Accessibility Auditing Resources

This document gathers links, citations, and other resources related to doing an accessibility audit, technologies that may require audits, and resources for developers.

Web Accessibility Audit

Standards Documentation

• WCAG 2.1: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• WAI-ARIA 1.1: Accessible Rich Internet Applications
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1

Resources

• Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy: Chang School online book
• LEAP: Library E-content Access Project
• Penn State Testing/Triage
• Indiana University: Perform an Accessibility Review on Your Website
• The A11y Project
• WCAG 2.1 AA Project Management Responsibility Breakdown - University of Melbourne
• Plain Language Summary of Accessibility Guidelines (beta)
• WebAIM Training Resources
• UConn’s Accessibility Audit Methodology

Checklists

• Webaim WCAG 2 Checklist
• Vox Media Checklist
• Expedia Checklist
• WUHCAG: WCAG 2.0 Checklists
• Elsevier Web Accessibility Checklist

Tools

• W3C Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List
• WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool
• SiteImprove Accessibility Checker: Chrome extension
• aXe: Chrome plugin for developer tools
• Accessible Insights for Web: Chrome extension (Microsoft)
• HTML_CodeSniffer: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE extension
• The Ace App: EPUB accessibility checker

Screen Reader Testing

• Testing with Screen Readers Q&A: WebAIM
• NVDA: Windows, free
• VoiceOver: Mac OS X and iOS, free
• JAWS: Windows, paid
• TalkBack (Android, free)
• ChromeVox (Chrome, Windows, and Mac OS X, free)

Software Procurement Audit

• ATAG: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
• Big Ten Academic Alliance
• Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
  • Guidance on preparing a VPAT
  • How to Read a VPAT
• Accessible Technology Procurement Toolkit by Disability:INclusive Workspaces

Software or Technology to be Audited

• Institutional Repositories
• Commercial Article Databases
• Video Chat software (Zoom, etc.)
• Zotero and bibliographic content managers

Web Development

• Web Accessibility For Developers: Chang school online book
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Fundamentals
• University of Washington Developing Accessible Website Guide
• IBM Accessibility Handbook
• Accessibility Patterns for the Web (ebay)
• A11y Style Guide
• MDN Web Docs Accessibility
• Accessibility Developer Guide Examples
• SalesForce Accessibility Patterns in Design System
• A11y Nutrition Cards: To simplify accessible components based on WAI-ARIA
• WAI-ARIA Accessible Web Interactivity Exercises
• Udacity Web Accessibility Course by Google
• Digital A11y Digital Accessibility Courses Roundup (Updated Dec 6, 2019)
• Section 508 Trusted Tester Conformance Test Process