LibGuides: DEI &amp; Accessibility at Fondren, Rice University: Web Accessibility

Simple Tricks/Tips

To increase text size, hold down the Ctrl key and move the mouse wheel (if you have one) up or down. Control + also increases size, control - decreases print size, and control 0 changes text to normal size again. You can also use the Text Size option in the View menu.
Click here or clicking here are not acceptable terms for a Web page since they do not provide context for a screen reader.

Knowbility
Supports the independence of people with disabilities by promoting the use and improving the availability of accessible web-based information. Offers consulting services; accessibility training; educational and community initiatives; and awareness programs.

Accessible Digital Media
The National Center for Accessible Media website includes information about images, forms, tables, graphs, multimedia, interactivity, and more.
Essential Components of Web Accessibility
Shows how WAI guidelines address components that should work together to improve Web accessibility.
LibGuides Accessibility
Describes accessible features of LibGuides. Includes tips about 508 compliance and which tools actually test web documents for accessibility.
Rice University Web Accessibility Information
Access @ Rice information about digital accessibility and related policies.
Standord Guidelines for Web Credibility
Although the focus is on credibility and not accessibility, there is overlap.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Developed by the World Wide Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
WebAIM
See WebAim's Introduction to Web Accessibility to learn how to create alternative text; accessible images, captions, transcripts and audio descriptions; and accessible tables and forms. Provided by the Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University.
Zoom Accessibility
Digital Libraries Federation Digital Accessibility Working Group.

U.S. Web Design Standards
Standards released in September 2015 for all official U.S. government web sites to follow.
W3C Markup ValidationService
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Sorts accessibility checkers by name. Includes checkers for a multitude of languages. Aims to serve as the international standard for Web accessibility.
WAVE
WebAim's free web accessibility evaluation tool. Enter the URL of a page or upload a file to see icons and indicators that reveal the page's/file's accessibility.