W3C List of Evaluation Tools - Bobby

Dear Watchfire,

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
  * Andrew Arch <andrew.arch@nils.org.au>
  * Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>


TOOL IDENTIFICATION:
* TOOL NAME: Bobby
* VENDOR NAME: Watchfire
* HOME PAGE:
http://www.watchfire.com/products/desktop/accessibilitytesting/default.aspx
* RELEASE DATE: YYYY-MM-DD
 (YYYY-MM-DD format)
* VERSION NUMBER: 5.0
* DESCRIPTION: (200 characters maximum)
Bobby is a web accessibility desktop testing tool designed for small
websites to help expose barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance
with existing accessibility guidelines, including Section 508 of the US
Rehabilitation Act and the W3C\'s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG), on a page-by-page basis. Bobby spiders through a website and tests
on a page-by-page basis to see if it meets several accessibility
requirements, including readability by screen readers, the provision of text
equivalents for all images, animated elements, audio and video displays.

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:
 - Assist manual evaluation for accessibility:
 - Execute automated accessibility checks: yes
 - Provide semi-automated repair options:
 - Remote on-line service:
 - Other:

* USER INTERFACES
 - Generate reports: yes
 - In-page feedback:
 - Page transformations:
 - 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, Scaleable Vector Graphics:
 - Other:

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

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

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

* INTEGRATION INTO AUTHORING TOOLS
 - Dreamweaver:
 - FrontPage:
 - Photoshop:
 - Other: Which ones?

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

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


Thank you for your cooperation!

Regards,
  Andrew Arch for ERT WG

_________________________________
Dr Andrew Arch
Manager Online Accessibility Consulting
Vision Australia - Accessible Information Solutions
454 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong 3144, Australia
Ph +61 (0)3 9864 9282; Fax +61 (0)3 9864 9370; Mob 0438 755 565
http://www.accessibleinfo.org.au/ | http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/

Member, Education & Outreach Working Group,
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/

Vision Australia was formed through the merger of the Royal Blind Society
NSW, the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Vision Australia
Foundation and the National Information & Library Service.
ABN: 67 108 391 831  ACN: 108 391 831


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Received on Friday, 18 November 2005 04:30:21 UTC