- From: David Clark <david@davidsaccess.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:50:18 -0400
- To: "Prof Norm Coombs" <nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Norm, I have seen this product, and they have got a very good thing on their hands. It is really the next step in wed accessibility evaluation, and they seem to have a very good grasp of the issues. Hope this helps. dc --------------- David M. Clark 16 Harcourt Street, #2I Boston, MA 02116 617-859-3069 : 401-679-0239 (eFax) : 617-290-3410 (cell) http://www.davidsaccess.com david@davidsaccess.com -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 6:10 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: please help with any info I got the mail below about a company producing software to automatically make many fixes to web sites for accessibility. Does anyone know anything about the product? Norman Coombs >Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 20:20:09 -0700 >From: "Kevin P. Gough" <kevin@SSBTechnologies.com> >Subject: Web Site Accessibility Software >To: dickbanks@charter.net, nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) >Importance: Normal >X-MSMail-priority: Normal >Original-recipient: rfc822;nrcgsh@rit.edu > > >Norman and Dick: > >From EASI's web site, I understand that you are teaching a course in web >site accessibility for people in higher education during the month of >October. I write because my company, SSB Technologies, has developed >software tools that diagnose and retrofit web sites to make them accessible >to disabilities. These tools might be helpful as teaching aids in your >class as well as when your students need to make their own sites accessible. >The tools test for over 85 violations of the Web Content Accessibility >Guidelines and offer over 65 automated "fixes" to make the site more >accessible. We have found that the tools reduce the time that it takes to >make web sites and intranets accessible by 75% compared to doing it >manually. Our web site, www.ssbtechnologies.com, has more information about >the software and allows you to download a demo version of the tools. If you >are interested, I hope that we can connect in the next week to determine how >we might be able to help you in your class or in your consulting practice. >I hope that all is well on your end. > >Best Regards, > >Kevin Gough >Director of Business Development >Kevin@SSBTechnologies.com >W: 415 553 8617 >Fax: 208 567 9713 >www.ssbtechnologies.com > >
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