[Athen] choosing a website assessment vendor

[Jennifer Sutton]

In case some of you haven't seen what I'll include below, I thought 
those who are choosing a website assessment vendor/tool(s) might find 
these citations of interest.


In my experience of making such choices, and as we would expect, all 
have their pros and cons. It's a matter of picking the best tool(s) you 
can, based on resources, workflows, kinds of sites (such as 
Drupal/WordPress -- yes, there are some specific tools/plugins that can 
help on such platforms), etc.


As some of you know, Karl sells Tenon,, but I point out some of his 
pieces not for endorsement; rather, they're some of the clearest ones 
I've seen to guide selection for anyone in the field. These articles may 
be a bit dated, in their specifics, but I expect concepts continue to apply.


Hope this info helps. and hope there have been/will be presentations at 
AHEAD and AHG that can help with these sorts of decisions.


Finally, if you look at the WAI's tools list, cited below, and you see 
tools that are not included, please take a moment to submit for 
consideration. The submission link is the last of the six below.


Best,

Jennifer


Choosing an Automated Accessibility Testing Tool 13 Questions you should 
Ask

http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/06/28/choosing-an-automated-accessibility-testing-tool-13-questions-you-should-ask/


Some thoughts on automated web accessibility testing  Karl Groves

http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/09/29/some-thoughts-on-automated-web-accessibility-testing/


The Problem with Automated Website Accessibility Testing Tools

http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/06/12/the-problem-with-automated-testing-tools/


Web Accessibility Testing Tools Who tests the DOM  Karl Groves

http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/09/06/web-accessibility-testing-tools-who-tests-the-dom/


Two links from WAI:

Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List

http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/



List a Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/submission