Accessibility testing tools

Easy checks 

W3.org provide some simple checks to ensure that your site is accessible in the most basic way.

• Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility

Browser accessibility tools

• Chrome Developer Tools - Audits - Accessibility
• Firefox Accessibility inspector
• Microsoft Edge Accessibility tree

Browser plugins

• Wave Chrome and Firefox browser extensions
• Site Improve Accessibility Checker (Chrome Extension
• Axe Accessibility Checker (Chrome Extension)

Desktop tools

• Koa11y

Microsoft office and PDFs.

All content is included in the legislation and should be accessible. This includes Microsoft Office files and PDFs. 

• Microsoft Accessibility Checker
• Publishing accessible documents (Gov.uk) 

Further reading

The above is a selection of tools that are easy to access.  W3.org provides further information on choosing accessibility tools

Accessibility contacts