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From: Jason Kiss
Date: Feb 25, 2011 3:45PM

I'm not trying to promote Parasoft in anyway, but it's not clear to me
if you mean that there's no information about the Parasoft software's
own compliance with Section 508 and how accessible it is, or if you mean
that you couldn't find any information about Parasoft's accessibility
and Section 508 testing capabilities.

It wouldn't surprise me if the software itself is not Section 508
compliant, but it does perform conformance checking:
http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/article.jsp?articleId=1084. Also,
click the "Quality Governance" link on the page at
http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/soatest.jsp?itemId=101. However,
that this information is so difficult to find on their site is probably
not a good sign.

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Jason Kiss
Web: www.accessibleculture.org
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Twitter: @jkiss


On 26/02/11 08:37, Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E] wrote:
> I just took a look at the Parasoft website and there's nothing
> written up about accessibility or Section 508 conformance anywhere on
> their site - product overview, core capabilities, information as to
> whether the product itself is Section 508 conformant or accessible.
>
> Here at the US HHS, we're required to use "Accenture," though many
> organizations also use Deque, IBM/Watchfire and HiSoft in addition to
> the HHS-mandated Accenture.
>
>
> Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst NIH Office of the Chief Information
> Officer 10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17 Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop:
> 4833
>
> (301) 402-3924 Voice, 451-9326 TTY/NTS Videophone (240) 380-3063;
> (301) 402-4464 Fax
>
> NIH Section 508 Team:
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ?subject=Section 508 Helpor, for
> Section 508 Guidance, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html
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