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From: Claire Forbes
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 6:05AM
Subject: Section 508 testing_Reports
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Good morning,
I'm just curious who in this community has to test various websites/documents/web-based training for accessibility and provide your findings/results? If so, how you document your testing results?
DHS has a great list of resources ( https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhs-section-508-compliance-test-processes) to include the "Test Spreadsheet" (referenced in screenshot) but it's dated August 2017 - does anyone have or use something similar to this spreadsheet? I'm strongly considering creating something similar but to better align with current WCAG; however, better might already exist and someone here might know how or where I can find it.
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Thank you kindly,
Claire
Claire Forbes
Project Control Specialist
Victor 12, Inc.
174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
=E2=80=8BWinter Park, FL. 32789
Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
Fax: 407-985-1980
Web: www.victor12.com
From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 8:27AM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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Hi,
I recommend that you ask your COR to talk to the section 508 Program
Manager or their office. I work in such an office, and we have our own
checklists. We would only accept a DHS result from a certified trusted
tester, and ideally got our approval to not use the agency version at the
start of the project. Most of our Sows have the link to the checklist in
them.
--
Ryan E. Benson
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 8:06 AM Claire Forbes < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Good morning,
> I'm just curious who in this community has to test various
> websites/documents/web-based training for accessibility and provide your
> findings/results? If so, how you document your testing results?
>
> DHS has a great list of resources (
> https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhs-section-508-compliance-test-processes)
> to include the "Test Spreadsheet" (referenced in screenshot) but it's dated
> August 2017 - does anyone have or use something similar to this
> spreadsheet? I'm strongly considering creating something similar but to
> better align with current WCAG; however, better might already exist and
> someone here might know how or where I can find it.
>
> [cid:image001.png@01D7BC1B.60E9C170]
>
> Thank you kindly,
> Claire
>
>
> Claire Forbes
> Project Control Specialist
>
> Victor 12, Inc.
> 174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
> âWinter Park, FL. 32789
>
> Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
> Fax: 407-985-1980
> Web: www.victor12.com
>
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From: Claire Forbes
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 1:09PM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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Thank you, Ryan.
Do your checklists go through the list of WCAG guidelines and state if they're met or not?
Claire Forbes
Project Control Specialist
Victor 12, Inc.
174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
âWinter Park, FL. 32789
Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
Fax: 407-985-1980
Web: www.victor12.com
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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 2:57PM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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The revised standards adopts wcag, and has additional requirements, like
the application functionality. Our checklist says applicable wcag or 508
standard each line maps to.
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Ryan E. Benson
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 3:09 PM Claire Forbes < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Thank you, Ryan.
> Do your checklists go through the list of WCAG guidelines and state if
> they're met or not?
>
>
>
>
> Claire Forbes
> Project Control Specialist
>
> Victor 12, Inc.
> 174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
> âWinter Park, FL. 32789
>
> Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
> Fax: 407-985-1980
> Web: www.victor12.com
>
> CVE SDVOSB | VOSB | GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) GSâ02Fâ087BA
> This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain
> privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. â
> âIf you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
> immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is
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>
From: Scott Brackett
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 3:19PM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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I've been looking into a free and open source tool called "HUGR" which
facilitates the report generation process based on WCAG 2.1 AA or AAA (and
a few others). The tool itself is supposed to be very accessible: HUGR
Accessibility Testing App <https://hugr.app/>
You can track pass/fails with notes on each WCAG 2.1 guideline (1.1 Text
Alternatives, 1.2 Time-based Media, etc.) in a web-based spreadsheet-like
interface, then generate a report based on the data that you entered. It's
pretty quick to set up, so it might be worth looking at even just to
generate ideas.
I am still assessing the tool so I can't vouch for it from start to finish,
but it is promising so far.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 3:57 PM Ryan E. Benson < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> The revised standards adopts wcag, and has additional requirements, like
> the application functionality. Our checklist says applicable wcag or 508
> standard each line maps to.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 3:09 PM Claire Forbes < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> > Thank you, Ryan.
> > Do your checklists go through the list of WCAG guidelines and state if
> > they're met or not?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Claire Forbes
> > Project Control Specialist
> >
> > Victor 12, Inc.
> > 174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
> > âWinter Park, FL. 32789
> >
> > Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
> > Fax: 407-985-1980
> > Web: www.victor12.com
> >
> > CVE SDVOSB | VOSB | GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) GSâ02Fâ087BA
> > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain
> > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. â
> > âIf you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
> > immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is
> > prohibited.
> >
> >
From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Fri, Oct 08 2021 3:32PM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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That might work for basic sites, but completing the 508 version of the vpat
is your best option if you can't talk to the 508 program manager. I meant
to add that to my last email too.
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Ryan E. Benson
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 5:20 PM Scott Brackett < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> I've been looking into a free and open source tool called "HUGR" which
> facilitates the report generation process based on WCAG 2.1 AA or AAA (and
> a few others). The tool itself is supposed to be very accessible: HUGR
> Accessibility Testing App <https://hugr.app/>
>
> You can track pass/fails with notes on each WCAG 2.1 guideline (1.1 Text
> Alternatives, 1.2 Time-based Media, etc.) in a web-based spreadsheet-like
> interface, then generate a report based on the data that you entered. It's
> pretty quick to set up, so it might be worth looking at even just to
> generate ideas.
>
> I am still assessing the tool so I can't vouch for it from start to finish,
> but it is promising so far.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 3:57 PM Ryan E. Benson < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> wrote:
>
> > The revised standards adopts wcag, and has additional requirements, like
> > the application functionality. Our checklist says applicable wcag or 508
> > standard each line maps to.
> >
> > --
> > Ryan E. Benson
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 3:09 PM Claire Forbes < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you, Ryan.
> > > Do your checklists go through the list of WCAG guidelines and state if
> > > they're met or not?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Claire Forbes
> > > Project Control Specialist
> > >
> > > Victor 12, Inc.
> > > 174 West Comstock Avenue Suite 104
> > > âWinter Park, FL. 32789
> > >
> > > Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
> > > Fax: 407-985-1980
> > > Web: www.victor12.com
> > >
> > > CVE SDVOSB | VOSB | GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) GSâ02Fâ087BA
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> > > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. â
> > > âIf you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
> > > immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you
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> > > prohibited.
> > >
> > >
From: Peter Shikli
Date: Thu, Oct 14 2021 11:06AM
Subject: Re: Section 508 testing_Reports
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Hi,
We've got certified Trusted Testers as recommended by other blog responses to your inquiry. We've also got 2 coming up through that rather intense training process. If you'd like, I can put your question to one of them. We wouldn't charge for that as long as we had a few days to respond so that we could use this as a training exercise. We would have one of our veteran Trusted Testers look over the response before delivering it to you.
To proceed, email me the complete question with supporting references.
Cheers,
Peter Shikli
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Access2online Inc.
www.access2online.com