Do automated web testing tools find and repair all 508-web compliance errors?
No. While some automated web-testing tools on the market have the capability to find and repair web 508 compliance errors, none can find and repair all errors through a strictly automated process. There are web testing and repair tools that are free and available for download from the Internet. There are other web testing and repair tools that can only be purchased by a product vendor. AccMonitor (HiSoftware), which is available via MITS Web Services, is an automated web-testing tool that will find web compliance errors but will not repair them. The tool will test a web site for Section 508 web accessibility errors and will generate a report, which details the files that have failed. An accessibility checklist is also generated so the developer can see which of the 16 web provisions the web site failed to meet. AccMonitor will test the web site and generate accessibility and compliance reports but it is up to the web developer to code the changes required in order to meet each of the a
