Tools to test

What is out there?

[pmkpmk]

So far I have:

• Lynx, and the Lynx-extension for FireFox
  
• Webbie - a browser for vision impaired
  
• Various text-to-speech systems like Cepstral - all I found so far need the text to be copied and pasted so that really isn't an option for the blind
  
• Braille readers. Expensive and not a good testing tool since you need to know Braille as well
  
• Jaws, supposed to be the de-facto standard for Voice browsers
  
• IBM Homepage Reader, the runner up
  
• Online ressources to do mere checks
  

Anything else?

[benihana]

NILS Accessibility toolbar for IE

Connect Outloud (think its available as a trial that works for 30 minutes before reboot required)

<added> Connect Outloud is the web browser element from Jaws which you already listed</added>

[SuzyUK]

Fangs.. a firefox extension

outputs the page as a screenreader would read it, very enlightening!

Suzy

[DrDoc]

Don't forget user testing ;)

[rkasa]

Another tool I´ve found really useful is TAW. It can check the whole site (domain, subdomains), it can even get access to restricted areas (providing ID and Pass, of course). I´m spanish so I use the spanish version, but I´m pretty sure they´ve got an english version as well on the following address:

[tawdis.net...]

It´s free.

[Don_Hoagie]

Don't forget that Macs have built-in screen readers.

THEY HAVE BUILT-IN EVERYTHING... DON'T YOU GET IT?!?! THEY RULE!

Ok sorry.

In the Utilities folder is an app called VoiceOver... seems really annoying to use, but I imagine that's because I don't use screen readers. It's free, so who can argue with that?