Firefox plug-ins
- Web Developer Toolbar
- WAVE Toolbar
- Fangs (Screen reader simulator)
- Firefox Accessibility Extension
- Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar
Other browsers and plug-ins
- Web accessibility toolbar for Internet Explorer
- Lynx (text-mode web browser) simulator
- WebAnywhere (Browser-based screen reader)
Page validators
Automated accessibility checkers
Miscellaneous tools
- Funkify: Chrome extension to experience the web through the eyes of disabled users
- Coblis Color Blindness Simulator
- CheckMyColours: check that your colours pack sufficient contrast for the colour deficient
- Load time check
- Readability test
- Semantics extractor
- Screen size simulator
Documentation and on-line books
- WCAG 2.0 Cheat Sheet
- Accessibility resources from the W3C
- WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind.
- Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
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Dr. David Travis (@userfocus) has been carrying out ethnographic field research and running product usability tests since 1989. He has published three books on user experience including Think Like a UX Researcher. If you like his articles, you might enjoy his free online user experience course.

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