W3C List of Evaluation Tools

Dear Tool Vendor or Developer,

The W3C/WAI Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) is 
currently in the process of updating the following list of Web 
accessibility evaluation tools on which your tool is listed:
   * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools>

The new version of this tools list will provide sorting capabilities so 
that users are able to find tools according to their specific needs. The 
following static mock-ups show how this sortable list will look like:
   * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/eval/tools/>

We are contacting you to help populate the database with current 
information about your tool. Below you will find information about your 
tool that is currently available to us. Please review this information, 
complete any missing fields or provide changes.

This information will be published unless we receive correction or 
amendments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
   *yehya.mohamad@fit.fraunhofer.de
   * Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>


TOOL IDENTIFICATION:
* TOOL NAME: NCAM's Home Media Center
* VENDOR NAME: CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
* HOME PAGE: http://ncam.wgbh.org/index.html
* RELEASE DATE: 2006-01-01
  (YYYY-MM-DD format)
* VERSION NUMBER:
* DESCRIPTION:
The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), a division of 
Boston\'s public broadcaster WGBH. NCAM's Home Media Center project will 
research speech navigation solutions for next generation home media 
center platforms, which typically rely on complex onscreen menus not 
readily accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. Project 
activities will include:
     * Creation of an accessible Linux-based home media center as a 
development platform
     * Evaluation of other home media center devices, their 
accessibility needs and requirements
     * Publication of source code and specifications for open source 
media center speech interface solutions enabled via keyboard and remote 
control
     * Demonstration model of end-user control and navigation via a 
small-footprint speech interface on a personal communication device
     * Publication of end-user interface research
     * Final report that details the impact of project solutions and 
publications

TOOL FEATURES:
(The following features are described in the document "Selecting Web 
Accessibility Evaluation Tools" available at 
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/selectingtools>)
* OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY
  - Accessible to people with disabilities: yes
  - Assist manual evaluation for accessibility:
  - Execute automated accessibility checks:
  - Provide semi-automated repair options:
  - Remote on-line service:
  - Other:

* USER INTERFACES
  - Generate reports:
  - In-page feedback:
  - Page transformations: yes
  - Step-by-step evaluations:
  - Other:

* LANGUAGES
  - English: yes
  - French:
  - German:
  - Italian:
  - Japanese:
  - Spanish:
  - Other:

* WEB TECHNOLOGIES
  - CSS, Cascading Style Sheets: yes
  - XHTML, Extensible Hypertext Markup Language: yes
  - HTML, Hypertext Markup Language: yes
  - PDF, Portable Document Format:
  - SVG, Scalabale Vector Grpahics:
  - Other:

* OPERATING SYSTEMS
  - BSD Unix:
  - Linux:
  - MacOS:
  - Solaris:
  - Windows:
  - Other:

* GUIDELINES
  - AccessiWeb, French national standard:
  - BITV, German national standard:
  - Section 508, US national standard: yes
  - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0:
  - Other:

* INTEGRATION INTO BROWSERS
  - Internet Explorer: yes
  - Mozilla: yes
  - Netscape:
  - Opera:
  - Other:

* INTEGRATION INTO AUTHORING TOOLS
  - Dreamweaver:
  - FrontPage:
  - Photoshop:
  - Other:

* EXPORT FORMATS
  - CSV, Comma Separated Value:
  - EARL, Evaluation and Report Language:
  - HTML, Hypertext Markup Language:
  - XML, Extensible Markup Language:
  - Other:

* LICENSE MODELS
  - Commercial:
  - Free Ware: yes
  - Open Source:
  - Share Ware:
  - Other:


Thank you for your cooperation!

Regards,

<Yehya Mohamad> for ERT WG


-- 
Dr. Yehya Mohamad
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT.LIFE)
[Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT.LIFE)]
Schloss Birlinghoven, D53757 Sankt Augustin (Germany)
Tel: +49-2241-142846 Fax: +49-2241-142065

Received on Sunday, 12 February 2006 11:04:57 UTC