Both Klein and Jaeger discovered Bobby a Web-based software program that helps Web developers make their sites accessible to the largest number of people including those with disabilities. Designed by CAST, Bobby finds accessibility problems on Web sites and gives designers reports with suggestions on how to correct the problems. For example, without supplemental text descriptions, people who are blind cannot understand photographs and other images that convey meaning about the site. When Bobby finds this type of roadblock, it tells the Web designer that a text description should be added to make the image accessible. Here, Bobby shows the Web designer accessibility problems on this Web site.
Developers also forget about different browsers.
They write for Navigator or Explorer, and their pages look fabulous. To solve this issue, Bobby also highlights problems that prevent Web pages from being displayed properly in different browsers. I recommend it to anyone who is in this line of work. John Klein, who has created over 2,500 Web pages for the Web Publishing Division of CPI, understands the significance of Web accessibility. My firm is not doing its best job if our sites are not readily accessible to the widest range of viewers.