MERLOT Materials

AChecker is used to evaluate HTML content for accessibility problems by entering the location of a web page, uploading an... see more

This is the portal of the Accessible Technology Initiative Community at the CSU. The mission of the ATI is for the CSU... see more

The CSU Captioning Guidelines was developed as a collaborative effort among five CSU campuses and the Chancellor's Office... see more

The National Center on Disability and Access to Education guidelines for increasing universal access to educational... see more

Tool that is used to help reach and maintain website compliancy for accessibility and for the WCAG 2.0. This tool is used... see more

This tool is for the use of designers or developers. It tests the color contrast in compliance with WCAG. It allows the... see more

Tool for checking accessibility of web pages based on WCAG 1.0/2.0 standards. Enter URL, upload a file, or direct input.... see more

This tool tests the color contrast and color brightness between the foreground and background of all elements in the DOM... see more

How to make images accessible. Topics include writing ALT text as well as working with complex images such as maps,... see more

Tool for checking color contrast ratio. Has ability to check for different types of color blindness, such as Deuteranope,... see more

This tool helps with developing web content accessibility. Includes a Reports, Navigation, Text Equivalents, Scripting,... see more

Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project website designed to help authors create accessible office documents and... see more

A tool that allows you to check Web pages against either Section 508 or W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)... see more

Evaluates color combinations using the WCAG 2.0 guidelines for contrast accessibility. Modifies the color lightness value... see more

This is a tool that provides resources and demos around media player accessibility. It provides guidelines from the W3C... see more

This is a tool that checks HTML webpage accessibility. Allows for 3 ways to input the HTML or HTM. Has an options section... see more

Achecker® is an open source Web accessibility evaluation tool.  It can be used to review the accessibility of Web pages... see more

This rubric, Rubric VIII: Assurance of Accessibility Standards, comes from Achieve’s larger and more general document,... see more

This tool helps designers ensure that their content and applications are accessible and usable by the visually impaired.... see more

This application helps people make sure their webpages are accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.... see more

Alt Text Checker is a tool that looks at the “alt” attribute for each image on the page and displays the image with the... see more

The aXe Firefox extension provides accessibility testing tool for websites.

The BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit is a collaboration between British Columbia Campus and Centre for Accessible... see more

This article discusses conversions settings for ebooks. It introduces the conversion system as designed like a pipeline,... see more