Tools
The University offers tools to help the community produce accessible digital content and course materials.
UMass- Boston Community
The Digital Accessibility team provides primary support for the following accessibility tools.
- - A鈥痵elf-service tool that quickly transforms documents into accessible formats鈥�
- - An enterprise solution for large batch pdf remediation (requires sign on)
Site Owners
The Marketing and Engagement team provides primary support for the following accessibility tools.
- - An enterprise accessibility checker for official UMass Boston websites (requires sign on)
Faculty
The Learning Design team provides primary support for the following accessibility tools in Canvas
- YuJa Panorama - (requires single sign on email credentials)
Accessibility Browser Extensions
- - Microsoft’s accessibility checker Chrome/Edge extension
- - This easy to use accessibility checker works with multiple browsers
- - a precise / detailed browser extension accessibility checker
Screen Reader Tools
- - Very popular screen reader on the market
- - Apple’s built in screen reader
- - Free downloadable open-source screen reader
Color Tools
- - Color choices: hex values, color charts, and sliders
- - Contrast checker for checking link color, text color, and background color