Apps and Plugins

  • Tota11y (Links to an external site.) 
    • An accessibility visualization toolkit
    • The process of testing for accessibility (a11y) is often tedious and confusing. tota11y aims to reduce this barrier of entry by helping visualize accessibility violations (and successes) while educating on best practices.
  • Sa11y (Links to an external site.) 
    • Visually highlights common accessibility and usability issues
    • Sa11y is an accessibility quality assurance tool. It straightforwardly identifies errors or warnings at the source with a simple tooltip on how to fix them.
  • WAVE (Links to an external site.) 
    • Evaluation tool
    • The WAVE Chrome, Firefox, and Edge extensions allow you to evaluate web content for accessibility issues directly within your browser.
  • Silktide (Links to an external site.) 
  • Website accessibility simulator (chrome extension)
  • Experience the web with a range of simulated disabilities including:
    • Color blindness
    • Dyslexia
    • Myopia / Blurred vision
    • Blindness
    • Tunnel vision / peripheral vision loss
    • And more
  • Grammarly (Links to an external site.) (ESL, Dyslexia, etc.)
    • Suggestions that help identify and replace complicated sentences with more efficient ones, refresh repetitive language, and uphold accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
  • NVDA (Links to an external site.) (popular screen reader for Windows)
    • NVDA allows blind and vision-impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third-party applications.
  • Magnification software (Win/Mac/Third Party)