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Functional Accessibility Evaluator
The Accessible IT Group lists its address as 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820.
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Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE)
Free
Open source web application; University of Illinois says it is no longer supported
Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu
On the record
- Companion tools
- FAE is designed to be used with AInspector for Firefox and Accessibility Bookmarklets.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The Open Source Web Accessibility Tools User Group invites designers, developers, and web accessibility evaluators interested in open source tools.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The Accessible IT Group is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Division of Disability Resources and Education Services.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Maker organization
- The Accessible IT Group promotes and supports inclusion of students with disabilities in the University of Illinois information technology environment.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Manual checks
- Approximately one third of the shared evaluation library’s rules produce only a Manual Check result requiring human intervention.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FAE is an open source web application that analyzes web pages for accessibility requirements and use of HTML accessibility features.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- FAE aggregates saved page-level evaluation results into a summary report for the website.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Reports
- FAE processes saved page-level results and aggregates them into a summary report for the website.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Rule categories
- Rules are organized into familiar categories including headings, lists, forms, and tables.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Rule library
- FAE uses the OpenA11y Evaluation Library, which comprises over 120 evaluation rules.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Rulesets
- The shared evaluation library offers HTML5 and ARIA Techniques and HTML4 Legacy Techniques rulesets, with HTML5 and ARIA Techniques recommended as the most up-to-date.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- sitegithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Spidering controls
- FAE spidering uses a starting URL, depth level, and domain and path constraints to control which pages are analyzed.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Standards
- Its evaluation rules draw on WCAG Success Criteria, WAI-ARIA, WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices, and the HTML Standard.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support status
- The University of Illinois says FAE is no longer supported due to limitations in resources.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- WCAG version
- wcag 2.0github.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Website scanning
- FAE can evaluate entire websites by spidering pages according to a starting URL, depth level, and domain and path constraints.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
- Whole-site evaluation
- FAE can evaluate entire websites through web spidering, while AInspector WCAG evaluates a single page.accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu · read 12 Oct 2026
