Deque Systems Inc. Announces Release of New Web Page Accessibility Management Software

Deque Ramp Personal Edition simplifies web page accessibility management with affordability and tight integration with the most popular website development tools

(PRWEB) June 18, 2004 -- Deque Systems Inc. today announced the release of Deque Ramp Personal Edition®, a new software solution to manage web page accessibility. The software enables individual web site creators to interactively test web pages under development for compliance with the US Rehabilitation Act Section 508 as well as the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (W3C WAI WCAG).

Early generation web page accessibility solutions were expensive, platform restricted and incomplete" says Cheryl Holmes, Vice President of Deque Systems. We wanted to bring down the costs of getting started with accessibility and eliminate the hurdle individual users and small organizations experienced in the past."

"I like the intelligence of Ramp Personal Edition" says Denise Wolff, Owner of Abilitus in Idaho Falls, Idaho. "With Ramp Personal Edition, I could analyze the page and create a report before I fixed the problems. That gave me an audit trail to show my customers what needed to be done, what I did, and that it was done correctly" she continues. "Most tools just tell you the regulations. The interactive questions in Ramp Personal Edition give me clear and relevant guidance. And having the problems listed in order by line number saves me a lot of time" Wolff concludes.

Deque Ramp Personal Edition® comes bundled with plug ins for Macromedia Dreamweaver®, Microsoft FrontPage® and Macromedia HomeSite®.

Deque Ramp Personal Edition® is the third product in Deques accessibility management product line. Deque Ramp Personal Edition supports interactive single-page testing for accessibility and provides the user with comprehensive analysis of accessibility issues. The analysis includes complete tests for all Section 508 issues as well as all W3C WAI WCAG issues at Priority 1, 2, and 3. The user can interactively determine specific tests to conduct. Deque Ramp Personal Edition® provides the user with constructive feedback how to correct any identifiable accessibility issues.

Pricing for Deque Ramp Personal Edition has been set for $79 and may be purchased directly from Deques web site.

About Deque Inc

Deque is the technology leader in web accessibility and content standards management. Deque is the market leader in cross-platform solutions, equally supporting Microsoft Windows 2000®, Microsoft Windows XP®, Apple Macintosh OS X®, Linux, and Unix®. For more information about Deque, visit www.deque.com

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Deque Press Contacts

Cheryl Holmes

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Deque Inc

703-225-0380 x103

Cheryl.Holmes@deque.com

Bill Diamond

Director, Marketing and Strategic Alliances

Deque Inc

703-225-0380 x114

Bill.Diamond@deque.com