Software accessibility references

"Effective Color Contrast"
Lighthouse International. www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm (link resides outside of ibm.com). This document provides guidelines for making effective color choices which work for everyone.

"EITACC Desktop Software standards"
Electronic Information Technology Access. trace.wisc.edu/docs/eitacc_desktop_software_standards/desktop
_software_standards.htm (link resides outside of ibm.com). This document defines accessibility standards for desktop software.

"Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards - Final Rule"
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, December 21, 2000. Final Standards for Electronic and Information Technology (link resides outside of ibm.com)for Section 508. (link resides outside of ibm.com)

"IBM Java Accessibility Checklist"
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center. www.ibm.com/able/accessjava.html. This document provides detailed rationale, techniques and testing methods for developing and designing accessible Java applications.

"IBM Lotus Notes Accessibility Checklist"
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center. www.ibm.com/able/accessr5.html. This document provides detailed rationale, techniques and testing methods for developing and designing accessible Notes applications.

"IBM Web Accessibility Checklist"
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center. www.ibm.com/able/accessweb.html. This document provides detailed rationale, techniques and testing methods for developing and designing accessible Web applications.

"KDE User Interface Guidelines"
KDE UI Guidelines (link resides outside of ibm.com). Online documentation which covers user interface guidelines for KDE applications in the Unix environment.

"Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines"
Apple Computer, Inc. www.devworld.apple.com/techpubs/mac/
HIGuidelines/HIGuidelines-2.html (link resides outside of ibm.com). Online documentation which covers design issues for Macintosh applications.

"Making Text Legible"
Lighthouse International. www.lighthouse.org/print_leg.htm (link resides outside of ibm.com). This document provides basic guidelines for making text legible.

Media Access Generator (MAGpie)
WGBH. http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/
ncam/webaccess/magpie/index.html" (link resides outside of ibm.com). This tool from WGBH enables authors to add captions to various multimedia formats.

Microsoft Active Accessibility
Microsoft Corporation. www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000544 (link resides outside of ibm.com). This site provides detailed information about Microsoft Active Accessibility and instructions for downloading the MSAA Software Development Kit.

"Microsoft Windows Guidelines for Accessible Software Design"
Microsoft Corporation. msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url
=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000544 (link resides outside of ibm.com). This document provides detailed guidelines for developing and designing accessible Windows applications.

"Microsoft Windows User Experience"
Microsoft Corporation. Fundamentals of Designing User Interaction (link resides outside of ibm.com). Online documentation which covers design issues for Windows applications.

"Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide"
Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide (link resides outside of ibm.com). Online documentation which covers design issues for the Motif and Common Desktop Environment (CDE) user interface.

"Optimizing Adobe PDF Files for Accessibility"
Adobe. http://www.adobe.com/products/
acrobat/pdfs/pdfaccess.pdf (link resides outside of ibm.com). This document provides information on designing accessible PDF files.

RealPlayer 7 Basic
RealNetworks. http://www.real.com/ (link resides outside of ibm.com). Information on RealPlayer 7 Basic which allows users to turn on captioning.

Requirements For Accessible Electronic AND
US Department of Education, version 1.1, 1997. ocfo.ed.gov/coninfo/clibrary/software.htm (link resides outside of ibm.com). designing accessible software. This document contains detailed guidelines for designing accessible software.

WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
WGBH. main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam (link resides outside of ibm.com). This site provides information about media formats, tools and players that enable captions and video descriptions.

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