Historical checker
Hermish
An early automated web-accessibility checking project that preceded CheckMeister.
Surviving website record · 2004
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Archived projects
All the projects listed here are now retired. They were developed by COGAI founder Gareth Slinn and are preserved to provide evidence of his involvement in accessibility and accessibility-tool development spanning more than two decades. They form a historical record and are not presented as current COGAI guidance, certification or assurance.
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Evaluation tool
CheckMeister
A historical automated web-accessibility checking service that followed the earlier Hermish project.
Retired · August 2024
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React component library
InfoCharts
A collection of customisable data-visualisation components for React projects.
Retired · September 2024
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Reference project
Accessible User Interface Guidelines (AUIG)
An archived collection of practical information about accessible user-interface design and development.
Retired · April 2025
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JavaScript package
CogJS
An experimental toolkit that explored optional interface patterns for neurodivergent and cognitively diverse users.
Final npm release 0.0.36 · 26 April 2025
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