Validating WCAG 2.0

Earlier this week, I’ve published my post about Fujitsu Accessibility assistance. One of the problems with this tool is that it still checks only for WCAG 1.0.

In fact, most of the tools out there, are still aimed at WCAG 1.0.

Following the post, I was asked for a tool that will validate WCAG 2.0. Since I actually need it my self, I didn’t need much more to get on the search.

ATRC Web Accessibility Checker

The “ATRC Web Accessibility Checker” is an online validating tool from the “Adaptive Technology Resource Centre”.

It is completely free, but since it works only on-line, you should have Internet access. You can, as a workaround, save your rendered file to a static HTML file, and upload that file.

The interface is very simple:

Just type in the URL for the site you wish to check, select the options you want, and hit “Check It”.

After a while (it will take quite a few seconds) you will have a tabbed report on the bottom of that page, which looks like that:

Each error, is marked with the line number in the checked HTML. Note that if you are checking an Asp.Net page, the line number wouldn’t be same as your mark-up, but as your rendered HTML result.

The “Repair” section of each error, offers a method to repair that error.

Clicking the error’s title link, will open a popup window with a detailed explanation of the guide line and repair method.

If you need an offline tool, read about SortSite - web site testing tool