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From: Shilpa
Date: Apr 19, 2004 10:40PM

Hello!

We have done some audits and the process for this particular one could
be:
-Take on the home page
-Pick up different kinds of pages for audit, viz. if 5 pages are similar
you may take the most complicated (maybe 1 or 2)
-Pick up ALL pages which have plug-ins

-Depending on the timeframe you have for the audit take about 3-4 hours
for testing each page and decide on the number of days that you would
spend on auditing. Accordingly select the pages for the audit.

Define the target audience for the site and list down their strengths
and weaknesses.

Ask the client if they want to define an accessibility policy or do they
have anything in mind. If they do, define an accessibility policy, even
if they don't suggest and make some sort of a policy.
Based on that make a report format which will track all the elements
that are accessible or inaccessible.

Define a process:
-viz. first test it with bobby
-test with W3C validator
-test with A-prompt or some other tool that you prefer
-test for color contrast
-test with a screen reader or other assistive device
-get some end user audience to test the site for you

make the report, define a timeframe to retrofit it and submit it to the
client.

Hope this helps.

Rgds,
Shilpa
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