1. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile peter@batchelors.net liddy@motile.net

2. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

3. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

4. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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.

5. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Summary AccVerify AccRepair AccMonitor Extras like TagGen, HiCaption, etc.. and walk through a case study.

6. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccVerify Part of the process … verify … repair... monitor...

7. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 … verify … repair... monitor... Select files

8. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Select rules … verify … repair... monitor...

9. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Verify compliance with one or all rules (results will be displayed and reports generated) … verify … repair... monitor...

10. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Locate failing elements from reports … verify … repair... monitor...

11. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 See why elements failed … verify … repair... monitor...

12. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 See summary reports … verify … repair... monitor...

13. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Extras.. Modify check-point descriptions in reports

14. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Extras.. Add other items (different media types)

15. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

16. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

17. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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..

18. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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.

19. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccRepair Part of the process … verify … repair... monitor...

20. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccRepair Server version Client version FrontPage add-in **Use AccVerify & AccRepair in iterative process

21. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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.

22. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccRepair - the continuing saga.. Get checklist report to use for doing visual checks

23. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccRepair - the continuing saga.. View the element in the AccRepair console, so that you can provide the most accurate description.

24. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 AccRepair - the continuing saga.. Add alt text to images

25. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Verify relevant bits of pages/site again with AccVerify

26. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Get checklist report to use for doing visual checks - it identifies places to be checked

27. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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.

28. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Collaborating for Accessibility DB Rob uses AccVerify Server with AccRepair Tom uses AccRepair Rebecca uses AccRepair for FrontPage DB

29. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

30. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

31. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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

32. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Creat a ‘web’ to monitor - identify location for reports

33. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Indicate start page, levels, authentication

34. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Choose report options : which reports, who’ll receive email reports,..

35. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Specify any files to avoid

36. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Name and save the web

37. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Schedule the monitoring process... … read the reports...

38. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 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)

39. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 Loading software from the CD PC users - FrontPage etc Mac users??? SAMI and MAGpie

40. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 questions..

41. Peter Batchelor & Liddy Nevile - OZeWAI - 20021129 References http://www.HiSoftware.com http://www.ITS.com.au/ http://www.OzeWAI.org/2002/