Accessible IT Resources
Distance Learning Accessibility
Illinois Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
Video Captioning Tools
MAGpie (free)
A free authoring tool for making their materials accessible to persons with disabilities geared toward developers of Web and CD–ROM based multimedia.
IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications
A set of guidelines developed by the IMS Accessibility Working Group that provide a framework for the distributed learning community. This framework sets the stage for what solutions currently exist, what the opportunities and possibilities are for implementing them, and the areas where more development and innovation are still needed in educational technologies to ensure education that is truly accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Hardware Accessibility Checklist from IBM
A free checkilist developed by IBM to help assess the accessibility of information technology hardware. Use this checklist for, copiers, printers, fax machines, or similar types of products which are designed such that the user cannot attach or install assistive technology.
Captioning QuickTime
A WebAIM authored resource that gives step–by–step instructions on captioning with Quicktime.
Captioning Windows Media
A WebAIM authored resource that gives step–by–step instructions on captioning with Windows Media.
Captioning RealPlayer
A WebAIM authored resource that gives step–by–step instructions on captioning with RealPlayer.
Media Players – An accessibility comparison
A study published by WebAIM that compares accessiblity features in 3 major media players.
