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Accessibility Resources

Engineering Communications works to make all content accessible. Depending on the issue with an electronic document or web content, the person who needs to do the remediation can reference the following resources.

Web Content Accessibility

  • WebAIM – We have web accessibility in mind
  • W3C – Resources for content writers
  • W3C – Resources for designers
  • W3C – Evaluating web accessibility overview

General Resources

  • IT Accessibility – IT Accessibility at Texas A&M
  • Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station – Electronic information resource accessibility
  • GSA Section 508 – Create accessible documents

Electronic Document Accessibility

Microsoft Office Accessibility Resources

  • LinkedIn Learning – Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft – Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
  • Microsoft – Make your content accessible to everyone with the Accessibility Checker
  • WebAIM – Microsoft Word — Creating accessible documents
  • The National Center on Disability and Access to Education – Cheatsheets
  • Penn State Accessibility – Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
  • Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities
  • Video: Start with an accessible template
  • Excel tips

Adobe PDFs

  • HHS.gov – Guidance: Making Accessible PDFs
  • Adobe – Using the Acrobat Pro DC Accessibility Checker
  • Adobe Acrobat – Creating Accessible PDFs
  • WebAIM – PDF accessibility
  • University of Washington Accessibility – Creating Accessible PDF Forms Using Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Adobe – Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Accessible Forms and Interactive Documents
  • Office of Technology Solutions Illinois State University – Adding interactive form controls a tagged document

Color Pickers (Hex Code)

  • WebAIM – Contrast Checker
  • The Paciello Group – Color Contrast Checker Application

Fonts

  • WebAIM – Fonts

Images

Complex Diagrams and Math Images

Note: Information can be used for alternative (alt) text guidance for complex diagram images in Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office applications.

  • 3PlayMedia – How to write effective alt text
  • Diagram Center – How to describe complex images for accessibility
  • Diagram Center – Digital accessible math images

General Alternative Text

  • Quick tips for writing meaningful alt text

Graphic Design

  • Graphic Design Accessibility Handbook
  • Adobe – Accessibility by Product

Remediation Services

Note: Please let Tricia Speed know if you decide to use a remediation service for your electronic documents. The following third-party services have been used successfully to remediate documents. The Texas A&M University System is looking at the last two services as a possible master contract with special pricing for Texas A&M System members.

  • Common Look
  • CodeMantra
  • Equidox

Videos

  • Texas A&M IT – Captioning videos

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