Hi,

I once tried a demo of WebWeaver. It includes good support for creating
accessible web pages, but it isn't accessible for screen readers at all
itself. For that reason I use HomeSite.

Regards Peter Verhoeven

At 08:50 07-02-2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's a link to Macromedia's Dreamweaver Accessibility Features page:
>
>http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/productinfo/features/
>
>Dreamweaver's "Check Page for Accessibility" extension produces a very
>detailed report that identifies real and potential accessibility
>problems, including their location in source code and a reference to the
>relevant W3C guidelines. It checks Priority 1, 2 and 3 checkpoints, and
>consequently produces a very long, arduous report. The report is similar
>to Bobby's, but unlike Bobby its analysis can not (to my knowledge) be
>customzied.
>
>Terry Thompson
>Coordinator of Assistive and Information Technology
>North Carolina State University
>Voice: 919-513-3556
>TDD: 919-515-8830
>Fax: 919-513-2840
>email: [log in to unmask]
>web: http://www.ncsu.edu/it/dss/
>
>
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 02/07/01 07:24AM >>>
>Jim,
>
>DreamWeaver 3.0 is extremely difficult to access using a screen reader.
>I
>believe there are other tools which are much more accessible.
>
>There is an add-in for DreamWeaver 3.0 which will help check the
>accessibility of a page, but I do not know much about it beyond that at
>this
>point.
>
>Hopefully, someone else can provide more details.
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 5:42 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: DreamWeaver and accessibility
>
>
>I know this subject has been coverred here in the past, but now it is
>something that will probably need to be dealt with here in the near
>future,
>and I need to revisit the topic.
>
>I am looking for any comments, positive or negative regarding the
>accessibility of DreamWeaver.  I am talking both in terms of the
>application itself and wether or not it works reasonably well with a
>screen
>reader, and also the usability of the pages it generates as far as
>their
>accessibility is concerned.
>
>I do remember seeing something about an update or add-on that was
>supposed
>to help with things like alt tag prompting and such,but I'm not sure
>about
>this.
>
>Thanks much,
>
>Jim
>
>---------------------------
>James A. Rebman
>
>Cognitive Levers Project
>Center for Life-Long Learning and Design (L3D)
>University of Colorado, Boulder
>
>"In times of change, the learners will inherit the earth, while the
>learned
>will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer
>exists."
>- Eric Hoffer