WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: pay for accessibility testing?

for

From: Whitney Quesenbery
Date: May 22, 2013 6:32PM

I also second the suggestion of using the Knowbility AccessWorks portal.
It's a partnership with Loop11.

Loop 11 provides an accessible remote testing platform
AccessWorks provides a panel of people with a wide variety of disabilities
to be usability test participants, with recruiting options. The
participants are paid by the hour through the platform.

It's a very low-cost solution and one I'd urge everyone in the community to
support.

Let me hasten to say that this is usability testing, not consulting, so it
is just one tool in the toolkit and does not replace reviews, code
inspections, and so on. What it DOES do is give you a view into the user
experience for people with different disabilities and using different AT,
paying them fairly for their time.

Whitney


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Pratik Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I echo both Elle and Jennifer's suggestions. You could also contact us. We
> will try to work with you to find the most cost effective solutions as
> well.
> One thing I would recommend is that if you can start working with people
> from the planning/design phase, it will be less costly. We're working on
> gathering some stats to put this in more concrete terms.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pratik
>
>
> Pratik Patel
> Founder and CEO, EZFire
> T: 718-928-5529
> M: 718-249-7019
> E: <EMAIL REMOVED> (or <EMAIL REMOVED> )
> Follow me on Twitter: @ppatel
> Follow me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pratik-patel/9/985/882
> Skype: Patel.pratik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Elle Waters
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:42 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] pay for accessibility testing?
>
> I second Jennifer's suggestion, another great group with many creative ways
> to approach cost efficient assessments.
>
> Cheers,
> Elle
>
>
> On May 16, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Greetings Angela and WebAIM:
> >
> > You may wish to contact Knowbility about their service, through
> > AccessWorks. I suggest you start here:
> >
> >
>
> http://www.knowbility.org/v/service-detail/AccessWorks-Usability-Accessibili
> ty-Testing-Portal/3k/
> >
> > At 12:45 PM 5/16/2013, you wrote:
> >> Given the recent threads about having a real screen reader user
> >> testing applications/sites, does anyone know of a service one can
> >> hire to test an application? It's one thing to ask the kind people
> >> on this list to take a peek at something once in a while, but it
> >> would be great to have access to a service that would give a
> >> thorough review with different readers and browsers. The problem
> >> from our end of course, as a small state government agency, would be
> >> paying for it.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Angela French
> >> Internet Specialist
> >> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> >> 360-704-4316
> >> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
> >> http://www.sbctc.edu
> >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >



--
Whitney Quesenbery
www.wqusability.com | @whitneyq

Storytelling for User Experience
www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling

Global UX: Design and research in a connected world
@globalUX | www.amazon.com/gp/product/012378591X/