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USE CYNTHIA SAYS TO IDENTIFY SECTION 508 WEBPAGE ERRORS

The HiSoftware Cynthia Says portal is a web content accessibility validation solution designed to identify errors in one web page at a time of content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines. The Section 508 guidelines must be followed by U.S. websites. Another important set of guidelines from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The European Union is looking to base their upcoming accessibility regulations on these guidelines. Other US organizations such as schools are starting to follow these guidelines as well. </p>

To test a single page using Cynthia says:

1. First, you insert a URL to test.
2. Second, choose an accessibility report guideline as a basis for error and messages:
   • Section 508;
   • WCAG-Priority 1;
   • WCAG-Priority 1,2:
   • WCAG-Priority 1,2,3;
3. Third, check off other report criteria:
   • Do not fail pages for WCAG 1.0 Priority 2 and 3 errors, simply warn me.
   • Include the Alternative Text Quality Report.
   • Include file source on accessibility failures.
4. Last, choose a browser ranging from Cynthia says to Opera.

<p>The output data report is displayed in a clear and well structured table where each and all checkpoints are identified and described (along with an helpful clickable link to the related reference guideline) into logical groups and according to measurable results: passed, warning, failed for automated verification, warning for manual verification, not selected, not available, not related, etc. Cynthia Says can perform a complete web page quality check for accessibility, privacy, searchability, metadata and even alt text attribute quality but with any automated checking and repair tool, human discernment is needed.</p>

<p>The HiSoftware CynthiaSays portal is a joint Education and Outreach project of HiSoftware, ICDRI, and the Internet Society Disability and Special Needs Chapter. At the website, <a href=”hisoftware.com”>HiSoftware</a> offers for sale full-featured solutions for automated content compliance and Web governance.
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To insert code to link to CynthiaSays:

Use the following code but add the a href attribute and substitute the mainheading.com URL for the one you desire to test.

"http://www.contentquality.com/mynewtester/cynthia.exe?Url1=http://mainheading.com/" title="Web Accessibility Initiative: WCAG conformance to Level 2">WCAG/508
With the above code, the user can click on a link testing for WCAG/508 accessibility per web page.

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