Web Accessibility Toolbar

Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 Chinese Language version

2008-03-20T20:33:00.000+10:30

I am pleased to announce the release of the Traditional Chinese language version of the WAT 2.0 (including a Traditional Chinese version of the Color Contrast Analyser 2.0) The software translations were provided by Jedi. He is still working on the documentation, which will be available shortly. I don't have any knowledge of the awareness or interest of web accessibility in China and Taiwan, but hopefully access to free tools such the WAT and Color Contrast Analyser will help. Thanks to Jedi for his hard work.

Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 - Traditional Chinese Version (.exe, 1.3 mb)

Contrast Analyser (Traditonal Chinese) standalone version (zip, 367 kb)

Color Contrast Analyser 2.0 Czech Version

2007-12-21T23:57:00.000+10:30

Petr Stohwasser has kindly provide a Czech version Analyzér kontrastu barev verze 2.0 of the color contrast analyser 2.0

CSS Editor bookmarklet For Internet Explorer

2007-12-01T00:44:00.000+10:30

CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE - For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet can come in handy.

German language Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0

2007-12-01T00:36:00.000+10:30

Now available - German language Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 Deutsch: Web Accessibility Toolbar DE - version 2.0 (1.3 mb installation file)
Thanks to Benjamin Griessmann from Web For All and Martin Kliehm for their work on the translation.

Contrast Ananlyser 2.0 Windows and MAC OSX

2007-07-11T17:04:00.000+09:30

The new version of the CCA 2.0 is now available.
new features:

Improved interface
choice of sample area sizes for color picker
Updated contrast ratio algorithm
It can be used to check for conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1 and 2 checkpoints relating to contrast issues using the colour brightness/colour difference formulas and the contrast ratio algorithm.
Detailed or summary results view

A huge thanks to Jun for all his work on this project and thanks to Cedric Trevisan for the MAC version

The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta

2007-06-15T01:06:00.000+09:30

The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta is now available.

Whats new version 2.0

Compatible with IE 7 and Vista
All functions (except third party) no longer rely upon external scripts.
Most functions now work when javascript is disabled
Most functions (where applicable) work across frames & iframes
HTML validator - checks files from a local server or folder.

New functionality:

log window: when the log text box is opened, any messages that a
function provides are written to the log window (instead of an alert
box). Text can also be entered into the log text box. this info can be
saved to a text file.
Open in Firefox and opera buttons: opens the current page in firefox
or Opera (if installed)
HTML validation quick check: returns summary check results from the
W3C validator.
frames list: provides access to any framed documents
generated source highlighter: generated source views with elements highlighted.
Focus highlighter
Functional Accessibility Evaluator
plus others and upgrades to existing functions

WAT for Opera 1.1 now available.

2006-12-14T05:57:00.000+10:30

The Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera 1.1 [WAT for Opera] now available.

Opera recently made some new tools available, which I have included within the WAT for Opera. I have also done some bug fixing (a never ending task)

Web Accessibility Toolbar ES 1.2: Spanish language version now available

2006-09-18T03:05:00.000+09:30

Alan Chuter from Technosite has collaborated with WAT-C to develop the Spanish language version of the Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.2
Descagar - La barra de herramientas de accesibilidad Web (759 KB, exe file)

JavaScript event tests part 1: onmouseover

2006-07-31T15:06:00.000+09:30

JavaScript event tests part 1: onmouseover

This is the first part of a series of articles investigating support for
JavaScript events in popular screen readers. This article investigates
the onmouseover event.
Big thanks to Gez Lemon for his support and input!

Ten questions for Steve Faulkner

2006-07-31T15:04:00.000+09:30

Steve Faulkner talks about accessibility, the Web Accessibility toolbar, the Web
Accessibility Tools Consortium, title attributes, AJAX and WCAG2.

The Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera [WAT for Opera] now available.

2006-07-11T07:51:00.000+09:30

The Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera [WAT for Opera] now available.

Web Accessibility Tools Consortium members; Cedric Trevison of The Paciello Group (TPG) and Steve Faulkner of vision australia have developed a version of the popular testing tool, the Web Accessibility Toolbar , that can be installed on the Opera web browser.

Read more and download the WAT for Opera

Web Accessibility Toolbar SE 1.2: Swedish language version now available.

2006-07-08T06:14:00.000+09:30

Peter Krantz has collaborated with WAT-C to develop a Swedish language version of the Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.2

Download: Web Accessibility Toolbar SE 1.2 [exe file, 789 KB]

Many thanks to Peter who is an active Web Standards and Accessibility advocate, amongst other things he has developed a Screen Reader emulator [Fangs: The Screen Reader Emulator] and has two web sites that provide useful resources for web developers: Standards Shmandards and peterkrantz.com.

Web Accessibility Toolbar DE 1.2: German language version now available.

2006-06-02T15:41:00.000+09:30

Walter Kiessl and his colleagues from WEB for ALL have worked with WAT-C to produce the German localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Download WAT DE version 1.2 (758 KB , exe file)

Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers

2006-06-02T15:38:00.000+09:30

Gez Lemon and Steve Faulkner have collaborated on research and testing to investigate techniques for making AJAX applications accessible to screen reader users:
Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers

Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 - Italian language version now available.

2006-05-09T09:48:00.000+09:30

Steve Faulkner and Roberto Castaldo have collaborated to produce an Italian language version of the CCA 1.1: Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 - Versione italiana application.

Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1: Portuguese [Brazilian] language version now available

2006-05-09T09:45:00.000+09:30

Mauricio Samy Silva has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 into Portuguese: Analisador de Contraste de Cores 1.1.

New Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 now available

2006-04-13T19:09:00.000+09:30

The new version of the CCA is now available.
Packed with new features:

choice of algorithms (luminosity and colour brightness/difference)
Input hex or RGB values
RGB sliders to tweak colours on the fly and get results instantly.
Simulation functions that allow application of colour blindness andother simulations to screen captures, existing images, and real time simulations via a draggable "simulation window"
Button to "copy results" to clipboard for insertion in documents.

A huge thanks to Jun for all his work on this project and thanks to Gez, Sofia, Andrew and pixeldiva for their feedback during development, and a minor pat on the back to my humble self....

Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1

French: Web Accessibility Toolbar FR 1.2 - Now available

2006-04-13T19:05:00.000+09:30

French: Web Accessibility Toolbar FR 1.2, Information and Download - La barre d'outils Accessibilité du Web FR 1.2. Thanks to Sylvie Duchateau and Tanguy Loheac from Braillenet for the localisation.

Web Accessibility Toolbar PT-BR 1.2 now available

2006-03-07T21:08:00.000+10:30

Portuguese [Brazilian]: Web Accessibility Toolbar PT-BR 1.2 Information and Download Barra de Ferramentas para acessibilidade à Web.
Thanks to Mauricio Samy Silva for the localisation.

2006-02-27T10:00:00.000+10:30

A version of Gez's excellent Colour Contrast Analyser firefox extension has been added to the english version of the WAT (in the colour menu).
Please update using the toolbar's "accessibility toolbar options > update toolbar" function in order to use it.

Tags: accessibility, web accessibility

Toolbar date specific bug

2006-01-03T02:32:00.000+10:30

The Web accessibility toolbar stopped functioning for one day (the 30/12/2005). This was a one-off occurance, it was due to a date specific bug in the source code. Apologies for any inconvenience caused....

Tags: accessibility, web accessibility

Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.2 Dutch language version

2005-12-28T02:36:00.000+10:30

Stichting Bartiméus Accessibility have worked with WAT-C to produce the Dutch localization of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Nederlandse versie Web Accessibility Toolbar

Many thanks to Iaco for all all her hard work on the translation!
Tags: accessibility, web accessibility

Colour Contrast Analyser: Bulgarian language version now available

2005-12-20T10:17:00.000+10:30

Vladimir Georgiev has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser into Bulgarian. Colour Contrast Analyser BG 1.0

Tags: accessibility, web accessibility

Colour Contrast Analyser: Portuguese language version now available

2005-12-13T09:22:00.000+10:30

Maurício Samy Silva has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser into Portuguese. Versão em português do Brasil: Analisador de Contraste de Cores. - Monday, December 12, 2005

Tags: accessibility, web accessibility

feedback and questions

2005-11-04T12:43:00.000+10:30

Please post comments and feedback here and if you would like a response include an email address or email me directly [steven.faulkner@nils.org.au]