[Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff by Cyxtera

[Howard Kramer]

Thank you everyone for your replies. It's been very helpful.

Regards,
Howard

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Bossley, Peter A. <bossley.5 at osu.edu>
wrote:


> I second what karl says below. If they won't let you try out their tool

> yourself, you should understand that probably means there is a reason for

> that stance.

> We did not select this tool at Ohio State when we were evaluating tools.

> Best,

>

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

> From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On

> Behalf Of Karl Groves

> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:57 AM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Reliability and effectiveness of Compliance Sheriff

> by Cyxtera

>

> As Sarah Bourne mentioned, there are limitations to what automated

> testing tools can do, but you probably already knew that. ;-)

> I have some articles on my blog on this topic:

> https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Akarlgroves.com+tools

>

> Since Compliance Sheriff is a competitor, I won't comment

> specifically.  One thing worth mentioning is that you should always

> ask for a trial. Not just a demo of the product, but a trial period

> long enough for you to give the product a fair shake. You should avoid

> any product vendor who won't do this.

>

> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

> > Does anyone know about the effectiveness of this product? How

> > reliable/usable is it for checking the accessibility of sites?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Howard

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