[Athen] Referral needed for website testing

[Robert Martinengo]

Please email Nathan your suggestions directly also. Thanks!

On 5/16/07, Stacy L. Smith <stacylee at ksu.edu> wrote:

> Nathan -

>

> If you still want to try JAWS on your website, they have a .pdf you can

> download with all of the commands in tables, for people like me who are

> hopelessly incompetent with JAWS ;)  It also has a quickstart guide.

>

> You might look in to WindowEyes, too.  Generally there are free trial

> downloads, so it isn't necessary to buy the whole thing :)

>

> Stacy

>

> Quoting Phillip Goodman <goodman at eri-wi.org>:

>

> > A good place to start is the W3 web page   http://www.w3.org/

> > They have validation tools in the left hand column of the home page.

> > All

> > very confusing but deals with things a webmaster should understand.

> >

> > Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR/L

> > Assistive Technology Consultant/Systems Administrator

> > Employment Resources, Inc.

> > 4126 Lien Rd.  Suite 104

> > Madison, WI  53575

> > phone  608-246-3444 ext. 234

> > fax       608-246-3445

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

> > On

> > Behalf Of Robert Martinengo

> > Sent: May 16, 2007 1:24 PM

> > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

> > Subject: [Athen] Referral needed for website testing

> >

> > I received this inquiry and am passing it on if anyone is interested

> > in helping this person.

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > My name is Nathan Aileo and I am the webmaster for the City of

> > Durham,

> > North Carolina.  We recently rebuilt our websites and while doing so

> > we reviewed the section 508 rules and W3C recommendations and built

> > it

> > to be accessible.  We are hoping to find a way to have someone test

> > it

> > to make sure we are doing all we can do.  We tried buying Jaws

> > software but can't figure out how to use it, much less how to tell if

> > it's working properly and if not how to troubleshoot through the site

> > to fix things.

> >

> > Nathan N. Aileo

> > Nathan.Aileo at durhamnc.gov

> > Webmaster

> > City of Durham, NC

> > www.ci.durham.nc.us

> >

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>

> Stacy Smith

> Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services

> 532-6441

> stacylee at ksu.edu

>

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