General
- Accessibility 101: Gallatin’s one-page quick-tip overview of the basics of accessibility
- NYU’s Digital Accessibility Checklist
- NYU WCAG 2.0 Testing Standards Protocol (to be used for all NYU website accessibility testing)
- NYU Digital Accessibility Support Articles
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- NYU Website Accessibility Policy
- Digital Accessibility for Web Publishing
- Resources for Alternative Text for Images
- Usability 101: Introduction to Usability
- 70 Web Accessibility Resources for Designing with Inclusivity
- Design for Accessibility | Canva Webinar (video)
Website Accessibility Checkers
- Axe: Chrome plugin for developers to check websites for accessibility.
- WAVE Browser Extensions: add a plugin to your browser to check websites for accessibility.
- WAVE URL Checker: enter any URL to check for accessibility.
- WebAIM Color Contrast Checker: check text foreground/background color for sufficient contrast.
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List
- Web Publishing: Making your site accessible: checklist for Web Publishing sites
Audio/Video
- Digital Accessibility: Captioning tipsheet for prerecorded video
- NYU Stream: Ordering captions: create captions and/or transcripts for video and audio files.
- YouTube automatic captioning: order captions for on-demand or livestream videos.
- YouTube DIY transcriptions: Add your own subtitles & closed captions on videos you own.
- Vimeo captions and subtitles: Add your own subtitles & closed captions on videos you own.
Documents & Text
- Grackle: accessibility tools for Google files
- Google Docs and Microsoft Accessibility Tipsheet: tips for making documents accessible, from NYU’s Moses Center.
- Creating an Accessible PDF: tips for ensuring your accessible Word document becomes an accessible PDF, from NYU’s Moses Center.
- Make your Google document or presentation accessible: Google’s guide for making Google Docs and Slides accessible.
- Make your Word documents accessible: Microsoft’s guide for making Microsoft Word documents accessible.
- Microsoft Office accessibility checker for Windows.
- Microsoft Office Accessibility checker for Mac.
- PDFS
- Accessible InDesign Guide: Guidelines for designing publications with accessibility in mind.
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Accessibility Checker: create accessible PDF documents. Best used for public-facing websites.
- Optical Character Recognition: Convert scanned PDFs into machine-readable documents.
- SensusAccess: Automatically convert inaccessible documents into more accessible formats (available through NYU). Best used for personal documents or general classroom use. *Note: we recommend using the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Checker after the SensusAccess conversion.
- Read&Write: Assistive technology that helps make reading, writing, and comprehending text easier.
Embedded Content & Social Media
- Third Party Embeds, Downloads, & Social Media: ensure social media content is accessible.
- WebAIM Creating Accessible Frames and Iframes: ensure embedded media is accessible.