages are accessible?
There are many software tools designed to help web masters check their sites for accessibility. If you are just getting started, it is probably a good idea for you to take a look at our list of programs that perform accessibility evaluations. Regardless of which one you choose, all of these products will catch many errors, but do not forget that you will still need to perform manual checks yourself. If you are going to use Bobby or A-prompt, you may wish to view our tutorial for using these
A growing number of organisations, companies and consultants offer website accessibility audits. These audits, a type of system testing, identify accessibility problems that exist within a website, and provide advice and guidance on the steps that need to be taken to correct these problems.
A range of methods are used to audit websites for accessibility:
* Automated tools are available which can identify some of the problems that are present.
* Expert technical reviewers, knowledgeable in web design technologies and accessibility, can review a