Accessible Software Guidelines

The following list of application software guidelines include information useful for designing accessible software applications. Several of the links below provide specific guidance on software accessibility, others provide general user interface design guidance.

• Apple Computer, Inc.
  Mac OS 8 Human Interface Guidelines
  http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGuidelines/HIGuidelines-2.html
• IBM
  Special Needs Systems Guidelines
  http://www-3.ibm.com/able/guidelines.html
• Microsoft
  Microsoft Windows Guidelines for Accessible Software Design
  http://www.microsoft.com/enable/dev/guidelines/software.htm
• The Open Group
  Motif Documentation
  http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/mo.htm
• Trace Research & Development Center
  Application Software Design Guidelines
  http://www.trace.wisc.edu/docs/software_quidelines/toc.htm
• WGBH/NCAM
  Making Educational Software Accessible
  http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline
  
• World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative
  Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-AUTOOLS
• World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative
  User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 W3C Working Draft 7 July 2000
  http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20000707/