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Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility  

Designing for colourblind users 

Designing UI with colour blind users in mind 

An article on how to improve your site’s accessibility and the experience it delivers for people who have difficulty seeing colour clearly or differentiating between colours. 

Designing UI with color blind users in mind | Secret Stache 

Designing with the colourblind in mind will improve your design for everyone 

An article that uses designing for colourblind users as an example of how inclusive design can benefit users in various situations. 

Designing with the colorblind in mind will improve your design for everyone | Inside Design Blog (invisionapp.com) 

WebAIM contrast checker 

WebAIM’s colour contrast checker, which is also available as an API and bookmarklet. 

WebAIM: Contrast Checker 

Accessibility testing tools 

Note

Note: While these testing tools can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, they are not a replacement for the full WCAG. It is recommended to use these tools to help facilitate human evaluation of web content. 

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49 Accessibility Bookmarklets You Can Use For A11Y Testing • DigitalA11Y 

Creating accessible PDFs 

PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0 

Documentation from the W3C on creating accessible PDFs. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) notes: “Publication of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0 success criteria and conformance requirements. Developers need to be aware of the limitations of specific technologies and provide content in a way that is accessible to people with disabilities.” 

PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0  

Create and verify PDF accessibility, Acrobat Pro 

Adobe Acrobat’s documentation on creating and verifying PDF accessibility. 

Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro)  

Creating accessible documents, Foxit 

Foxit’s documentation on creating and verifying PDF accessibility. 

Creating accessible PDF documents 

Designing for colourblind users 

Designing UI with colour blind users in mind 

An article on how to improve your site’s accessibility and the experience it delivers for people who have difficulty seeing colour clearly or differentiating between colours. 

Designing UI with color blind users in mind | Secret Stache 

Designing with the colourblind in mind will improve your design for everyone 

An article that uses designing for colourblind users as an example of how inclusive design can benefit users in various situations. 

Designing with the colorblind in mind will improve your design for everyone | Inside Design Blog (invisionapp.com) 

WebAIM contrast checker 

WebAIM’s colour contrast checker, which is also available as an API and bookmarklet. 

WebAIM: Contrast Checker 

Accessibility communities 

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