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CAR Check
CAR Check - Keeping Your Media Easily Accessible
CAR Check is a freeware add-in for Microsoft Word for Windows, which provides a centralized set of tools that assist in creating accessible documents. Evaluate your document with an easy to understand score card of accessibility. CAR Checker then shows you how to correct issues within your document.
Central Access is dedicated to simplifying and normalizing the process of producing accessible educational materials. We are driven by our vision of independence for all individuals in life and in education. CAR Check is our way to ensure that higher education providers have the ability to easily and seamlessly create accessible documents for their students.
Download CAR Check Microsoft Word Add-In for Windows
Features
Easily Make Your Documents Navigable
Deliver an accessible informational schema so that your document is as accessible and easy to interact with as possible. Users avoid confusion and have much better information retention rates when the information is delivered to them in a deliberate, sensible order.
CAR Check Guides You to Accessibility
An easy to read assessment of your document highlights all the areas of success and all the areas of concern, with next steps to address them. Know for certain that the document you're delivering is up to snuff, accessible, and easy to interact with.
Alternative Text Made Easy
Our Alternative Text Editor Utility will walk you through the images in your document to ensure that you are operating within the best practices for accessible images and media in documents.
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