- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:43:12 -0400
- To: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
At 05:36 PM 7/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hello, > >Is there any interest in updating or reformatting or in some way reusing >the list of tools at [1]? > >--w > >[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools.html > >At 04:46 AM 7/27/2003, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>one of the things I am doing in my role with Fundacion Sidar is >>participating in the EuroAccessibility Consortium. They have started to >>do their technical public work, and I am a chair of one of their >>subgroups. (Anyone who is "european" can participate in the work - and >>anyone at all can send comments, although we haven't yet established a >>mailing list). >> >>The subgroup in question is looking at a methodology for examining >>evaluation tools, and working out how to integrate them into a clearly >>defined evaluation process. Its first task is to collect a list of tools >>used by EuroAccessibility members, or widely used in general. The work >>plan I will publish shortly outlines what the group will do, but in >>outline it will collect a list of tools, produce a basic proposal for a >>methodology, and then a concrete proposal for examining a number of tools >>and how they integrate into the testing methodology being developed in >>another public subgroup. >> >>These methodologies will be coordinated with WAI, who are after all the >>people qualified to interpret their specifications if there are >>unresolved questions. >> >>The first draft of the list is just tools used by Sidar, and is >>included at the bottom of this mail. >> >>I will publish shortly details of how to watch or participate in the >>subgroup's work. >> >>cheers >> >>Chaals >> >>Tools designed for accessibility evaluation >>AccVerify >> From HiSoftware. This is used by Sidar, and tests HTML, XHTML, MS Word >> documents. It is available in English. >>Bobby >> From Watchfire. This is used widely, and tests HTML, XHTML. It is >> available in English. >>CynthisSays >> From HiSoftware. This is used by Sidar, and tests HTML, XHTML. It is >> available in English. >>TAW >> From Fondo FormaciÛn Asturias. This is used by Sidar, and tests HTML and >> XHTML. It is available in Spanish. >>Torquemada >> From Fondazione Ugo Bordoni. This tests HTML and XHTML. It is available >> in Italian. >>The Wave >> From WebAIM. This is used by Sidar and tests HTML and XHTML. It is >> available in english (but is primarily visual). >>Other tools used for evaluation >>Opera >> From Opera Software. This is used by Sidar, and tests HTML, XHTML, XML, >> CSS. It is available in English, Spanish. >> >>-- >>Charles McCathieNevile Fundación Sidar >>charles@sidar.org http://www.sidar.org > >-- >wendy a chisholm >world wide web consortium >web accessibility initiative >http://www.w3.org/WAI/ >/-- I note that WAVE is no longer available on the Temple site -- I suggest that W3C/WAI host it. It was certainly an easy-to-use tool, still appropriate for WCAG 1.0 and Section 508. Regards/Harvey
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