Developers & QA Testers

Accessibility Testing Tools

Welcome to an overview of tools used to evaluate and improve digital accessibility across web content, documents, and applications, with guidance on when and how to use each tool to support testing, identify issues, and strengthen compliance with accessibility standards.

Basic Tutorials

W3C Tutorial Overview

Detailed information on page structure, menus, images, tables, forms, and carousels
Teach Access Tutorial

Basic but very important information on how to start making a site accessible
Accessibility for Web Design

LinkedIn course training on web design accessibility
Web Accessibility for Developers

Learn how to build accessible web content and apps.

Evaluate with Visualization

Accessibility Bookmarklets Book

Making Accessibility Visible
W3C's Easy Checks Web Accessibility Checker

assess the accessibility of a web page.
ANDI (Accessible Name & Description Inspector)

This is more for advanced users.
WAVE Tool

Testing accessibility and visualization
JAWS Tool

Screen reader software to test accessibility.
Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA)

Check color contrast of text and visual elements to meet 4.5:1 WCAG guideline

Evaluate with Browser Extension

WAVE Tool

(Both Chrome and Firefox)
(Firefox) AInspector Plugin

Inspects web pages for features and issues related to WCAG 2.0 level A and AA requirements.
(Chrome) AInspector Plugin

Inspects web pages for features and issues related to WCAG 2.0 level A and AA requirements.
(Micrsoft Edge) AInspector Plugin

Inspects web pages for features and issues related to WCAG 2.0 level A and AA requirements.

Evaluate with URLs

Nu - W3C HTML Checker

Tool for better HTML checking
Functional Accessibility Checker

Allows for checking multiple pages.

Evaluate with Codes

ANDI (Accessible Name & Description Inspector)

Provide automated detection of accessibility issues Reveal what a screen reader should say for interactive elements (the
Firefox AInspector Plugin

Can check the page actively as changes respond to user interaction.
WAC 101: Intro to Accessibility for Developers

UIC accessibility training for developers