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From: Peter Shikli
Date: Jun 12, 2018 8:45AM

We're seeing more RFPs from organizations looking to buy automated
software tools to make their websites accessible.  We have our speech
about how empowering a trained human analyst with tools is better than
hoping an autopilot approach will work, though we agree that is better
than nothing.  We use logic, examples, and such, but we lack
authoritative citations, that is, references to standards (WCAG et al),
legal case conclusions, official W3 statements, or even quotes from well
known experts in our field to support the position that a totally
automated solution is not the best way to go.

Does anyone out there know of such citations?

Cheers,
Peter Shikli
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