FW: FYI: Accessibility Verification Tool for FrontPage

PR Newswire, 09/24/2001 09:01

Microsoft Announces Strategic Relationship to Offer HiSoftware's New Web
Site Accessibility Verification Tool for FrontPage

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STW [SU] CON -- WITH PHOTO -- TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
Microsoft Announces
Strategic Relationship to Offer HiSoftware's New Web Site

Accessibility Verification Tool for FrontPage

AccVerify SE Software Verifies Compliance With Section 508 at No Charge

To Microsoft FrontPage Customers

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (
NASDAQ:MSFT)
today announced a strategic relationship with HiSoftware Inc., a leading
supplier of Web site accessibility software, to provide HiSoftware's
AccVerify(TM)
SE Web accessibility tool for all users of the Microsoft(R) FrontPage(R)
Web site creation and management tool, effective immediately. This
special edition
of AccVerify allows users of FrontPage to pinpoint Web page
accessibility obstacles and make changes to ensure their site's
conformance with the federal
government's Section 508 standards. Section 508 mandates that federal
agencies make certain that all Web sites are accessible to people with
disabilities.
Users of FrontPage can download AccVerify SE without charge from
http://www.hisoftware.com/msacc/ .

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"AccVerify SE for FrontPage is a value-added solution that will promote
the creation of accessible Web sites and enable government and
businesses to easily
address the Section 508 standards for Web accessibility," said Mike
Paciello, CTO and founder of WebABLE Inc. and a Microsoft Accessibility
Advisor. "Better
yet, because it is available at no cost to all users of FrontPage, it
will help bring accessibility to webmasters who might not otherwise
focus on it as
an initial priority in their development efforts."

"Microsoft shares our focus of making technology broadly accessible to
everyone, including people with disabilities," said Robert B. Yonaitis,
CEO and president
of HiSoftware. "By using AccVerify SE in conjunction with FrontPage, Web
developers have the best tool set to ensure their Web site is fully
accessible." 

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Bryan Smart
Microsoft Developer Support
Middleware and Internet Technologies
Phone: 980-776-8159 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM M-F Eastern)