All,
<please excuse cross posting>

re: Accessibility Checking Software

Does anyone have experience with Ramp Ascend? and if so, would you  
please share them?  Thanks in advance...

"Dr. Jim Thatcher, world-renowned author, speaker and web  
accessibility expert has given Ramp Ascend 6.0 the highest accolade  
in the industry. In his newest book, Web Compliance: Web  
Accessibility and Regulatory Compliance, he states, "An important  
aspect of carrying out these tests was the way the tool developers  
reacted. All were supportive and responsive, and that was very  
reassuring. Of course, some were more responsive than others. Two  
(companies) stand out because not only were they helpful, but they  
also made significant changes in their products in response to this  
process. Deque (Ramp Ascend) made major improvements in their  
accessibility checking tools to end up in first place. Ramp went  
through two versions during this review process, and its current  
winning score of 38 out of 40 is for the newest version, Ramp Ascend  
6.0."



Alice Anderson, Director
MIDWEST Alliance for Science,Technology, Engineering and Math
www.stemmidwest.org

and

Technology Accessibility Program (TAP)
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1210 West Dayton Street (3124)
Madison, WI 53705
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/
Telephone: 608.262.2129