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Accessibility Guideline
University of California Resources for Designing Accessible Web Sites:
http://www.ucop.edu/irc/itaccessibility/resources/

World Wide Web Consortium:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind):
http://webaim.org/

University of Minnesota List of Accessibility Resources:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

W3C List of Accessibility Tools:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools.html

W3C Validator Tool:
http://validator.w3.org

University of Minnesota List of Accessibility Tools:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/tools#accesstools

 Web Developer plugin for Firefox Browsers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/web-development/

Web Accessibility Beyond HTML
Accessible Flash Pages:
http://www.macromedia.com/resources/accessibility

Accessible PDF Documents:
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/main.html
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf

Accessible Multimedia Files:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213
Adaptive Technologies Software
JAWS Family (screen-reading software):
http://www.freedomscientific.com/index.html Window-Eyes Family (Windows screen-reading software):

http://www.gwmicro.com ZoomText/AI Squared Family (screen magnification software):

http://www.aisquared.com Dragon Systems Family (voice recognition/control software)
:
http://www.scansoft.com
Accessibility-Related Legislation
A Guide to Disability Rights Laws:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
:
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=15 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

http://www.section508.gov Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/section255.html The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990:

http://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm
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