- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:59:27 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Kynn Bartlett wrote: > 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. It's a while since I'd have recommended Bobby to anyone. Have you considered the Schematron? There's a WAI schema that specifically highlights the WCAG, although it wants a little more thought than the original author's demonstrator. Otherwise you might consider installing a web-based tool locally. That'll get round the cross-platform constraint. > 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. Find me a sponsor, and tell me what tools you want! -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the mark of Quality on the Web. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>
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