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Do I have to make my pages accessible?
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires accessibility. http://www.section508.gov  
Final standards http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm
Section 508 Frequently Asked Questions http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=75  

DoD Policy
http://www.defenselink.mil/nii/org/cio/doc/ada.html
Army Policy AR 25-1 para 6-3.r.13  
Navy Policy http://www.persnet.navy.mil/alnav/alnav01/aln01018.txt  

Guidelines/Checklists/Tools
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/ - Comprehensive Guidelines 
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp - Testing tool 
http://wave.webaim.org/index.jsp - Another Testing Tool  
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/ - Downloadable tool 
http://www.rnib.org.uk/digital/hints.htm  - quick checklist
http://www.websavvy-access.org/resources/top_ten.shtml  - Top 10 list
http://www-306.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/accessweb.html - checklist 
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign.shtml - general design tips  
http://www.hj.com/fs_products/software.asp - Jaws screen reader 
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description.asp?fid=7409 - Text aloud 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing - tools, browsers, screen readers   
http://www.icab.de/ - Mac browser   
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/usablenet.html Macromedia Site Test 
 http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist  
http://www.508compliant.com/tools.htm Bookmarklets 
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/#magpiedownload Caption tool 
Browse Aloud
http://valet.webthing.com/
http://www.contentquality.com/Default.asp Testing tool
http://colorfilter.wickline.org/ Colorblindness test

How do I check how my pages look in other browsers?
http://www.anybrowser.com/  
http://www.browsercam.com/
Lynx - How do my pages look in a text only browser?
http://cgi.w3.org/cgi-bin/html2txt?
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html   


Information/References

Government
Department of Justice Report http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/report/content.htm  
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/cap/ DoD Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP). 
- links , assistive technology
http://www.accessibilityforum.org/ GSA Sponsored Forum 

Other
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing Information about screen readers and voice browsers
http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=1453 Suggestions from the American Foundation for the Blind.
http://www.yoyodesign.org/outils/ncolor/ncolor.html  
http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
http://hubel.sfasu.edu/research/survreslts.html - Color Survey 
http://www.awarecenter.org/ - References  
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/web-design.html References  
http://www.abilityhub.com/ - Assistive Technology 
 http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php    
http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/table_of_contents.html  book
http://www.accessifyforum.com/
 

Can I use the Bobby Graphic on my pages?
No.  DoD pages must avoid the appearance of preferential treatment towards any non-federal entity. You may use Bobby as one of the tools to check your pages.  See the guidelines section above for some other available tools.
If you must have a graphic, a suggestion of the list is to use the graphic below with a link to a page describing what you are doing to enhance accessibility and with POC information in case there is a problem.

Accessibility and help information - picture of person in wheel chair

 

Adobe PDF Accessibility Information and Tools
http://access.adobe.com/    
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/pdfs/pdfaccess.pdf - White paper   
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_booklet.html Booklet 

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ PDF - Text Tool
http://www.oakworth.demon.co.uk/gymnast.htm       
 http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html  Ghostview  

Accessibility for Microsoft Applications
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
DHTML - http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/access/accessibility.asp   
Powerpoint Accessibility tool http://www.rehab.uiuc.edu/ppt/  
http://cita.disability.uiuc.edu/software/office/

Java Accessibility

http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/java/java.htm  

Macromedia

http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/  

Other Usability References

http://usability.gov/  
http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html  
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/  
 http://usableweb.com/  

Information on accessibility of technology aside from web sites.

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/archive/oldsoftware.html - checklist 

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