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Accessibility Testing Tools

Browser Extensions

Chrome

• axe DevTools - Web Accessibility Testing - Chrome Web Store
• WAVE Evaluation Tool - Chrome Web Store
• ARC Toolkit - Chrome Web Store
• Accessibility Insights for Web

Firefox

• axe - Web Accessibility Testing – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
• WAVE Accessibility Extension – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Safari

• ‎a11yTools - Web Accessibility on the Mac App Store

JavaScript Bookmarklets (ALL Browsers)

• HTML_CodeSniffer
• tota11y
• PaulJAdam's Bookmarklets for Accessibility Testing
• About the Nu Html Checker

Contrast Testing

• Colour Contrast Analyser
• How to Use the Contrast Checker in Chrome DevTools
• Chrome DevTools - View the contrast ratio of a text element in the Color Picker

Figma Plugins

• Stark
• A11y - Color Contrast Checker

Code Validation

• Nu Html Checker

Testing Frameworks

• GitHub - dequelabs/axe-core: Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing
• GitHub - pa11y/pa11y: Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal
• https://github.com/squizlabs/HTML_CodeSniffer
• Accessibility Addon | Storybook

VS Code Extensions

• axe Accessibility Linter - Visual Studio Marketplace
• webhint - Visual Studio Marketplace

Screen Readers

NVDA for Windows

• NVDA Screen Reader for Windows
• NVDA Focus Highlight Add-on
• NVDA Speech History Add-on

JAWS for Windows

• Downloads: JAWS
• Surf's Up! Surfing the Internet with JAWS

VoiceOver for macOS

• VoiceOver Getting Started Guide
• VoiceOver Command Charts, macOS High Sierra

Windows High Contrast Mode

• Use high contrast mode in Windows 10