We are currently negotiating with one of the major automated accessibility tool vendors to resell their tool in the UK. We cannot sell into the US so I have forwarded your message and they should contact you. In my opinion their tool is better than WatchFire and should also be cheaper.
Any tool only tests about 25% of the WCAG checkpoints, whether it's WCAG 1.0 or 2.0, so we would recommend manual testing at various points in the website's lifecycle, such as when developing new templates and perhaps an annual audit. We can provide that service if required. I endorse the other comment regarding the use of Vision Australia's tools if you have the skills to use them. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd -----Original Message----- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Spellacy, Michael Sent: 24 June 2011 17:16 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Accessibility Testing Hi WSG Friends! The company I work for is considering dropping WatchFire for testing because of the price. I'm really concerned about not being able to test code against specific accessibility guidelines like WCAG 1.0 or 2.0. Do any of you know of any cheaper (or free) applications that do just as good a job? Thanks in advance for any recommendations you may have! Regards, Spell Michael Spellacy Lead User Interface Developer TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications, LLC 125 Broad Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10004 www.tmp.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
