List of Companies that provide Software to ensure compliance with Section 508

Ø      Accessible Information Solutions - The Web Accessibility Toolbar is provided by the Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) team at the National Information and Library Service (NILS) , Australia. The Web Accessibility Toolbar has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility.

Ø      Accessible Web Publishing Wizard - This Accessibility Wizard simplifies the task of converting PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and (in the future) Excel spreadsheets to accessible HTML through an easy-to-use user interface and automation of many of the details of conversion.

Ø      Adobe - Here is where you get information on Adobe accessibility and tools such as Acrobat Reader and how to make your PDF's accessible.
- Creating Accessible PDFs using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
- Dreamweaver 8 Accessibility
- Flash 8 Accessibility

Ø      CynthiaSays! is a web content accessibility validation solution, designed to identify errors in design related to Section 508 standards and the WCAG guidelines. This service is a free accessibility validation tester.

Ø      Deque has desktop tools for Web accessibility evaluation and repair, of entire sites or single pages, and for converting PDF documents into HTML and XML. Deque Ramp PE is available free to non-profit orgs and some other user categories.

Ø      Hermish.com is a free web accessibility tool designed to help you bring your web site up to required standards outlined by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Ø      Macromedia - This is where you will find accessible Macromedia tools, such as plug-ins for Flash and Shockwave. Also available are accessibility extensions for Dreamweaver and free templates for building accessible websites.

Ø      MAGpie 2.01: A free tool for captioning and describing multimedia.

Ø      Microsoft - This is the starting point for Microsoft accessibility information such as step by step tutorials to introduce you to some of the most commonly used accessibility features.

Ø      NetCentric’s CommonLook Section 508 Plug-In for Adobe Acrobat - This tool will help with the difficult task of making PDF documents S508 compliant. You can easily and quickly determine if your PDF documents meet all the applicable Section 508 requirements. Furthermore, the plug-in helps correct the most common accessibility problems, including the proper tagging of images, tables, forms and other non-textual objects. A compliance report makes it possible, for PDF authors, to get detailed information on the accessibility problems so they can be corrected.

Ø      Parasoft WebKing - WebKing is an automated web test and analysis tool suite that validates accessibility compliance (Section 508 standards and the WCAG guideline), verifies quality and brand standard conformance, and tests web application functionality and performance.

Ø      PDF Guidance for Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0 - GSA has prepared this guidance document to assist government agencies to meet 508 compliance of PDF documents. - PDF | MS Word

Ø      STEP508 uses the output of accessibility evaluation tools (such as Bobby), Compares the results of these evaluations, identifies the errors that are most critical to fix to make your site accessible, and Tracks the progress of your accessibility repair efforts over time. Fall/Winter Release Expected: The release of a new application that expands upon STEP508 is in development and will be released in Fall/Winter of 2005. Like with the early prototype, the new application does not replace the need for web accessibility evaluation and repair tools - it is an adjunct that helps agencies maximize accessibility resources based on those tools' output.

Ø      Usability.Gov - This site provides excellent step by step guides to usability design and implementation. Learn the usability guidelines, training and methods to accomplish usable and useful web sites that keep your visitors coming back.

Ø      Vischeck - Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind. You can try Vischeck online, run Vischeck on your own image files, or run Vischeck on a web page.

Ø      Watchfire - Watchfire provides Online Risk Management software and services to monitor and report on quality, privacy, accessibility, security and compliance risks.

NOTICE: The information provided above is intended to serve as a quick resource to free online accessibility support information only, and not as an endorsement of any vendor product or service. The accuracy of information provided by external websites listed are the sole responsibility of the website from which the information came. The external websites are not related to section508.gov and do not bind the government, and may not be relied upon for litigation or other purposes.