Date Posted: February 10, 2006
Overview
Update: February 28, 2007 Version 2.0.0: Support for Web content validation, validation of GUIs using IBM IAccessible2 AccessibilityAPI, and inspection and validation of applications executing outside of Eclipse.
What is IBM Rule-based Accessibility Validation Environment?
This technology has graduated.
RAVEN componentry comprises the bulk of the validation componentry in Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF), an incubation phase project that is a subproject of the Eclipse Technology Project.
About the technology author(s)
Barry Feigenbaum is a member of the IBM Worldwide Accessibility Center, where he is part of the team that helps IBM make its own products accessible to people with disabilities. Dr. Feigenbaum has published several books and articles, holds several patents, and has spoken at industry conferences such as JavaOne™. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor of computer science at the University of Texas, Austin. He has more than ten years of experience using object-oriented languages such as C++, Small Talk, Java, and Python. He uses the Java language and Python frequently in his work. Dr. Feigenbaum is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, Developer, and Architect.
Michael Squillace is a software engineer at the Worldwide Accessibility Center, where he contributes to the accessibility of IBM products and services. He has over five years of object-oriented programming experience, is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, holds several patents, and has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Michigan State University and a B. S. in computer science from the University of Texas. He is also blind.
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