Open Source Linux Accessibility Tools
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View 4 business solutionsBrowse free open source Accessibility tools and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Accessibility tools by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Lighthouse
Automated auditing, performance metrics, & best practices for the web
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool that analyzes and audits web apps and web pages in order to improve their quality. Lighthouse collects modern performance metrics and insights on developer best practices; auditing for performance, accessibility, SEO and more. After auditing it produces a report either in JSON or HTML. Included in the report is a reference doc that explains the importance of the audit and how to fix the problem areas, which you can use to improve the web app or web page. Lighthouse can be integrated directly into the Chrome DevTools with its own panel. To run it, you would simply have to select the Lighthouse panel and click on "Generate report". It can also be run from the command line, or as a Node module. -
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axe-core
Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing
Axe is an accessibility testing engine for websites and other HTML-based user interfaces. It's fast, secure, lightweight, and was built to seamlessly integrate with any existing test environment so you can automate accessibility testing alongside your regular functional testing. Axe-core has different types of rules, for WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 on level A and AA, as well as a number of best practices that help you identify common accessibility practices like ensuring every page has an h1 heading, and to help you avoid "gotchas" in ARIA like where an ARIA attribute you used will get ignored. With axe-core, you can find on average 57% of WCAG issues automatically. Additionally, axe-core will return elements as "incomplete" where axe-core could not be certain, and manual review is needed. -
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Virtual viewer
Virtual viewer is a tool for Linux low vision computer users
Virtual viewer is a free, open source accessibility tool for Linux low vision computer users. It allows you to enlarge an area of the screen for better readability. It is inspired by Virtual Magnifying Glass . There is also the option to use it in dock mode like KMag. It doesn't support Wayland, only X11. This application is freely available under the open software license and users who want a feature or a new language to be added can contact the developer. -
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MouseLoupe - a novel accessibility tool for people with low vision. It's a kind of magnifying glass combined with the mouse pointer which allows an easy and pleasant web navigation. The main goal of the project is social inclusion by digital inclusion.
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sonar GNU/Linux
Sonar GNU/Linux is a distrobution concentrating on accessibility.
Sonar aims to be an accessible GNU/Linux distrobution to people of all needs. Our goal is to bring awareness of Free accessible software to people that depend on assistive technology. -
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AccessODF
ODF Accessibility Checker for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice Writer
AccessODF is an extension for ODF accessibility evaluation and repair in LibreOffice Writer and OpenOffice.org Writer. It supports the creation of word processing documents that are more accessible for people with disabilities, and checks the compatibility with DAISY and Braille. -
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AChecker is a second generation evaluation tool used to assess the accessibility of Web content to people with disabilities, using a variety of international standards.
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Looking for a way to publish your contents on the web? Something for the standardista in you? Accessibility totally matters and semantics is what you want? Look no further, try 3co!
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A11yWidget
Accessibility Toolbox
## Accessibility Widget - v0.3 It is a simple accessibility add-on for browser Firefox without dependencies that allows users with disabilities easy and convenient way to browse most websites ### Supported Languages English by default, Hebrew and Russian. These languages are auto-detected by the browser ### Future implementations - Option page to set position of widget and I hope many other interesting components... -
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Access Control is designed to make using and configuring the Compiz accessibility plugins easier by providing a simple friendly user interface.
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This is the project for IBM ODF accessibility contest. It's a plug-in for OpenOffice, to make OpenOffice be able to Check whether the documents have been optimized for people who are experiencing vision loss and/or people who are experiencing hearing lo
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This project is in the field of Computer Graphics. It provides C++ classes to compute accessibility shading on 3D objects. It uses ray tracing to compute accessibility values and stores the result in 2D textures maps.
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The purpose of this projet is to provide a set of extensions (plugins) to enhance the accessibility experience on Liferay portal.
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WebSaaT (Web Service accessibility assessment Tool) is a tool for the accessibility assessment of Web Services. The tool parses web service definition files and allows for the accessibility assessment of the web service operations defined within it.
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Android Accessibility Designer Toolkit
Set of libraries and branch of the Droid Draw project
The Android Accessibility Toolkit consists on a set of libraries for Android anda a Droid draw branch that allows developers to create simple mockups and accessible GUIs for their Android applciations. The complete toolset is GNU GPL v2 licensed. -
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Audiographs
Math Accessibility Tool for Visually Impaired
Audiographs is an application that allows visually impaired students to study a mathematical function. This is achieved by using sound or musical notes. The user enters the function formula and can very easily hear its audio representation. The application is interactive and this gives the user the possibility to study the function in multiple ways. The best way to learn using the application is to use the documentation which offers a step by step guide. It is freely available under the open software license and users who want a feature or a new language to be added can contact the developer. -
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BatPro
Blind's Accessibility Tools Project
BatPro este o aplicaţie informatică pentru nevăzători, concepută într-un mod simplu, astfel încât chiar şi un utilizator care nu a folosit niciodată calculatorul să poată profita de beneficiile acestuia. BatPro simplifică la minimum complexitatea interacţiunii cu calculatorul: folosind doar patru taste (sus, jos, stânga, dreapta), utilizatorul poate parcurge un meniu din care va putea alege diverse aplicaţii. Prin folosirea BatPro, utilizatorul are acces la o colecţie de mii de cărţi audio, poate citi ştiri online, poate afla diferite informaţii disponibile pe internet, poate accesa posturi de radio online, etc. Apoi cu ajutorul unui program interactiv dezvoltat special pentru nevăzători, utilizatorii pot învăţa tastele şi utilizarea tastaturii. -
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The CAC (Content Accessibility Check) is a Java application for evaluating web sites accessibility based on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
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DLaaT provides the opportunity to evaluate the accessibility status of the SDL (Specification and Description Language) design of an application according to a set of guidelines and stands for Description Language Accessibility Assessment Tool.
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Elementary Jekyll
Minimal Jekyll theme optimized for performance, accessibility, etc.
Personal blog's Jekyll template that has been optimizing for performance, accessibility, usability, readability and simplicity in general. This is an attempt at creating something that would be comfortable to use on your website. -
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FACE - Firefox Accessibility Confomance Extension (Firefox 1.0.x/ Gecko 1.7) This tidy based firefox extension supports webdevelopers writing accessibility websites. It can validate XHTML, CSS,accessibility, red/ green critical and contrast critical colo
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The tool we create will check the html-code of whole website structures or just single pages considering their accessibility. The implemented scan-algorithms will be based on the W3C Accessibility Guidelines.
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Grommet
React-based framework that provides accessibility, modularity, etc.
Streamline the way you develop apps. Build responsive and accessible mobile-first projects for the web with an easy-to-use component library. part design system, part framework, and all awesome. grommet is a React-based framework that provides accessibility, modularity, responsiveness, and themes in a tidy package. Tailor composite components with grommet. embrace atomic design methods and build a library that fits your needs. Keyboard navigation, screen reader tags, and more. grommet provides support for W3c’s WCAG 2.1 spec out of the box. Tailor the component library to align with your Color, Type, and Layout needs. you can even control component interaction. Support all the devices! Use Flexbox and CSS Grid to provide layouts for all those new phones and widescreen displays. Already working on a project, starting fresh, or just want to poke around and see how all this junk works? -
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