Tools

Last updated: 11 November 2018

Siteimprove Accessibility Checker

Usage

Excellent for checking pages in combination with Chrome's inspect tool.

Installation

• Open Chrome
• Go to the Chrome web store
• Search for 'siteimprove accessibility checker'
• Click '+ Add to Chrome'

WAVE Toolbar

Usage

Excellent for checking page headings, form labels, alt text and table headings.

Installation

• Open Chrome
• Go to the Wave toolbar download page
• Click on '+ Add to Chrome'

axe Core

Usage

Useful for text automation.

Installation

• Go to the axe download page
• You can follow the links to the Github repository or scroll down to find a list of integrations
• Additional integrations can be found here

WCAG Contrast Checker

Usage

Useful for checking the color contrast between foreground text and the background.

Installation

• Open Firefox
• Go to the Contrast checker download page
• Click on '+ Add to Firefox'
• If a yellow bar appears at the top of the screen, saying that installation is blocked, click on 'Allow'
• A pop-up window will appear as the plugin downloads
• Click on 'Install'
• Click on 'Restart Firefox' to complete the update