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Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129

HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions

Peter Batchelor & Liddy [email protected]

[email protected]


Solutions for Everyone• Accessibility evaluate and repair

expertise is still fairly rare• Accessibility testing etc needs

automation and management support • Accessibility needs to be integrated

into development processes• Accessibility levels need to be

monitored so they can be controlled


• Test and repair and monitor– Section 508, WCAG 1.0 (Priority 1-3), WCAG

2.0, CLF, XAG– Privacy, Searchability, Custom Quality

Standards and Guidelines– HTML, XHTML, SVG, XML and any other text

or element based content (and more).

Accessibility and Usability


HiSoftware has provided:• AccVerify • AccRepair • Extras

– TagGen • Release 5.0, a metadata tag generator.

– HiCaption• For media captioning

• Software auto-licences itself when you install it.


Summary

• AccVerify• AccRepair• AccMonitor • Extras like TagGen, HiCaption, etc..and • walk through a case study.


AccVerify

Part of the process

… verify … repair ... monitor ...



• Select files


• Select rules



• Verify compliance with one or all rules (results will be displayed and reports generated)



• Locate failing elements from reports



• See why elements failed



• See summary reports



Extras..• Modify check-point descriptions in reports


Extras..• Add other items (different media

types)


E.g. auto checking of alt tags Detect repetitive and automated

alt text values (adjustable)– Validate that the alt text does not use the word

image, or contain the text ".jpg"

• Validate Alt Text Length and proper use– Validate that Alt Text is >7 and <81 Chars– Validate that Alt Text is not used to repeat words

*** Remember to manually check the tags


E.g. auto checking of alt tags

• Create new report files• Down load others’ report files• Store and share report files• See

http://www.hisoftware.com/customchks/public.html


• Special reporting modes for W3C WCAG• Template support• Detail, Checklist, and Summary Reports• Descriptions for accessibility standards

that can be edited for reports• Verification based on custom

accessibility rule settings• Advanced accessibility rule settings

In summary ..


• WCAG 1,2,3 and WCAG 2.0• AccVerify calls up AccRepair wizard

but you can check the box in settings for verification only mode (by default AccRepair option is turned on).

• You can verify other people's sites but you can only verify and repair pages over which you have read/write control - you could save someone else's pages and then verify/repair them.


AccRepair

Part of the process



AccRepair

• Server version• Client version• FrontPage add-in

**Use AccVerify & AccRepair in iterative process


AccRepair - the continuing saga..

• Equivalent Text for Non-Text Elements• The Wizard prompts you to enter

equivalent text for non-text elements, including images, image maps, objects, applets, frames, and animations.



• Get checklist report to use for doing visual checks



• View the element in the AccRepair console, so that you can provide the most accurate description.



• Add alt text to images


Verify relevant bits of pages/site again with AccVerify


Get checklist report to use for doing visual checks -

it identifies places to be checked


AccRepair databases

• When the AccRepair Wizard fixes a Web element, it stores the information in a database. Then AccRepair “remembers” the element and fixes it automatically the next time it occurs.

• AccRepair databases can be shared—this multiples the power of the program and cuts the workload to a fraction.


Collaborating for AccessibilityDB

Rob uses AccVerify

Server with AccRepair

Tom uses AccRepair

Rebecca uses AccRepair for

FrontPage

DB

DB

DB


AccMonitor Server

• Using AccMonitor Server, you can track the accessibility status of any number of Web sites—all without file or server access.

• Single site, small collection of sites and unlimited site licences available


AccMonitor Server

• Send and receive email alerts• Option to generate reports for

failed files only• Scalable solution that runs as an

automated service• Reports are ready to be distributed

or published on the Web


• Send and receive email alerts• Option to generate reports for

failed files only• Scalable solution that runs as an

automated service• Reports are ready to be distributed

or published on the Web


Creat a ‘web’ to monitor - identify location for reports


Indicate start page, levels, authentication


Choose report options : which reports, who’ll receive email reports,..


Specify any files to avoid


Name and save the web


Schedule the monitoring process...

… read the reports ...


AccMonitor

• So can anyone, with this software, verify and repair sites/ - the answer has to be no - because you need expertise to answer the questions ... so look at the questions… (checkpoints for WCAG and see why they may be difficult)


Loading software from the CD

• PC users - FrontPage etc• Mac users???• SAMI and MAGpie


questions..


References

• http://www.HiSoftware.com• http://www.ITS.com.au/• http://www.OzeWAI.org/2002/

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