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This category collects “accessibility tools” – for assessing and testing, but also for creating more accessible experiences.

Low-threshold browser tools

Often, it does not take a full-grown testing suite to find the most critical a11y issues on a web page. Lightweight browser tools allow for a quick assessment.

a11y.css

ffoodd.github.io/a11y.css/

Bookmarklets

An Accessibility Bookmarklet for Testing 200% Text Size

ashleemboyer.com/blog/an-accessibility-bookmarklet-for-testing-200-percent-text-size

Checklists and cheat sheets

Accessibility checklist - MagentaA11y

magentaa11y.com/

How to Meet WCAG (Quickref Reference)

w3.org

This quick reference to the WCAG 2.1 standard is a handy tool for quickly looking up requirements for specific web design tasks:
A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 requirements (success criteria) and […]
2022

Announcing the Accessibility Not-Checklist

intopia.digital/articles/announcing-the-accessibility-not-checklist/

WebAIM: HTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet

webaim.org/resources/htmlcheatsheet/

In all its brevity, this cheatsheet is a handy little tool for a quick cross-check of HTML code, in particular as learning material for people who are new to working with HTML.

See also

The various specific topics in this Resources category have plenty of tools linked from each of them.

Last edited: Dec 2022