RE: [SEC508] RE: question on 508 issues

["Dwight H. Barbour" <dbs@dbsolutions.net>]

The buyaccessible.gov website seemed pretty useless for purchasing of
web development..  

It seems to cover 508, except products which fall in subsection 1194.22.


On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:41:45 -0500, "Michael R. Burks"
<mburks952@worldnet.att.net> said:
> You might want to take a look at the Buy Accessible site and use the
> Wizard
> to get a little better idea of what Section 508 is all about.
> 
> It is located at: http://www.buyaccessible.gov/ 
> 
> You also might want to take a look at http://www.section508.gov/ which
> also
> has valuable information about Section 508
> 
> Michael Burks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu [mailto:sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu] On
> Behalf Of Dwight H. Barbour
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:36 AM
> To: Tammy Mosey
> Cc: sec508@trace.wisc.edu
> Subject: Re: [SEC508] RE: question on 508 issues
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> Section 508 is not about a specific OS, hardware, or software.
> 
> It is a set of standards to follow in your development process.
> 
> If you following xHTML with the 508 tag and attribute guidelines, your
> site will be compliant.
> 
> No where in the 508 regs does it state that you need to be concerned
> with Magic Magnifier or JAWS.  
> 
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:53:02 -0500, "Tammy Mosey" <tmosey@mntntp.com>
> said:
> > RE:  508 standards
> > 
> > I do testing  of software and for 508 issues.  I have a few questions 
> > on compliance.  actually, would like some input and your thoughts.
> > 
> > I use Magic magnifier. I  set the magnifier to "LENS" view,  the lens 
> > view should tab to all the links on the page. But it will not.  Some 
> > would consider this a 508 issue.  Another would say, all they have to 
> > do is put it to "FULL" view in the magnifier.
> > So my question is:  As long as one has access to the  page either thru 
> > JAWS and MAGIC is this good enough, considering we do not know what 
> > kind of OS they are using? If magic wont tab to links in the lens view, 
> > the user can use  the full view?  Is this acceptable?
> > We do follow standards where I work,  but sometimes things like: JAWS 
> > wont read all the acronyms, or tabbing wont work on certain pages with 
> > Magic,  Magic wont tab to  navigation bar.... are these major concerns? 
> >   Some say  "let it go", some say " everything needs fixed"
> > Where do you draw the line on standards ?   I think everything should 
> > be fixed, even if JAWS reads a few words wrong.
> > Is it ok  the tabbing doesn't work on a few pages? or if  MAGIC wont 
> > tab to the links.?  AM I being to "harse" trying to fix every little 
> > detail?
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> > * I was put in charge of 508 standards for the Company. I am looking 
> > for a happy medium between testers and developers.
> > 
> > Thanks for  your input,
> > Tammy M.
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> > Tammy M. Mosey
> > Software Tester 1
> > Quality Control
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