An Introduction to HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions
HiSoftware offers a comprehensive set of accessibility solutions from the client level to the enterprise level. These solutions help you achieve accessibility for Web-based information.

About HiSoftware Solutions and Accessibility
Criteria for accessible Web content comes from two primary sources:

ü       Section 508, Subpart B, §1194.22
Section 508, published by the U.S. Access Board, is part of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. It includes 16 standards for Web-based information.

ü       Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Published by W3C, or World Wide Web Consortium, these guidelines cover a broad range of issues for Web-based information. HiSoftware solutions include Priority 1 guidelines, which are those deemed by the W3C to be essential to accessible Web content. There are 16 Priority 1 guidelines.

 Using HiSoftware solutions, you can ensure that your Web-based information complies with one or both sets of criteria for accessibility. You can customize reports to reflect compliance with one or both sets as well.

HiSoftware Solutions
HiSoftware offers two accessibility solutions: AccVerify and AccRepair. Each is available as a server-based solution, a client-level solution, and a Microsoft® FrontPage® add-in.

AccVerify®
AccVerify allows you to verify that your Web site complies with international accessibility guidelines and the U.S. Section 508 standards. This product is a client solution and is available as a Microsoft FrontPage add-in. Additionally there is a server version that runs unattended from a Windows-based server.

 AccRepair®
AccRepair allows you to verify that your Web site complies with international accessibility guidelines and the U.S. Section 508 standards. When your site fails compliance, the HiSoftware Wizard guides you in repairing it. Once you repair Web elements, AccRepair “remembers” the elements and fixes them automatically. This product is a client solution and is available as a Microsoft FrontPage add-in. Additionally there is a server version that runs unattended from a Windows-based server.

Collaboration Made Possible
HiSoftware accessibility solutions feature database technology which allows organizations to share knowledge. When you verify and repair Web elements, the information is stored in the database and is available to other users.

You can select the location of the database in HiSoftware accessibility programs, and you can manage multiple databases. In addition, many users can share the same database. Consider the following workgroup:

Collaboration-Friendly Features of HiSoftware Solutions
HiSoftware accessibility solutions provide the quickest and most advanced method for achieving Web accessibility. All HiSoftware accessibility solutions offer these features:

The AccDB™
AccVerify and AccRepair feature HiSoftware database technology. The database facilitates the highest level of team development and collaboration. When many users contribute to the database, the power of the program multiplies while the user workload is cut to a fraction.

The Installation Program
The installation program is developed with the standard Windows Installer Service. This supports any size rollout from the single user to an enterprise-wide deployment. The installation program supports other installing services like SMS (Systems Management Server), and server-based installations handle the management of the Microsoft NT/2000/XP Services required for operations.

 AutoUpdater™
The AutoUpdater engine ensures that users can keep their software updated without ever having to contact HiSoftware Support. AutoUpdater checks the HiSoftware server for product updates, and can retrieve and install them.

HiSoftware Reports
HiSoftware solutions feature dynamic reporting that includes several report types and customization options. HiSoftware Reports meet the needs of single users and development teams.

 ü       Detail Report
A Detail Report, the most comprehensive analysis of a Web document, is generated for each file verified. The Detail Report provides you with the pass/fail status of each accessibility standard and the locations of Web elements in the document.

ü       Checklist Report
A Checklist Report indicates the pass/fail status of each accessibility standard, and is generated in HTML format for each Web file verified.

 ü       Summary
The Summary Report divides all Web files verified into two categories: passed and failed. If you are only concerned with Web documents that fail to meet accessibility standards, this report is helpful. The Summary Report is generated when you verify more than one Web file. The Summary Report, an HTML file, contains links to the original files that passed or failed so that you can view any file in your browser. In addition the Summary Report contains links to the Detail and Checklist Reports for every file verified.

Customization of Reports

Reports can be customized in several ways

ü       Verify in U.S./International mode (W3C Priority 1 guidelines) or U.S. Only mode (Section 508 standards)

ü       Use custom templates

ü       Edit the text that describes accessibility standards and checkpoints

ü       Use advanced rule settings to select sub rules (For example, International checkpoint 1.1 / U.S. standard A states that all non-text elements should have equivalent text. You might want to verify all images but not applets. You can do this using advanced rule settings.)

ü       Develop personalized headers and footers

ü       Add Organization Information and Sign-Off blocks

ü       Publish reports with active links to files verified and report generated

Spell Checking
All HiSoftware accessibility solutions features spell checking. Just as you would spell-check a document before distributing it, users can spell-check their descriptive text for Web elements before the elements enter the database. The spell checking feature is available to the user in the Wizard interface.

Multi-User Collaboration Across an Enterprise
You can achieve and maintain accessibility for your organization using HiSoftware accessibility solutions. HiSoftware repair technology features a database that supports unlimited users—this means that HiSoftware can help your organization, no matter how large or small it is. When users collaborate, the power of AccRepair multiplies while the user workload is cut to a fraction.

HiSoftware Accessibility Solutions Meet the Needs of the User

HiSoftware accessibility solutions are available in a range of products to meet the needs of users across an enterprise.

• AccVerify Professional - Verifies pages individually and in batch
• AccVerify for FrontPage - Verifies pages individually and in batch from your FrontPage editor

•  AccRepair - Wizard-enhanced repairs for pages individually and in batch
•  AccRepair for FrontPage - Wizard-enhanced repairs for pages in batch from your FrontPage editor
•  AccMonitor Server with AccRepair - Verifies and repairs Web file across an enterprise on an automated schedule