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From: Amanda Nance
Date: Jun 8, 2009 10:45AM

Hi all,
There is a UPA article that describes the level of accessibility provided by
Survey Gizmo and SurveyMonkey, but the info is as of 2007.
http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/2007/april/access.html

I think I heard that one of the 2 tools mentioned improved their
accessibility after the article was published. I provided this info to
Ginger on the WAI list.
<http://www.webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/>;

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM, John E. Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have been using SurveyGizmo as I too had heard good things about it in
> terms of accessibility.
>
> While the actual surveys that are generated appear to be fine in terms of
> access, I am a little concerned about the backend.
>
> Starting some time last year, SurveyGizmo added a new homepage design which
> incorporates some AJAX-style features (specifically the account log in). I
> have not tested this for accessibility. Similarly, the backend of the
> product also uses some JavaScript features, but those look to be fairly
> accessible at this time. But there again, I have not formally tested.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing from others who have used this product,
> especially those using it with screen readers.
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> Web Design, Development, Consultation
> Augusta, Maine USA
> www.jebswebs.com
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Lisa A.
> Cammarota
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:58 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] FW: Accessible online survey
>
> I believe SurveyGizmo (http://www.surveygizmo.com/) is a product that
> creates accessible web survey's. I had looked into this a few weeks back
> when we were looking for a product that generates accessible survey's. It
> looked good, unfortunately funding feel through :-(
>
> >>> Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 6/6/2009 10:48 AM >>>
> Unfortunately the forward stripped Ginger's e-mail, so I'm responding to
> both lists in hopes she gets this.
>
> Some time ago, someone posted to either the WebAIM list or the Knowbility
> list about http://508surveys.com/. This was more than a year ago. At the
> time, I took a poke at it and it seemed to do a pretty good job. At the
> time there were some issues with the markup that I though to be silly, but
> nothing egregious and certainly better than most other survey tools out
> there at the time.
>
> I have not checked lately, but optimistically assume that they've at least
> improved a little. Could be a good spot to start.
>
> Karl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael R. Burks" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 7:19:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [WebAIM] FW: Accessible online survey
>
> Maybe someone on this list can assist this lady.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Burks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf
> Of Ginger Claassen
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:15 AM
> To: Shawn Henry
> Cc: WAI Interest Group
> Subject: Accessible online survey
>
> Dear all,
>
> I know that this might be a bit off topic but maybe someone can reply to
> me via PM.
> For a project regarding navigation for the blind and visually impaired
> we would like to conduct an online survey. Since, obviously, most of the
> participants require accessible web we want to use a survey service that
> offers good access for them.
> Does anyone here know of such a service online and could point me out to
> them?
>
> I appriciate your help!
>
> Thanks in advance for your efforts!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ginger
>
> Shawn Henry wrote:
> > Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
> >
> > [The deadline for comments is corrected to 17 April 2009.]
> >
> > The Protocols and Formats Working Group invites you to review the
> > following documents published 24 February 2009:
> > * Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 - Last Call
> > Working Draft
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
> > * WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide - First Public Working Draft
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/
> > * WAI-ARIA Best Practices - updated Working Draft
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/
> >
> > WAI-ARIA defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more
> > accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with
> > dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with
> > Ajax (also known as AJAX), HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.
> >
> > The WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide provides guidance on how
> > browsers and other user agents should expose WAI-ARIA features to
> > platform accessibility APIs.
> >
> > WAI-ARIA Best Practices describes how Web content developers can
> > develop accessible rich internet applications using WAI-ARIA.
> >
> > For an introduction to WAI-ARIA and links to related documents, please
> > see:
> > * WAI-ARIA Overview
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria
> > * WAI-ARIA FAQ
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq
> >
> > *Last Call Status*:
> > The main WAI-ARIA technical specification is provided as a Last Call
> > Working Draft for public review of the document now that it has all
> > resolutions from previous comments incorporated. The Working Group
> > hopes that it has resolved all substantive issues with this draft, and
> > looks forward to progressing to the next stages in completing
> > WAI-ARIA. The next stages are described in:
> > * How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
> >
> > Please send any comments
> > * by 17 April 2009 to
> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >
> > Note: Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
> > cross-postings where possible.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your comments.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Shawn Henry and Judy Brewer, W3C WAI
> > On behalf of:
> > Janina Sajka, Chair of PFWG
> > Michael Cooper, W3C WAI Staff Contact for PFWG
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Shawn Lawton Henry
> > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > phone: +1.617.395.7664
> > about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Ginger Claassen
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>
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