Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gAQLeFX03608; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:40:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:40:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <ADC2A63D-0185-11D7-A637-0030656A26C8@worlded.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jeff Carter <jcarter@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2673] Re: Ruling: ADA doesn't apply to Web X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.548) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1694 Lines: 43 Returning, briefly, to the issue of media accessibility: those of you who use or have followed the development of the Bobby Web site accessibility tool may find this press release of interest. As some of you know, CAST sold Bobby to a company called Watchfire, which has now incorporated accessibility checks into it's Web QA software. I believe Watchfire intends to continue making the stand-alone Bobby tool available at no charge. From ComputerWorld <http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/ 0,10801,76092,00.html?f=x010> > Watchfire launches Web site quality-assurance software > By Network World staff > NOVEMBER 25, 2002 > > Watchfire Corp. last week announced a version of its Web site > quality-assurance software that can check Web pages for accessibility > features that computer users with disabilities require. > > Watchfire's WebQA 2.0 crawls through Web sites to check for compliance > with the U.S. federal government's Section 508 accessibility > requirements and the accessibility guidelines the World Wide Web > Consortium established. To meet these requirements, Web developers > must provide alternative text for pictures, tables and other graphic > elements to make it easier for users of screen readers to navigate > through Web-based information. > > The new features come three months after Watchfire acquired Bobby, a > leading Web site accessibility tool that was available free of charge > from the nonprofit Center for Applied Special Technology. Jeff Carter World Education Boston, MA (617) 482-9485 -------------- e-mail: jcarter@worlded.org <http://literacytech.worlded.org> <http://www.worlded.org>
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