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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: May 3, 2002 2:03PM

Hi Michelle,

I am doing an evaluation of tools like Bobby that do web accessibility
testing and repair. This project is funded by ITTATC www.ittatc.org and
should be complete in the end of this month and appear on my and their web
site. The tools to be included are:

1. AccessEnable Standard from RetroAccess (http://www.retroaccess.com).
2. AccRepair from HiSoftware (http://www.hisoftware.com).
3. Bobby Worldwide from CAST (http://www.cast.org/bobby).
4. InFocus from SSB Technologies (http://www.ssbtechnologies.com).
5. LIFT Online from UsableNet (http://www.usablenet.com).
6. PageScreamer Spider from Crunchy Technologies (http://www.crunchy.com).

A preliminary discussion of two of the tools and my assessment of what can
be tested by software is on my site at http://jimthatcher.com/er2.htm.

Jim
Accessibility Consulting
http://jimthatcher.com
512-306-0931
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Fisher [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:42 AM
To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Bobby Alternatives, are they any?


Does anyone know of any alternative to Bobby - The
industry standard for web accessibility?




--- Parthu mopanna < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote: > check
out this tool - PageScreamer Spider....for
> more
> info go to www.crunchy.com
>
> It does evaluation of web pages that require
> authentication!
>
> --- Birdsell John J < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> > I do my testing on my development machine before I
> > upload the files to the
> > server. This of course eliminates any
> authentication
> > problems. I use
> > Aprompt from the university of Toronto(
> > http://www.aprompt.ca/
> > <http://www.aprompt.ca/>; ) and the Dreamweaver
> > accessibility suite for
> > testing.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kitzzy Aviles [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:10 PM
> > To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > Subject: Evaluating sites that need authentication
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know which tools you can use to
> evaluate
> > a site for
> > accessibility which requires authentication, such
> as
> > WebCT (Course
> > Management Tool)? I tried with Bobby and the Wave,
> > but since WebCT requires
> > authorization to get in, they won't work. Is there
> > one out there that lets
> > you authenticate, then evaluate? What have others
> > done to test these types
> > of things?
> >
> > Thanks for any input you can provide.
> > Kitzzy
> >
> > Kitzzy Aviles
> > Techranger Development & Training Specialist
> > Course Development & Web Services
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >
> >
>
>
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