RNIB Surf Right Toolbar Released A beta version of the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar (for IE) is now available. This is a tool for users to help them modify web content presentation to suit their needs. The toolbar brings built in Internet Explorer Accessibility features to the fore, as well as providing enhanced custom styles support and and easy access to the Windows Accessibilty Control Panel. Many thanks to Jun for working with me and the RNIB team (past and present - Bim, Henny, Andrew, Anne and Donna) on this project.

• Download the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar (760 kb installation file).
• Help page for the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar for IE.

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 3:30 am, RNIB Surf Right Toolbar Released: permanent link 0 comments

  Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 Chinese Language version

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)

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 8:33 pm, Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 Chinese Language version: permanent link 0 comments

  Color Contrast Analyser 2.0 Czech Version Petr Stohwasser has kindly provide a Czech version Analyzér kontrastu barev verze 2.0 of the color contrast analyser 2.0  - posted by steve faulkner @ 11:57 pm, Color Contrast Analyser 2.0 Czech Version: permanent link 0 comments

  CSS Editor bookmarklet For Internet Explorer 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.

Labels: bookmarklet, CSS, internet explorer

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 12:44 am, CSS Editor bookmarklet For Internet Explorer: permanent link 0 comments

  German language Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 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.

Labels: deutsch, toolbar, WAT, web accessibility

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 12:36 am, German language Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0: permanent link 0 comments

  Contrast Ananlyser 2.0 Windows and MAC OSX 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

• Download the Colour Contrast Analyser for Windows
• Download the Colour Contrast Analyser for Mac OS X

Labels: accessibility, contrast analyser

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 5:04 pm, Contrast Ananlyser 2.0 Windows and MAC OSX: permanent link 1 comments

  The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta

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

  - posted by steve faulkner @ 1:06 am, The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta: permanent link 0 comments

  WAT for Opera 1.1 now available. 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)  - posted by steve faulkner @ 5:57 am, WAT for Opera 1.1 now available.: permanent link 0 comments