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RE: Bobby Alternatives, are they any?

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From: Michelle Fisher
Date: May 3, 2002 9:57PM

Thanks Jim,

I will have a look and supply some feed back if you
like.

Regards
Michelle

--- Jim Thatcher < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote: > 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
> Constructing Accessible Web Sites, is now available
> at Amazon:
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151000/jimthatcherco-20/!
> I recommend it. It's a good book!
>
>
> -----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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