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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Sep 27, 2015 2:15PM

Neither I nor Google appears to have heard of Soate testing suite. Is there an alternative spelling?

Joseph
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On Sep 27, 2015 3:31 PM, Sean Murphy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
Thanks everyone. I will check out the new resources and the suggestions.

It appears no one on this list is using Soate testing suite. Since I am interested in finding out if anyone has used it with Jaws.

Sean
> On 28 Sep 2015, at 5:13 am, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I can help walk you through using AXe and FireEyes from Deque with a
> screen reader, as well as how to use Firebug effectively with a screen
> reader.
> In fact we are working on an online resource where we plan to collect
> all this knowledge. The official announcement of that effort will be
> posted to this list soon, once we have some CSUN feedback and have
> some basics going.
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 9/27/15, Dylan Barrell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> aXe is a small JavaScript library that runs everywhere and also has
>> extensions for Firefox and Chrome
>>
>> https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/master/README.md
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/axe-devtools/
>> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe/lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd
>>
>> --Dylan
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Léonie Watson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> From: WebAIM-Forum On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
>>>> Sent: 26 September 2015 21:11
>>>> I am on the hunt for tools and tips for someone who is blind in
>>>> performing
>>>> accessibility review compliance on web pages. The tools I am already
>>>> aware
>>>> of are:
>>>>
>>>> - Firebug
>>>> - Accessibility viewer
>>>> - Tenon
>>>> - Web Accessibility toolbar
>>>> Soate
>>>> tools
>>>>
>>>> The tools above seem to be only for Windows. Is there any other tools
>>>> available for the Mac??
>>>
>>> Tenon is platform agnostic. You can use it via the web interface [1], or
>>> by hooking into the Tenon API [2].
>>>
>>> Firebug can be plugged into Firefox on Windows, OSX and Linux [3]. I
>>> haven't used it on OSX though, so can't vouch for whether it's usable with
>>> VO or not.
>>>
>>> Accessibility Inspector is similar to aViewer, but it runs on OSX/iOS. It
>>> comes with Xcode which is a free download from the app store [4].
>>>
>>> Léonie.
>>> [1] http://tenon.io/
>>> [2] http://www.tenon.io/documentation/overview.php
>>> [3] http://getfirebug.com/downloads
>>> [4]
>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXTestingApps.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Senior accessibility engineer @PacielloGroup @LeonieWatson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> >> >> >> >>
>
>
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