HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions

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HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions

• Peter Batchelor Liddy Nevile
• peter_at_batchelors.net liddy_at_motile.net

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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

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Accessibility and Usability

• 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).

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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.

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Summary

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

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AccVerify
Part of the process
verify repair ... monitor ...
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verify repair ... monitor ...

• Select files

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verify repair ... monitor ...

• Select rules

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verify repair ... monitor ...

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

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verify repair ... monitor ...

• Locate failing elements from reports

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verify repair ... monitor ...

• See why elements failed

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verify repair ... monitor ...

• See
  summary
  reports

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Extras..

• Modify check-point descriptions in reports

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Extras..

• Add other items (different media types)

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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 gt7 and lt81 Chars
• Validate that Alt Text is not used to repeat
  words
• Remember to manually check the tags

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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.ht
  ml

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In summary ..

• 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

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• 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.

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AccRepair
Part of the process
verify repair ... monitor ...
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AccRepair

• Server version
• Client version
• FrontPage add-in
• Use AccVerify AccRepair in iterative process

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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.

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AccRepair - the continuing saga..

• Get checklist report to use for doing visual
  checks

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AccRepair - the continuing saga..

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

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AccRepair - the continuing saga..

• Add alt text to images

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Verify relevant bits of pages/site again with
AccVerify
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Get checklist report to use for doing visual
checks -
it identifies places to be checked
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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 sharedthis multiples
  the power of the program and cuts the workload to
  a fraction.

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Collaborating for Accessibility
DB
DB
Tom uses AccRepair
DB
DB
Rob uses AccVerify Server with AccRepair
Rebecca uses AccRepair for FrontPage
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AccMonitor Server

• Using AccMonitor Server, you can track the
  accessibility status of any number of Web
  sitesall without file or server access.
• Single site, small collection of sites and
  unlimited site licences available

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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

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• 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

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Creat a web to monitor -
identify location for reports
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Indicate start page, levels, authentication
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Choose report options which reports, wholl
receive email
reports,..
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Specify any files to avoid
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Name and save the web
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Schedule the monitoring process...
read the reports ...
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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)

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Loading software from the CD

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

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questions..
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References

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