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Contact: Dan Bailey
dbailey@508wizard.com
AccessABILITY
Software Announces release of 508 Wizard™
Product Helps
Governmental Agencies, System Integrators and Software
Companies Accelerate Section 508 Compliance for Desktop
and Client/server Software.
CARLSBAD, CA January 15, 2003
AccessABILITY Software Inc., today announced the
launch of its patent pending product suite known as
the 508 Wizard™. The suite features development
tools that scan the source code of legacy and newly
built desktop and client/server software applications
to identify, remediate and validate Section 508 accessibility
errors.
The patent pending 508 Wizard™
development tool was introduced to facilitate an easy
and cost effective way for government organizations,
systems integrators and private software companies to
comply with the requirements of Section 508 as mandated
by the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d). According
to amendments passed in 1998, Section 508 requires that
all Federal agencies and organizations selling software
products to the Federal Government make electronic and
information technology accessible to employees and individuals
with disabilities who utilize government information.
"The 508 Wizard™ and its built-in
accessibility help system will enable all software developers
to build Section 508 Compliant code from the beginning
of the development process rather than burdening QA
staff at the end of the testing process," said
Dan Bailey, President of AccessABILITY Software.
Our mission, through development
of our easy to use tool, is to transform the industry
by building compliance into the development process
rather than adding it on as an afterthought."
Other features of the 508
Wizard™ include:
 Scans
for all 1194.21 A-L Section 508 violations;
Identifies the precise
location of the accessibility error and allows for immediate
remediation;
Provides
detailed reports for three distinct audiences: Management,
QA Staff and developers;
Allows
for the exporting of compliance reports in XML and HTML;
One of the major obstacles to the
adoption of Section 508 compliance is the expense associated
with the laborious process of manually analyzing the
large amounts of legacy and newly built source code
for violations.
"By automating the detection,
remediation and validation of Section 508 accessibility
errors, the 508 Wizard™ removes the manual burdens and
reduces the amount of time and effort it takes to verify
that code being used by the Federal Government is compliant"
added, Mr. Bailey.
About AccessABILITY Software
AccessABILITY Software,
a division of Objectiva Software Solutions, is a privately
held provider of Section 508 compliance products and
services. Its flagship product, the 508 Wizard™,
is the leading Section 508 software development tool
for desktop and client/server software applications.
AccessABILITY Software assists Governmental agencies,
System Integrators and Software companies in accelerating
their Section 508 compliance implementations.
The 508 Wizard™ provides software development
staff an efficient development tool to easily automate,
remediate, and validate Section 508 compliance of legacy
and newly developed source code.
For further information, visit us at
www.accessabilitysoftware.com or contact us
at
Info@508wizard.com.
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