Tools

In this section you can find various standalone tools (browser extensions, web services, command line tools, etc) that can help you produce accessible content, as well as test and evaluate the accessibility of existing resources (documents, web pages, applications, etc.).

Resources

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Gnome Orca

Vincenzo Rubano
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Quoting its official documentation, gnome-orca (often called just “orca”, but pay attention not to confuse it with other things with the same name) is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop environment in a linux or solaris operating system.

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VoiceOver (screen reader)

Vincenzo Rubano
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Voiceover is a screen reader that is embedded within each and every Apple product. It allows blind and visually impaired people to use Apple products such as the mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, iPod, HomePod, and even Apple TV.

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Brltty

Vincenzo Rubano
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Quoting its official website, BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the Linux/Unix console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display.

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Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA)

Vincenzo Rubano
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NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) is a free, open source screen reader that effectively enables blind and visually impaired people to use a personal computer (be it a desktop or a laptop) that runs the Microsoft Windows operating system: it does so by providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille.

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Latex2html

Vincenzo Rubano
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LaTeX2HTML is a command line tool that allows you to convert LaTeX documents into their equivalent HTML representation. It extracts key components from the LaTeX document (section titles, text, figures, table of contents, etc.

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LaTeXML

Vincenzo Rubano
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LaTeXML is a command line tool that can be used to convert TeX or LaTeX documents into a variety of web page formats including (but not limited to) HTML, MathML and ePub.

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Pac - Pdf Accessibility Checker

Vincenzo Rubano
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PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) is a freeware tool that allows you to perform automated tests on a PDF document in order to asses its conformance to PDF/UA and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

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WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

Vincenzo Rubano
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WAVE is a Web Accessibility evaluation tool developed by webAIM that allows you to evaluate the accessibility of a web page within your browser. It injects icons and visual indicators that provide feedback about the accessibility of your web content, and facilitates human evaluation and pointing to useful resources that can help you understand and fix the identified issues.

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Achecker Web Accessibility Checker

Vincenzo Rubano
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Being one of the “oldest kids in town”, Achecker Web Accessibility Checker is a web service that allows you to test the accessibility of your web pages and applications, as well as performing markup and CSS validation.

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Axe CLI

Vincenzo Rubano
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Primarily developed by Deque Labs, axe-cli is a command line tool that (quoting the official documentation) “quickly runs accessibility tests on a web page”. As its name implies, automated accessibility testing is performed by leveraging the axe-core framework.

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Axe Dev Tools

Vincenzo Rubano
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Axe Dev Tools is a free browser extension provided by Deque Systems, INC. that allows to perform automated accessibility testing of web pages and applications. This extension performs automated tests, identifying issues and providing remediation guidance to help you fix them whenever possible.

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