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HiSoftware's New Accessibility Solutions Introduce the Next Generation of Accessibility and Usability Testing Software.
Empower designers, developers and quality assurance teams with comprehensive and scalable accessibility testing and remediation features

Concord, NH - March 11, 2002 - HiSoftware, Inc. today announced the 4.0 release of its “Acc” Product family, which will usher in a new generation of accessible Internet content and applications. HiSoftware will deliver a major release of its Accessibility and Usability testing, repair, monitoring, and management solutions on March 15, 2002. These applications will introduce new features that will dramatically decrease the cost of making Internet, Intranet, and Extranet content and Web based applications accessible and usable. The new releases will be available on March 15. For more information, please visit www.hisoftware.com/acc4.html.

"This release of HiSoftware's 'Acc' product series demonstrates the company's commitment to accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities, said Mike Paciello, CTO and Founder of WebABLE, Inc. "The enhancements and new features in this release provide Web site administrators with an accessibility analytics tool second-to-none."

HiSoftware's Web Site Accessibility Testing and Repair Solutions allow users to Verify, Correct, Monitor and Manage their Web Sites and Web Based Applications in accordance with:

• US Section 508 Standards
• WCAG 1.0 Priority One-Three guidelines, and all standards "derived fully or in part” from the WCAG 1.0 Guidelines, including but not limited to:
  • Canadian Government (CLF - Accessibility Standards and Guidelines)
  • HTML Writers Guild Accessibility Standards
  • Australian Government Guidelines
  • United Kingdom Guidelines
  • IE Guidelines
  • European Union Recommendations/Guidelines for ALL Member States

HiSoftware’s Web site accessibility solutions, AccVerify, AccRepair, AccMonitor Server, and AccessibilityWATCH, assist organizations in achieving and maintaining accessible Web sites. These solutions, available as desktop applications and as automated server solutions, help organizations develop long-term strategies to achieve Web content accessibility. They allow multiple users to work collaboratively on Web site accessibility-resulting in reductions in time and resources allocated to accessibility.

"The next generation of HiSoftware Web site Accessibility and Usability testing solutions allow Designers, Developers, Quality Assurance Teams and Content Managers to build on their existing knowledge and skills to deliver effective, accessible and usable Internet content", said Robert B. Yonaitis, CEO of HiSoftware. "Our Accessibility/Usability testing solutions provide increased return on investment for companies, and equal access as well as enhanced user experience to every site visitor"

HiSoftware’s accessibility solutions enhance the accessibility testing workflow with a flexible workspace that can be customized to maximize productivity for both designers and Quality Assurance teams. A set-up wizard allows users to easily configure software to accelerate testing and remediation work and to ensure a common experience in testing across Web sites and applications. The “Acc” product families’ open architecture and extensible Application Program Interface, “API”, allow developers to integrate these solutions into their Web site publishing or testing architectures and application development environments such as Microsoft Corporation’s Visual Studio.Net®

AccVerify 4.0 supports testing against all major accessibility standards and guidelines, and fully enables project managers to keep a complete audit trail of their accessibility work. AccRepair and AccMonitor Server with Repair 4.0 will also include, as part of the complete accessibility toolkit, HiSoftware’s award winning metadata generation software applications, TagGen® and Metadata Server, to allow organizations to develop metadata for their Web sites, in accordance with International accessibility guidelines and recommendations.

For a detailed breakdown of the new and enhanced features in HiSoftware’s upcoming accessibility solution releases, visit http://www.hisoftware.com/acc4.html.


 

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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