HiSoftware
strengthens strategic relationship
with Microsoft to bring newly enhanced
Web Accessibility Solution to
Microsoft FrontPage Users
AccVerify 2002 SE
helps Microsoft FrontPage Web
developers Verify compliance with
Section 508 and W3C Accessibility
Standards
Concord, NH,
(February 15, 2002) HiSoftware, Inc.,
a leading provider of Web content
accessibility solutions, announced
today that it has extended its
strategic relationship with Microsoft
Corporation and will provide all users
of Microsoft FrontPage access to a
newly released Special Edition of
HiSoftware’s Web accessibility
compliance tool, AccVerify 2002 SE for
FrontPage®, free of charge. Through
the agreement, FrontPage users will be
able to use AccVerify 2002 SE to
automatically identify accessibility
violations in Web pages created in
FrontPage to ensure compliance with
standards mandated by the federal
government's Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act.
Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments went
into effect on June 21, 2001. The
section mandates that federal agencies
must ensure that all electronic and
information technology purchased,
maintained, or developed meets the
accessibility standards established by
the U.S. Access Board. Although
federally mandated, state governments
and private organizations can benefit
by adhering to these standards.
“AccVerify 2002 SE
for FrontPage allows users to develop
strategies for accessible Web design
within their organization," said
Giovanni Mezgec, Lead Product Manager
for Microsoft FrontPage. “We are
pleased to be working with HiSoftware
to extend FrontPage functionality and
to educate FrontPage developers in the
design of accessible Web sites.”
“Since its initial launch in September
of 2001, this product has received
tremendous interest from Federal and
State government Webmasters, as well
as University and private sector
Webmasters who are interested in
learning about designing accessible
sites,” said
Robert B.
Yonaitis, CEO and President of
HiSoftware, Inc. “We are pleased
to be working with Microsoft to
support and enhance their leadership
role and commitment to accessibility
initiatives.”
AccVerify 2002 SE
features a Statistics Summary report,
which provides comprehensive,
high-level details regarding the
contents of a web site. This report
includes basic information such as how
many images, applets, and other common
elements exist, but also locates other
types of files that may have
accessibility issues and specific
phrases that may cause a site to fail
accessibility tests.
Additionally, one
of the most time consuming aspects of
accessibility testing is determining
which tables are layout tables, and
which tables are used for data
presentation. AccVerify 2002 SE allows
users to create rules for AccVerify to
programmatically identify a layout
table. This feature takes the
guesswork away from the individual
reviewing and repairing these pages.
New features available in AccVerify
2002 SE include:
Pricing and
Availability
AccVerify® SE for
Microsoft FrontPage is immediately
available free of charge to FrontPage
users from
http://www.hisoftware.com/msacc/index.html.
Additionally, FrontPage users will
receive a discount on the entire
HiSoftware Accessibility product line,
including the AccRepair for FrontPage,
which allows users to make automated
programmatic corrections to
Accessibility errors across their
FrontPage Webs.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq
"MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and Internet
technologies for personal and business
computing. The company offers a wide
range of products and services
designed to empower people through
great software -- any time, any place
and on any device.
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ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, provides innovative
products that empower quality
assurance teams, content developers,
Web site architects, and company
executives to work collaboratively on
their efforts to create and manage
corporate Web standards for
Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability,
Usability and custom guidelines and
policies. HiSoftware’s integrated,
full lifecycle solutions dramatically
reduce the time required to test,
manage and deploy e-business Web
sites.
HiSoftware works closely with industry
leaders and visionaries to provide
solutions for today's information
accessibility, content quality, search
and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s
customers represent Fortune 500
companies, and many of the largest
e-commerce, government, and
educational sites in North America and
around the world and include
ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury
Interactive, and Microsoft Government.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company
maintains North American corporate
headquarters in Concord, New
Hampshire. Further information about
HiSoftware can be found online at
www.hisoftware.com
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