U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HARVESTS ACCESSIBLE WEB CONTENT FOR USERS WITH DISABILITIES USING CRUNCHY TECHNOLOGIES' PAGESCREAMER.Crunchy crunchy - floppy disk Technologies, a provider of accessible software products and custom applications, today announced the large-scale adoption of their PageScreamer accessibility products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. , one of several high profile Federal agencies deploying PageScreamer, has 38 websites that will be enhanced by Crunchy Technologies' flagship accessibility product. PageScreamer dramatically reduces the time required to update Web pages for compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. This Federal Act mandates that all Federal government Web sites and intranet sites be accessible to people with disabilities. PageScreamer enables a user with minimal technical background to quickly scroll through the Web server root directory, identifying non-compliant images, objects and applets. The user can view non-compliant items and make immediate edits to the HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or Java script or populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. edits to multiple images from a control directory. "We are very proud to be able to create a positive impact for Internet users with disabilities through our relationship with a Federal agency like the USDA," said Lou Hutchinson, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Crunchy Technologies. "We are focused on developing new products and enhancements to existing products to address this important audience," said Hutchinson. Crunchy Technologies develops accessible packaged software See software package. products and custom applications for business and government clients. Crunchy manufactures PageScreamer, the leading tool for making Web content accessible to users with disabilities and compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Crunchy's professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. team architects and builds secure, accessible e-business and e-government applications and systems. Crunchy's expertise includes Internet, intranet, extranet and wireless application development, IT infrastructure design & implementation, security implementations, Web content accessibility solutions and Section 508 remediation. |
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