Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility/Resources and references

Introduction to accessibility

 * Introduction to Web Accessibility, WebAIM
 * AssistiveWare videos on computer accessibility
 * Victor Tsaran: "An Introduction to Screen Readers", Yahoo!
 * Karo Caran: "An Introduction to Screen Magnification Software", Yahoo!

Referentials

 * How to Meet WCAG 2.0, A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques
 * WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist
 * Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility, pay attention to the high numbers of cautions: one should be very cautious when evaluating accessibility. It's a delicate job.

Tools for testing accessibility and assistive technologies

 * Firebug, extension for Firefox (HTML code examination, CSS, JS and DOM)
 * Web developer toolbar for Firefox
 * Evaluation toolbar for IE (dedicated to accessibility)
 * Evaluation toolbar for Opera (dedicated to accessibility)
 * Color contrast analyser
 * navigateur texte Lynx (for Windows)
 * ZoomText

Screen readers
For instructions on how to test with a screen reader, see Testing with Screen Readers: Questions and Answers, WebAIM.
 * JAWS (Windows), see also JAWS (screen reader) and Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility, WebAIM
 * NVDA (Windows), see also NonVisual Desktop Access and Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility, WebAIM

Miscellaneous

 * Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility, W3C
 * Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility, W3C
 * Survey of Preferences of Screen Readers Users, WebAIM, where Wikipedia ranked third in the list of preferred websites.
 * v:Wiki Resources/Accessibility, a check-list of accessibility criteria. Possibly outdated.