By Lynda Ehlers

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• By Lynda Ehlers

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About Bobby

• First released in September 1996
• Created at CAST
• Web page accessibility to individuals with
  disabilities
• W3C
• WAI
• Section 508

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Who Uses It

• Vision problems
• Text-only screen
• Not first language
• Earlier version of a browser

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Requirements

• 4 main requirement classifications
• Priority 1 Accessibility
• Priority 2 Accessibility
• Priority 3 Accessibility
• Section 508 Accessibility
• 14 Guidelines

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How to check a site

• Online version
• Scans only posted websites
• Scan time is one minute between scans
• Desktop versions
• No limitations
• Works on Company Intranets
• BOBBY

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Product Price

• Bobby Single User
• 99
• Bobby Server Version
• 3,000
• Online Version
• Free

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Problems I found

• BOBBY
• No Registration
• No Checks
• Can only check HTML
• Limit number of checks

Bobby Sponsor                                  
                         
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Interesting Tidbits

• Created by Tax Dollarsnow sold to a private
  company Watchfire
• AccessValet Online
• A-Prompt

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Questions?