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From: Preast, Vanessa
Date: Aug 29, 2016 9:36AM

Hi Jim,

Sorry for the delayed response.

Honestly, I haven't used it enough yet to give you a thorough analysis. I have been using it as a back-up after using the WAVE tool to make sure that the WAVE tool didn't miss anything. It does pick up on stuff in a different way than the WAVE tool does, but I have to check the results to see if they are false positives. I like that it gives usability information. It does not give the results in the context of a screenshot, it gives the line number for the code and a snippet of the code when it identifies errors or warnings. I wish it would give the information in the context of the page layout so I could more easily confirm the content. (I think this is on their roadmap for future versions) We got it to do multi-page scans, but I haven't really done many of those yet....

Overall, it is OK for the price (<$300 for academic institutions), especially since it works in password-protected areas and doesn't need special servers or programming, unlike other multi-page checkers of similar price. They do offer a 30-day trial for the full-version of the software, so you should be able to try it out.

I can write you back again once I've used it more thoroughly.

Hope it helps

Best,
Vanessa