More on MOSS 2007 Accessibility

It's pretty clear that the onus is very much with the Sharepoint developer to ensure that a Sharepoint site is accessible and there is a limit to what can be done through tools such as Sharepoint Designer to ensure that a site is accessible. Our efforts to get Sharepoint to effectively render a Master page that doesn't use tables for layout for example have been fruitless to date (we've not given up yet though), which means that the maximum achievable compliance level is going to be Single A, whereas the minimum compliance level for public sector websites in the UK is Double A.....

This area is developing rapidly however and we shall see whether working practices and tools emerge which will resolve this. For the moment however, if it is essential that your website/intranet is Accessible at WCAG 1.0 Double A then Sharepoint may not be the platform for you. Although it's worth noting that when it comes to accessibility Sharepoint isn't the only major CMS/intranet product that disappoints in this area.