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From: Caid, Lisa M.
Date: Jun 21, 2016 7:54AM

Hello Todd, Am copying information from a recent post to another list on same topic, in case it helps. Thanks!



"From: The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R

Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 1:02 PM

To: <EMAIL REMOVED>

Subject: Re: [ITACCESS] Tenon Accessibility Testing



Tenon.io and other commercially developed testing tools are more geared for remediation of existing web pages or web applications where accessibility has not been fully considered in the design.



They only test a subset of accessibility requirements that can be classified as pass fail.



I would recommend the open source tools we have been developing at Illinois to give you more information on accessible design. In addition to Pass/Fail rules will be manual checks and information about how to use web standards, HTML5 and ARIA to create more accessible website that conform to WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements.



AInspector Sidebar (for Firefox)

An Firefox Add-on to evaluate the current DOM of a web page for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements

http://ainspector.github.io/



Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.0

Spiders a website for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements and generates a summary report

http://fae20.cita.illinois.edu/



Accessibility Bookmarklets

Browser add-ons that help make hidden accessibility information visible to sighted developers

http://accessibility-bookmarklets.org



Jon



From: The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Stefani Cuschnir

Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 11:45 AM

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Subject: Re: [ITACCESS] Tenon Accessibility Testing



I just wanted to share the link to additional information and location for the aXe - (open source a11y testing rules engine) for the group.

FREE download (on GitHub)



It was requested by a few in the group.



Stefani Cuschnir

Business Development Manager

703.909.8084

www.deque.com

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Tunde Giwa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

Hello All:

We are about to embark on a major redesign of our website. One of our key objectives is to make our site much more compliant with key accessibility mandates. Our digital agency is proposing tenon.io (https://tenon.io/documentation/what-tenon-tests.php) to identify any 508 and WCAG 2.0 issues on our new site. Is anyone here familiar with this service?

Thank you.

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Tunde Giwa | CTO | <EMAIL REMOVED> | The Juilliard School, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York NY 10023 | 212.799.5000 x357 | Helpdesk Portal



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"From: The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson

Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:54 PM

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Subject: Re: [ITACCESS] Tenon Accessibility Testing



I wrote a blog post about this just a couple weeks ago:

http://terrillthompson.com/blog/730

I tested several web accessibility checkers on a single page where the accessibility problems were known. Some tools successfully detected a few more problems than others, but none of them could detect the big issues regarding the overall interface (i.e., is that dropdown menu accessible? What about that carousel?) So at best I think these tools are great for raising a basic level of awareness, but need to be part of a much larger overall accessibility effort. It's therefore important to keep this function in mind as you shop for a checker: If your goal is to raise awareness and/or educate website owners, which tool does the best job of explaining accessibility issues in a way that your campus community is likely to respond to?

Regards,

Terrill



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Terrill Thompson

Technology Accessibility Specialist

DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services

UW Information Technology

University of Washington

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

yes i have used the tool. i think it does a good job but if this is there only way of assuring access you need to push back. ask what the plan is for user testing and what disability will be represented in the user pool. automated tools can only catch about 15% of the problems. make sure they plan on other ways to assure your access. lucy



Lucia Greco

Web Accessibility Evangelist

IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

University of California, Berkeley

(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco

http://webaccess.berkeley.edu

Follow me on twitter @accessaces



On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Stefani Cuschnir < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

Hi Tunde,



Another Open Source tool you may want to look at is aXe - download on GitHub. It is free and integrates with your current testing environment.



On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Tunde Giwa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

Hello All:

We are about to embark on a major redesign of our website. One of our key objectives is to make our site much more compliant with key accessibility mandates. Our digital agency is proposing tenon.io (https://tenon.io/documentation/what-tenon-tests.php) to identify any 508 and WCAG 2.0 issues on our new site. Is anyone here familiar with this service?

Thank you.

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Tunde Giwa | CTO | <EMAIL REMOVED> | The Juilliard School, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York NY 10023 | 212.799.5000 x357 | Helpdesk Portal



********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.



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Business Development Manager

703.909.8084

www.deque.com



Deque Systems

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Sincerely,



Lisa Caid, B.S.

Accessibility Coordinator

West Texas A&M University

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(806) 651-1241

IT Service Center (806) 651-4357



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