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Re: evaluating Web accessibility software

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From: Jeff Finlay
Date: Jul 22, 2003 2:02PM

> ...leads to web designs that may technically meet the requirements of
> a particular accessibility specification (508 or WCAG), but are not
> functionally accessible to people with disabilities.

Jon, while I believe the best test of online materials being accessible
is whether the user can access them, could you give some examples of
what you mean here? I do agree with you accessibility needs to be about
people's skills and needs rather than programs.

On a side note we invested in RAMP, from Deque. We're waiting for their
version 2.5, but based on what I've seen so far I wouldn't recommend it.
It does an ok job with individual pages but crashes when asked to
perform repair tests of root directories or sites. To Wendy Mullin: If
you are buying an enterprise version of some accessibility tool, make
sure you see how it actually works on sites rather than trusting to the
wow effect of a demo version run from a laptop.

Jeff


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