- From: David M. Clark <david@davidsaccess.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:45:57 -0500
- To: "'Kynn Bartlett'" <kynn@idyllmtn.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Kynn, Yeah -- there is the best and only tool out there that is truly accurate and cross platform -- your brain. I say this only partly in jest. Especially in the context of a course, why push tools AT ALL? Thanks, dc -------------------------------------- David M. Clark 16 Harcourt Street, #2I Boston, MA 02116 617-859-3069 : 401-679-0239 (eFax) 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 Kynn Bartlett Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 7:31 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Free, Multi-Platform Accessibility Analysis Tools Hi everyone, As you know, I teach an online course in web accessibility through the HTML Writers Guild (access.idyllmtn.com/d201). This is week two currently; until this session of the course, week two's exercise has been to download and use Bobby. However, Bobby is no longer free, and I can't justify requiring my students to pay $99 extra, beyond the course fees, to complete the course. So I am looking for a replacement for Bobby. A-Prompt (aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca) is useful but unfortunately only works on Windows -- and I likewise don't feel it's appropriate to require that my students use specific operating systems and hardware in order to complete coursework. Ideally, it should run on at least Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. So does anyone know of any free accessibility analysis tools -- even something with a limited trial (e.g. 30 days) -- that runs on more than one platform? --Kynn PS: I'm personally very disappointed with this, and it's what led me to lament the "commercialization of accessibility" last month. The fact that there are no longer any freely available tools for web accessibility is, in my opinion, a major setback for The Cause. -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201 Forthcoming: Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours
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