RNIB Surf Right Toolbar released.
Jun and Steve Faulkner (The Paciello Group) have worked with the RNIB to develop the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar for Internet Explorer. The toolbar provides easy access to Internet Explorer accessibility features as well as providing new and enhanced accessibility features for users. - Tuesday 17th June, 2008
Chinese (Traditional) WAT 2.0 released.
網頁親和力工具列 (1.3 mb installation file). Jedi has developed a version of the WAT 2.0. - Thursday 20th March, 2008
Color Contrast Analyser - Chinese (traditional) released.
色彩對比分析程式 (zip, 367 kb). Jedi has developed a version of the CCA 2.0. - Thursday 20th March, 2008
The Contrast Analyser for MAC released.
Cedric trevisan has developed a version of the contrast analyser for MAC. Available in English, French, Italian and Swedish. - Thursday 5th July, 2007
The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta is now available.
- Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 - about and download
- Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 - documentation
Whats new version 2.0
- Compatible with IE 7 and Vista
- All functions (except third party) no longer rely upon external scripts.
- Most functions now work when javascript is disabled
- Most functions (where applicable) work across frames & iframes
- HTML validator - checks files from a local server or folder.
New Functionality
- Log window: when the log text box is opened, any messages that a function provides are written to the log window (instead of an alert box). Text can also be entered into the log text box. this info can be saved to a text file.
- Open in Firefox and opera buttons: opens the current page in firefox or Opera (if installed)
- HTML validation quick check: returns summary check results from the W3C validator.
- Frames list: provides access to any framed documents
- Generated source highlighter: generated source views with elements highlighted.
- Focus highlighter
- Functional Accessibility Evaluator
- Plus others and upgrades to existing functions
The Contrast Analyser 2.0 is now available.
The Contrast Analyser 2.0 implements the updated contrast algorithm and provides results based on Guideline 1.4 of the May 2007 working draft of WCAG 2.0 - Friday, May 18, 2007
Italian version: Versione italiana: Contrast Analyser - Versione 2.0
Outil d'analyse de la différence de luminosité version 1.1
A French language version of the Luminosity Contrats Ratio Analyser Is now available.
Thanks to Aurélien Levy for the translation. Outil d'analyse de la différence de luminosité version 1.1 (ZIP file, 318 KB) - Sunday, December 31, 2006
The Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera [WAT for Opera] 1.1
A new version of the WAT for Opera is now available, that includes some new tools made available by opera
Read more and download the WAT for Opera - Monday, December 18, 2006
La barra de herramientas de accesibilidad Web 1.2: Spanish language version now available.
Alan Chuter from Technosite has collaborated with WAT-C to develop the Spanish language version of the Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.2
Descagar - La barra de herramientas de accesibilidad Web (759 KB, exe file) - Sunday, September 17, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 German language version now available.
Lilo von Hanffstengel has collaborated with WAT-C to develop a German language version of the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1.
Download: Colour Contrast Analyser DE 1.1 [zip file, 319 KB] - Wednesday, August 2, 2006
La Barre AccessiWeb 1.0
Barre AccessiWeb un logiciel d'aide a l'evaluation manuelle de l'accessibilite du Web de l'association BrailleNet
The Web Accessibility Tools Consortium have collaborated with Braillenet to develop a [French language] tool supporting the manual testing of the AccessiWeb guidelines - Friday, July 21, 2006
Web Accessibility Toolbar SE 1.2: Swedish language version now available.
Peter Krantz has collaborated with WAT-C to develop a Swedish language version of the Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.2
Download: Web Accessibility Toolbar SE 1.2 [exe file, 789 KB]
Many thanks to Peter who is an active Web Standards and Accessibility advocate, amongst other things he has developed a Screen Reader emulator [Fangs: The Screen Reader Emulator] and has two web sites that provide useful resources for web developers: Standards Shmandards and peterkrantz.com. - Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 Swedish language version now available.
Peter Krantz has collaborated with WAT-C to develop a Swedish language version of the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1
Download: Colour Contrast Analyser SE 1.1 [zip file, 319 KB]
Many thanks to Peter for his work on this project and also his work on the Swedish localisation of the WAT 1.2, which is ready to go and will be released in the next few days! - Thursday, June 8, 2006
Web Accessibility Toolbar DE 1.2: German language version now available.
Walter Kiessl and his colleagues from WEB for ALL have worked with WAT-C to produce the German localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Download WAT DE version 1.2 (758 KB , exe file)
WAT-C thanks Walter and friends for their time and effort on this project! - Friday, June 2, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1: Portuguese [Brazilian] language version now available
Maurício Samy Silva has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 into Portuguese. Versão em português do Brasil: Analisador de Contraste de Cores 1.1. - Tuesday, may 09, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 - Italian language version now available.
Steve Faulkner and Roberto Castaldo have collaborated to produce an Italian language version of the CCA 1.1: Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 - Versione italiana application. WAT-C thanks Steve and Roberto for their time and effort on this project! - Friday, April 28, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 now available.
Jun and Steve Faulkner (AIS) have collaborated to produce a new version of the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.1 application. WAT-C thanks Jun and Steve for their time and effort on this project! - Thursday, April 12, 2006
Web Accessibility Toolbar FR 1.2: French language version now available.
Sylvie Duchateau and Tanguy Loheac from Braillenet have worked with WAT-C to produce the French localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: La barre d'outils Accessibilité du Web FR 1.2
WAT-C thanks Sylvie and Tanguy for their time and effort on this project! - Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Web Accessibility Toolbar PT-BR 1.2: Portuguese [Brazilian] language version now available.
Mauricio Samy Silva has worked with WAT-C to produce the Portuguese [Brazilian] localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Barra de Ferramentas para acessibilidade à Web
Mauricio is a tireless Standards advocate and has translated many W3C
documents. WAT-C thanks Mauricio for his time and effort on this project! - Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser - Firefox Extension 0.2 now available.
Gez Lemon, of Juicy Studio and founding member of WAT-C, has released a Colour Contrast Analyser - Firefox Extension - Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Web Accessibility Toolbar NL 1.2: Dutch language version now available.
Stichting Bartiméus Accessibility have worked with WAT-C to produce the Dutch localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Nederlandse versie Web Accessibility Toolbar
Many thanks to Iaco for all all her hard work on the translation! - Wednesday, February 2, 2006
Colour Contrast Analyser: Bulgarian language version now available
Vladimir Georgiev has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser into Bulgarian. Bulgarian version: Colour Contrast Analyser BG 1.0. - Monday, December 19, 2005
Colour Contrast Analyser: Czech language version now available
David Spinar has contributed to WAT-C by translating the Colour Contrast Analyser into Czech. Ceská verze: Analyzér kontrastu barev. - Monday, November 28, 2005
Juicy Studio - Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser [online service]
Gez Lemon has developed an online Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser based on an algorithm suggested by the WAI for WCAG 2.0 - Guideline 1.4. He has also produced a set of Example Luminosity Contrast Ratios. The examples clearly illustrate which foreground/background colour combinations pass/fail using the new algorithm and how this compares with results from the current algorithm used for contrast analysis. The new algorithm was derived from the work done by HP and Microsoft published on the W3C website: A Standard Default Color Space for the Internet . - Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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