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Web Accessibility Toolbar

The Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) team of Vision Auatralia have make a very nice and useful Web Accessibility Toolbar. the Toolbar is available for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer 5+ with Javascript enabled only.

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The Web Accessibility Toolbar has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that: identify components of a web page, facilitate the use of 3rd party online applications, simulate user experiences and provide links to references and additional resources. Available in many languages including English, French, Danish, Deutsh, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and chineese.

In the latest version there are many fixes and new features including :

  • Integrated colour contrast analyser application.
  • New source menu with some old favourites and new functionality: including source highlighters and 3rd party DOM inspectors.
  • Bug fixes galore
  • New functions such as, show blockquote and Q, Show internal links, Show Titles,Show Tbale headers and Navigation via link element.
  • A new IE options dialog interface for screen reader and keyboard only users.
  • Popup blocker detection for functions that open in new windows.
  • Enable/disable hot keys for users who encounter key combination conflicts.
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