Accessibility

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BBC My Web My Way :

- Explains common web accessibility options on Windows, Mac and Linux machines.
BrailleSurf 4.0 :

- Basic web browser driving a Braille display.
BrookesTalk :

- Browser for the blind and visually impaired, being developed by Oxford Brookes University. Free evaluation version.
Communicate: Webwide :

- Symbol and blind web browser from Widgit
Emacspeak --The Complete Audio Desktop :

- Fully-fledged GNU/Linux speech-enabled browser with support for Aural CSS.
Enhancing Internet Access :

- Touchscreen system for people with disabilities and special needs.
Fire Vox - Talking Browser Extension for Firefox :

- An open source suite of extensions for Firefox that make Firefox into a talking brower for the visually impaired.
Firefox Accessibar :

- Firefox extension that allows you to change the appearance of web pages, including zoom and colour changes, and read back web pages.
Guide :

- An all-in-one software package featuring a self-voicing web browser from Software Express.
Introduction to the Screen Reader :

- A short video demonstrating how screen readers assist people who are blind navigate the web and interact with the electronic page. [QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media]
MozBraille :

- Self-voicing and Braille output based on the Mozilla browser.
MultiWeb :

- Browser for users with multiple disabilities, including speech engine and text enlargement. Works with switch devices and touch screens.
PnC Net :

- Magnifying and self-voicing web browser.
Portset WebTalk Internet Browser :

- Portset WebTalk browser and ISP, used with KeySpeak screen reader.
pwWebSpeak :

- A self-voicing (speaking) web browser.
Simply Web 2000 :

- Speech friendly, speech enabled, with features that allow easy navigation of complex pages by blind users.
SpeakOn :

- A free self-voicing suite with web browser, Internet radio player, DAISY book reader and access to talking newspapers.
System Access to Go :

- Online screenreader, free, available from any Internet-connected Windows machine.
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 :

- A recommendation from the W3C for how to designing user agents to lower barriers to Web accessibility for people with disabilities.
The Wanna-Be Web Browser :

- Apple Mac text-only browser.
WebAnywhere :

- Online service that lets you navigate web pages as with a screenreader, but works just by navigating to the WebAnywhere site. No installation or software required.
WebbIE :

- Web browser and other related utilities for blind and visually-impaired screen-reader users.
WebFormator :

- Works with Internet Explorer and provides an accessible text-only re-presentation of a web page for a user's screen reader.
Current Browsers and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 :

- An article by Patrick H. Lauke for the Web Standards Project, examining how well today's browsers adhere to the guidelines from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. (May 20, 2007)