- From: Jamie Fox <jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:58:23 -0400
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "'B.K. DeLong'" <bkdelong@naw.org>
We use pwWebSpeak and Lynx. PwWebSpeak is available for evaluation from www.prodworks.com and Lynx is available free somewhere. This may be an oversimplification but I'll say it anyway. I feel that if a site is functional in Lynx and all the content is present (assuming the site has some) then it is pretty accessible. This should of course be double checked using free tools available such as the W3C HTML Validator (http://validator.w3.org), Bobby (www.cast.org/bobby), and a personal favorite Web Site Garage (http://www.websitegarage.com). The first is for HTML 4.0 compliance verification, the second for accessibility verification (no flaming me on this point) and the third for other aspects such as search engine readiness. Hope this satisfies your question. -Jamie Fox ---------- From: B.K. DeLong[SMTP:bkdelong@naw.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 10:41 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Using text readers to test accessibility Hi all, Can someone point me to some text readers that can be used to test Web accessibility? I'd love to test these out. This would also be a great resource for other Web developers. Thanks. -- B.K. DeLong 360 Huntington Ave. Director Suite 140SC-305 New England Chapter Boston, MA 02115 National Association (617) 247-3753 of Webmasters http://www.naw.org bkdelong@naw.org NAW is the North American "chapter" of the World Organization of Webmasters http://www.world-webmasters.org/
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