[Mailman-Developers] Acessibility Testing Tools (was Re: Hi! I'll be your intern for the summer :))

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Laura Carlson wrote:

> David Andrews already mentioned the demo versions of JAWS and 
> Window-Eyes [1].

I'll use the firefox jawsy thing and see what I can do past that point 
once I get windows on this box.

> Home Page Reader [3] is also a good tool for web developers and 
> designers who are looking to try out a speaking browser.

I think I can make OS X read pages, too, so I'll poke into that.

> One of the tools that I have my students use is to test forms is the 
> WAVE. [5]  It will spot violations like missing labels, labels not 
> associated with inputs, empty labels, etc. and notify you with icons. 
> [6]

Great! I will use that and Cynthia.

> There's a great little Colour Contrast Analyser Firefox Extension [8] 

OOh, neat! I heart firefox's extensibility. I already use color-scheme 
generators (and stay away from shade-changes only), but this will be a 
help, as I happen to be a boy blessed with a fully functioning X 
chromosome and have no colour blindness.

~ethan