Firefox plug-ins
- Web Developer Toolbar
- Fangs: Screen Reader Emulator Extension
- Firefox Accessibility Extension
- Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar
- WAVE Toolbar
Other browsers and plug-ins
- Web accessibility toolbar for Internet Explorer
- Lynx (text-mode web browser) simulator
- WebAnywhere (Screen reader simulator)
Page validators
Automated accessibility checkers
Miscellaneous tools
- Vischeck Colour Blindness simulator
- CheckMyColours: check that your colours pack sufficient contrast for the colour deficient
- Load time check
- Readability test
- Semantics extractor
- Screen size simulator
Documentation and on-line books
- WCAG 2.0 Cheat Sheet
- WAI Resources
- WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind
- Building Accessible web sites
- Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
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