Thanks
What other checks would you recommend?
How do people know what is right or wrong?
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> From: Sarah Hill[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Accessibuilt list
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 03:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Why Bobby is not enough
>
> Bobby is the best-known automated web site accessibility evaluation tool.
> It
> can provide automatic checks for only a limited number of accessibility
> problems. Bobby produces a very large report, much of which consists of
> recommendations for manual checks by the site's author, which may turn out
> to be unnecessary. Bobby is useful for locating missing text alternatives
> to
> visuals and for checking for untidy HTML coding, but more is needed to
> ensure that a site is accessible to all users. For example, Bobby cannot
> evaluate a site for layout consistency, ease of navigation, provision of
> contextual and orientation information, and use of clear and easy to
> understand language. Bobby also cannot check what a site looks like to
> users
> with visual impairments.
>
> Sarah.
>
>
> Dr. Sarah Hill
> Research Manager
> Research Group for Inclusive Environments
> School of Construction Management and Engineering
> The University of Reading
> PO Box 219
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> Tel: 0118 931 6733
> www.reading.ac.uk/ie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accessibuilt list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Gwynne, Mary
> Sent: 17 April 2002 15:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New site
>
>
> What else would you be looking for other than the 'Bobby' tag?
> I thought that sites were considered accessible if they had the 'Bobby'
> tag.
>
>
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> > From: Bracewell, Robert[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To: Accessibuilt list
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 03:11
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New site
> >
> > It has the requisite 'Bobby' tag, but nothing else. Graphically it
> 'looks'
> > very
> > nice, but I wondered whether you would be happy with it.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > Rob Bracewell BA (Hon's)
> > Access Officer
> > Lancaster City Council
> > Palatine Hall,
> > Dalton Square,
> > Lancaster,
> > LA1 1PW
> > Tel. 01524 582372
> > Minicom. 01524 582317 (please use announcer)
> > Fax. 01524 582323
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrian Higginbotham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 17 April 2002 15:10
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New site
> >
> >
> > thanks for the info Rob.
> > shame they couldn't of made the site accessible, for instance missing
> alt
> > tags from most of the graphics, the decision to provide a "text only"
> > alternative site.
> >
> > Adrian Higginbotham.
> > ODL (Open Distance Learning)
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> > tel: 01612952555
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bracewell, Robert" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:58 PM
> > Subject: New site
> >
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Just landed on my desktop, a potentially useful resource in the
> making,
> > > particularly for those with an historical 'bent'.
> > >
> > > http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Rob
> > > ____________________________________________
> > >
> > > Rob Bracewell BA (Hon's)
> > > Access Officer
> > > Lancaster City Council
> > > Palatine Hall,
> > > Dalton Square,
> > > Lancaster,
> > > LA1 1PW
> > > Tel. 01524 582372
> > > Minicom. 01524 582317 (please use announcer)
> > > Fax. 01524 582323
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> > >
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