Re: 508 Software Tester Software Coding Advice for Software Developers

The requirements for software in Section 508 have requirements that are
above and beyond WCAG 2.0. Specifically, there are additional requirements
for authoring tools, browsers, OSs, and media players, and (what is defined
as) applications, and it depends upon the location of the software (public
facing, web-based, AOC, and non-web-based).

On Thu, May 3, 2018, 8:55 PM Chaals Nevile <chaals@yandex.ru> wrote:

> It is certainly possible to do this.
>
> It is, as I understand it, the intention of the techniques documents to
> provide this information. One of the problems is getting people who have
> dealt with something not covered there already to actually provide the
> content so it can be added.
>
> cheers
>
> Chaals
>
> On Thu, 03 May 2018 22:18:03 +0200, Emily Ogle <emily.ogle27@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> I know my organization has struggled with the challenges of developing
> accessible software, so I would find a resource quite helpful, though it
> wouldn’t necessarily need to be just Section 598, as EN 301 549 covers
> Section 508 and then some.
>
> Emily Ogle
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> On May 3, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Russell, Jon (CTR) <
> jon.russell@associates.hq.dhs.gov> wrote:
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> Can we start a database somehow contained is an area on this archive –
> like a wiki site – or somewhere else on the WAI site for:
>
>
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> 508 Software Tester Software Coding Advice for Software Developers – (as
> software testers find bugs/issues?)
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> Thanks,
>
>
>
> *Jon Russell*
>
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