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Tools and Techniques

Several guides have been written to help developers build accessible sites:

  • Accessible Web Page Design (DO-IT, University of Washington)

  • Designing more Usable Web Sites (Trace Center)

  • Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible

  • Fact Sheet for "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0"

  • Guidelines: WAI Web Content Accessibility Curriculum

Design resources

  • UW-Madison Trace Center, Designing More Usable Web Sites
  • DoIT's Digital Publishing and Printing Services
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Universal Design and Web Accessibility

Examples of Accessible Sites

  • The Pyle Center
  • Learning Innovations
  • The Distance Education Clearinghouse is about 90% compliant and is a good example of how to use alt tags

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